Towards the end of summer a friend came to visit for a week of creative activity, involving inks, paint, paper, thread, and various items from the park out back. Below is one of the lovely creations that she made during her stay - beautiful, isn't it?
Anyway, I decided to see if I could adapt this idea to make some kind of binding, even though this would be more decorative than practical. My first attempt (not shown) was a bit wibbly wobbly, since it was held together only with the warp threads of the weaving.
Consequently the journal pictured here is my second attempt, where I sewed the folios onto tape initially and then did the loom part afterwards.
Although it was just a bit of fun, and wouldn't really stand up to any rough treatment, I was rather pleased with the end result. Now I will have to weave some thoughts together to grace its pages.
This binding is really beautiful! What material is that piece in the middle of the binding? How is it held in place?
Posted by: Elissa | November 03, 2009 at 05:25 PM
Glad you liked the binding Elissa. The middle section is quite simply a rectangle of thin card onto which I have applied pva and a piece of brown paper, which had been decorated with metallic leaf (like gold leaf, but multi-coloured). Although I used a fragment that I had bought, it would be easy to decorate it yourself. It is just held in place by the tension of the linen threads of the little weaving. Hope this answers your queries.
Posted by: Hilary | November 03, 2009 at 06:32 PM