Caterpillar Stitch and leather journal

Photoshop has decided to crash AGAIN but I was persistent. Not sure what the problem was, maybe it doesn't like books :P

Those are my latest books. The first two were birthday presents and the last one is still in my possession.

This was my first attempt at a Caterpillar Stitch combined with a regular Coptic Stitch. It worked out quite nicely (thanks to some YouTube tutorials).

Underneath the caterpillar is a fiber paste, whicht I then painted on with water colour and acrylics.

This is my first leather journal! I'm so happy :D We found a ton of leather at home, so that was a perfect opportunity. I tore each paper by hand to give the paper a Deckle Edge (I didn't have hand-made paper) and I quite like the result.
The edge of the leather was already like that and I decided to leave it like that.

New books!

I have a few new(ish) books! They are actually a few months old, but I was too lazy to put the photos together D:

...Anyway, those two are mine and I mainly use them for painting and sketching. I put quite heavy paper in them, especially the one with the ribbon because I hate it when my drawings show on the other side of the paper.

There are two more books coming up which I gave as birthday presents to family and friends, but Photoshop decided to crash on me while I was editing them and it didn't save them... :/ We'll try again another day!

This one has a magnetic closure (a bit like those beautiful Paperblanks) which I designed myself. I was so happy when it actually worked! It was a lot of experimenting, which is why it wasn't planned as a gift and now it has grown on me, so it is mine ;)

That one was planned as a smaller sketchbook - A5 instead of my Skyrim (A4) one. On the cover insides I put pages from a old French novel (courtesy of my mom) with a small pocket at the back. I put a handmade bookmark in it because I want to find my latest sketch without having to leaf through the entire book.

A ton of new books (Skyrim!)

And here is my absolute favourite, my new Skyrim scetchbook! Its cover is bound in leather and contains a raised contour of the Skyrim logo. On the inside are 126 A4 pages of 200g/m2  drawing paper.

Moar books!

Well, it's been a while since my last post.. I've been incredibly busy with studying and exams :(( Fortunately, they are finished now and I have a two weeks' break until my next field trip.

Below are some books I've made over the last few months, enjoy!

This one has a pocket inside at the back of the book (like a Moleskine)

Mother's Day

For my mom <3

The cover is handpainted on watercolour paper and was then glued onto the board, whereas the insides are from the book "The Secret Garden". The number of pages is 128, and it is bound with a coptic stitch.

Wohoo bookbinding!

Bookbinding

I finally had some free time! This is actually my third book that I made, but the other two were gifts :)

And yes, the binding is asymmetrical :D