Tag Archives: bookbinding

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Bookmaking: Finished journal with kraft paper

Oh yeah, I had a lot of fun making my first book for The Art Journal Project with Michelle Schratz. I used up a little of the enormous heap of kraft paper that I’ve been […]

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Third junk journal made from a Flow Magazine

Currently I have three beautiful junk journals made out of repurposed Flow Magazines. Each journal is made from one entire issue: I’ve taken out the text pages and kept all the photos and illustrations. I’ve […]

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Slow Art Party: Wrack

This week’s theme for the Slow Art Party was Wrack. Wrack is a kind of seaweed, it’s the kind that washes up the shores of the Netherlands frequently so this was a pattern that was […]

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Second junk journal made from a Flow Magazine

Earlier in May I wrote about making a journal out of a repurposed Flow Magazine. Well, I made another one and this time smaller in width as I wanted to make it fit in a […]

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Botanical junk journal made from a Flow Magazine

I have piles and piles of Flow Magazines at home. I used to buy them every time a new issue came out and later on I was gifted a subscription. Last year I decided to […]

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Bookmaking: rebound books

Last weekend I visited a friend in the country and I love to go to the thrift store over there. Thrift stores in Amsterdam and other big cities are no fun anymore as the prices […]