more journal covers

less than 24 hours after I put them out for sale my 4 mini journals found new owners, so I have started on the next batch … fabric and thread scraps trapped under pieces of hand dyed organza and lace, with machine stitching started

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more handmade books

rusted and stitched upcycled papers, some shibori pleating, eco dying and corrugated cardboard altered to look like rusty iron; hand stitched coptic binding

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the series continues

third coptic-bound book finished, in a more freestyle format this time; made from torn and rusted textured wallpaper (rolls found in an op shop

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