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Artists' Journals

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B3343. Real Life Journals / Diehn
Real Life Journals: Designing & Using Handmade Books by Gwen Diehn. 2010. 180pp. 9"x9". Hardcover

List Price: $24.95

This celebration of making and keeping journals will help you design a journal that enhances the experiences you are chronicling. A little book that comes within the main book helps you choose a bookbinding structure that fits your purpose - for example, a travel journal that is portable and has both lined pages and blank ones to paint on. The booklet directs you to the instructions in the main book that explain how to make that specific design. There are instructions and beautiful illustrations for 16 kinds of books and 10 cover styles. A removable foldout found on the inside back cover explains essential bookmaking basics. A variety of people share their processes and their pages. The journals and the profiles of the journal keepers will inspire you to start writing and drawing.



Gwen Diehn, the author of The Decorated Journal and The Decorated Page, showed me her BRAND NEW BOOK, Real Life Journals. It's a marvelous book, full of journal pages, including some of mine. It has great instruction, as well as a huge gallery, and is very accessible to all kinds of people. Perhaps because it was co-sponsored by AARP, the author and publisher were able to produce a really GOOD book. - Annie Cicale


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B3307. True Nature / Bash
True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude by Barbara Bash. 2004. 144pp. 7.75"x10". Hardcover

List Price: $24.95.

Calligrapher Barbara Bash has created this lovely nature journal, which combines a handwritten text with delightful watercolors. She caringly records and reflects on her encounters with animals and plants during solitary walks around the countryside of upstate New York. She captures wondrous moments in the natural environment: a dragonfly's brief pause, a surprised deer in tall grass, woodchucks watching her from a distance, a raindrop making its way down a windowpane. This hardbound book is a delight. The dust jacket is of uncoated, cream laid-finish paper, backed with plastic so it does not tear. Hidden underneath, a green cloth covers the boards with a small watercolor tipped in a recess on the front cover. The exquisite illustrations are printed in full-color on a soothing cream paper. It makes a wonderful gift.

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B3395. Books and Journals (Weekend Crafter) / Richards
Books and Journals, 20 Great Weekend Projects by Constance E. Richards. 2000, 2011. 80pp. 8.5x11. Paper

This inexpensive book has step-by-step instructions and how-to photographs for simple but not simplistic projects. Full color throughout. Good for a budding bookbinder. This is a reprint of Making Books and Journals: 20 Great Weekend Projects.

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B3169. Artful Journals Paperback
B2965. Artful Journals: Making and Embellishing Memory Books, Garden Diaries & Travel Albums by Janet Takahashi. 2007. 128pp. 8.5"x11". Paper

List price $19.95

This guide covers both creating book structures and working with readymade journals. Presents 21 projects that include a seasonal journal with handmade papers decorated with natural items, a fan book of travel postcards, an accordion book of must-remember things said, a romantic journal and a spiral book for recipes. Beautiful watercolor art throughout. Janet Takahashi is a skilled scribe and has used her calligraphy in both the diagrams and the journal examples.

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B2988. Painted Paper

B2988. Painted Paper: Techniques and Projects for Handmade Books & Cards by Alisa Golden. 2008. 178pp. Hardcover. List price $24.95 .

Alisa Golden shows how to paint paper using water-based media--primarily acrylic inks, gesso and paste. She first provides advice on paper/ink/paint choices, and introduces the tools needed to complete the projects. Every following chapter showcases multiple methods of painting techniques: washes, stencils, masking, gesso resist, paste papers (an entire chapter!), layered inks, and more. After working your way through the techniques presented, you will have a wealth of beautiful papers -- and in the final chapter, Alisa shows exactly how to use these great papers. Color photos and diagrams illustrate book/paper projects designed specifically to transform your newly painted papers into: an origami envelope, an accordion-folded album, and a decorative box, and much more! Packed with painting techniques and book projects, this title will keep your creative fires ablaze.

Chapters: Papers, Colors, and Tools; Acrylic Inks; Gesso & Stencils; Masking; Paints & Paste; Books and Projects.


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B2870. Building With Stumbling Blocks/Moote
Building With Your Creative Stumbling Blocks
By Cherryl Moote. 2006. 120pp. 8.5" x 11". Spiral Paper

Shows how to make use of your creative blocks through
exploring simple bookbinding, paper crafting and journaling.
Explores creativity, creative growth and discovery with practical activities. Deal with your creative challenges and feel more in control of your creative path. Included in the book are sections on critical voices, setting goals, rediscovering your creative voice, finding time for creativity in your daily life and dealing with the fears and challenges of living a creative life.

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B2910. Decorated Journal (Paperback)/Diehn
The Decorated Journal: Creating Beautifully Expressive Journal Pages
By Gwen Diehn. 2005. 128pp. 8.5" x 10". Paper
(Hardcover edition: B2734)

This follow up to The Decorated Page, presents more of the same and that's a good thing! More great photos, ideas, and examples. Build layered pages, use transparency, and more. Includes sections on making journals and customizing store bought journals.

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B2989. Paper Transformed
B2989. Paper Transformed: A Handbook of Surface-Design Recipes and Creative Paper Projects by Julia Andrus. 2007. 176pp. 8.5"x11". Paper. List price $24.95.

Andrus’ book showcases over 100 techniques for transforming paper. There are step-by-step illustrated instructions for many traditional processes – many with new variations. Also included are new and original paper treatments and project applications. Some of the projects include beeswax collage, soot printing, leather paper and a gorgeous effect called Northern Lights. The final chapter includes 2 dozen *Sparkling Paper Projects* that use techniques from throughout the book. This book was so popular that the publisher had to order a second printing almost immediately!

Chapters include: Old Favorites and New Variations, Original Designer Papers, Metal Look-Alikes, Special Paper Treatments, Stamping Techniques, Stippling, Sponging, Stenciling, Paper Finales, & Sparkling Paper Projects.

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B3555. An Illustrated Life / Gregory
An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers by Danny Gregory. 2008. 272pp. 10"x8". Paper

Offers a look into the imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the world through the pages of their personal visual journals. These are sketches, often with text; some are rough, some polished. The pages shown are sometimes startling, sometimes endearing, but always inspiring. The book discusses how and why keeping a consistent, visual journal leads to a more fulfilling creative life.

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B3001. 1,000 Artist Journal Pages
B3001. 1000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages & Inspirations. 2008. 320pp. 9x9. Paper. List Price $24.95.

A rich book full of visual inspiration. Includes mixed media journals, collaborative journals, journals emphasizing text as art, raw or extreme journals, fabric and fiber journals, and found-object journals. Covers a wide swath including several well-known and leading artists.

Ships in July. Special Early Order $2.00 media mail shipping for USA.

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