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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Soft leather bound journals |
Over the weekend time was spent on the block getting jobs done - like hedging the camellias and oiling one of the 'bridges' across the rock river. But it has been too hot to do too much outdoor work.
On Friday I gave myself the goal of using up the journal blanks and the leather. Much of the leather was brown hence many of the journals are a soft brown as you can see from the photo above and other photos. Great that this work could be done in the cool of the studio.
In all I have boxed up twenty good journals.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Twenty in a box |
The leather had some imperfections so this resulted in six journals with a bit of character.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Lovely imperfections |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - More imperfections |
A few photos of the process.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Leather scraps on the studio floor - gathered up and boxed |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Stash of covers ready for attaching |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Glueing the final cover |
Lovely looking stash - I made 15 today.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Looking good |
A sense of satisfaction on completing this task and using valuable art resources.
a resounding "yes" to the "imperfections" ... which look absolutely perfect to my eye
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful work, as always.
ReplyDeleteWow, these are lovely. A small amount of imperfection is always good.
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