Stacks of Art Journals and Books

Seth at the Altered Page

invited his readers to post about their

"stacks."

Shown above are a couple of art journals

that I made myself.

The blue one is from watercolor paper, 

modeled on Teesha Moore's fabulous journals.

The journal on the right is the one

with the pink pages that I've been working in recently.

It is small enough to fit into my purse,

and I've been taking it everywhere to 

draw in when I have some time.

On the left, a fabric covered art journal 

with watercolor pages. It's pieced, painted,

collaged, sewn and heavily embellished.

I haven't started working

in this one yet. On the right, a fabric and

paper journal, in scrappy-sewn-painted-

collaged-abundance. The cover fabric 

was an upholstery remnant that was very

abstract and painterly.

Some older art journals and sketchbooks.

In college, a sketchbook was a place for 

preliminary drawings and plans for larger

projects. That concept has evolved somewhat!

The black ring binder on top holds pages made from

recycled cardboard that are 

gessoed, painted and collaged.

Another view of a stack of art journals.

The green cover is the Scrappy Green Journal

that Elizabeth made, and that I

have delighted in filling up with even more stuff.

The blue hardback was a purchased journal

with flimsy pages...not really intended for

mixed media. But I filled it up anyway

and it's really my favorite so far.

My journals tend to be scattered about,
so this is a selection of favorites,
rather than a
comprehensive documentation.

I added a self-tie closure to this journal cover.

These journals are often displayed in my living room

on the bookcase, along with the many books and 

magazines that I use for inspiration. You can see

the stack of index cards on top from the

Index Card a Day challenge, this summer.

"The Book of Knowledge" is an ongoing project. I have

two more spreads to do, but somehow they haven't 

happened yet. I removed the cover from the book, and

am making accordion style pages. The Book of Ornament

is a terrific source for decorative motifs. 

Several hand-made books, and 

collaborative books are also shown.

Another view of some collaborative books,

made from swap pages.

I didn't include any photos of my

altered books this time. I will

save that for another post.

Visit Seth's blog to see other

bloggers'  "stacks."