So C. the instigator struck again.
She ran across something in her internet travels and developed a powerful desire for it.
A miniature watercolor sketchbook:
However the shipping was quite prohibitive from the Philippines.
I took a good look at it and thought... 'I think I could make that.'
Because I love her like chocolate, and I also love a good challenge, I proceeded to gather some bookmaking supplies and a stock of watercolor paper and set to.
Here are the folded signatures:
These were all torn from two sheets of 30 by 22 inch Arches watercolor paper.
Here they are ready to sew:
30 pages! I sewed each signature together with thread and made a bundle which is glued with some open weave bookbinding fabric:
Then I glued this block of papers onto a piece of scrap leather that I had on hand and pressed the whole thing using my high end book press: :-)
This is the result:
In the journal making community, this is called a 'chunky monkey'
And it truly is...
I cannot wait to see what she will paint in it. I'm sure at some point there will be something in there having to do with an owl. :-)
Use it in good health C. And it was an honor to fulfill one of your desires!
