A new obsession

Earlier this year I attended a short course on book making at New Suffolk College. On the course we learned to make books using paper covers but I wanted to use some of the fabrics created whilst teaching surface design techniques.

The books are all completely handmade including stitching papers into signatures. This means that the inside papers can be varied too.

This one uses some breakdown printed fabric. 

The cover boards are made from free mount board off cuts from my local framer.

The bookbinding cloth for the spine does need to be purchased and shepherds London have a great range of lovely colours

The end papers are from my paper box and each one is different. Again as a result of teaching design work to create complex decorated papers.

In this case the end paper was printed in the same breakdown printing session as the cover when I ran out of fabric!

 

You will recognise my 'Life's a Bleach!' fabric. I have quite a lot of this!

The discharging technique can be done onto black paper too and is particularly effective on black tissue paper so I will use that for future versions. 

But for this one I have used a paper found in my paper box.

I have a lot of paper - another obsession

The vilene from eco printing used as an iron blanket for that process and now converted into a book cover

Fabric printed using a melted crisp packet!

Eco printed fabric

Ice dyed fabric 

So I have become a bit obsessed making these books. 

They will be offered for sale for £15 each at the Textile Connections exhibition at burystedmundsguildhall from 2nd - 7th July 2024