I figured this might be appreciated here. I recently got into book binding and the first novel I wanted to try was Jane Eyre. I've just never loved the versions I've come across and it was so fun designing and binding this (although I have a new found appreciation for handmade books after this).
My son's first birthday is this weekend and my in laws are coming into town. They are big writers/documenters of things and love books, so I thought it would be cool to make them a journal so they could write letters/musings etc to their grandchild and give it to him when he's older.
I intentionally wanted something academic looking on the outside that transitioned into something whimsical and unexpected when you opened it. Im so happy with how it turned out !
I've only been at this for two weeks 🤣 so I'm sure it's rather elementary compared to some of the works of art posted here.
It's nowhere near perfect but I'm so happy with how it turned out ! My husband loves carpentry and has a ragged notebook he draws his designs in but he's always complaining that it doesn't lie flat. Sooo! I figured it would be a good learning opportunity to make him one.
I did a quarter binding because I wanted to be able to use my foil quill to add the foil element and it works best on paper. (It's a little crypto goblin my husband likes 🤣...so I designed it holding some tools). I couldn't find a good graph template that suited my preferences for the size and shade, so I made my own in InDesign (what a slog).
Learned so many things during the process and can't wait to keep trying and (hopefully) get better 😊