Oak Leaf Book

Oak book coveroak book insideOak book back

I just finished two new books, and I’ve used up all the signatures I made so it’s time to sew some more. 

To make the cover of this book, I started with a piece of green and black calico.  I collaged a painted layer of paper towel over that. You can see the holey-honeycomb texture in the corner. After that was dry, I pasted the gold art paper over where the spine would go.  I used a rubber stamp with latin writing over the papers, and poured gold embossing powder over it.  The embossing powder didn’t coat perfectly, but I like the look anyway.  After that was dry, I sewed the silk oak leaves on.  The acorn is a low fired clay bead that I made from a pressmold I made from a real acorn several years ago.

I showed the end papers in this post, because it’s such a pain to paste in endpapers that I didn’t want my efforts to go unrecognized.  It makes a difference to have endpapers that match the motif of the book’s cover; I just don’t like how fussy the measuring is.

3 comments

  1. I can’t believe I own this book!!!

    That’s what comes of admiring your oak leaf necklace at the “Welcome to Clarion” party . . . . Thank you, Kater. It’s a rare treasure.

    • Sandy Fiacchino on June 14, 2010 at 10:36 am

    Could one of your lovely books be used as a Guest Book for a wedding?

    Thank you

    • Kater on June 14, 2010 at 11:00 am
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    They’re quite small. Finished size is about 3.5 by 5 inches. If you want to make a guest book for a wedding, I suggest a simple two-page folio. It shouldn’t be hard to make, even if you’ve never done bookbinding.

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