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[arliss]

Medieval-bound wrap leather journals—faking the look and feel of hand-pulled paper using wood rasps to "sand" the edges of the pages soft, ragged, and irregular, instead of the straight-cut block. The toothbrush is for clearing away crumbs and fragments.

Comments

[all_adream]

I think they look very attractive, and presumably they could also be made with fake leather for the vegan crowd--very nice.

[arliss]

I hadn't considered vegans' sensibilities, I should apologize. And thank you because now I have a head full of canvas and embroidered velvet and tapestry covers for medieval-binding journals. Whee! Another project.

[phoenixfire12]

These are simply beautiful. I'm also enchanted with your handwriting.I like the deckled edges in the top on in the first picture.

[erika]

oh. my. god... they're so gorgeous.

[destinyislands]

These are beautiful! Amazing.

[arliss]

Aw, thanks. The handwriting evolved from the cursive I learned in third grade. An analyst would have a field day.

The journals themselves are available at B&N. I just choose to rough up the page edges a little to make them look more like hand-pulled paper. With the softened edges, the books themselves are more pliable, feel better in the hand.

[arliss]

The journals themselves came from Barnes & Noble. I just roughed up the page edges some. I like the look and feel of the softened pages much better.

[arliss]

They were fun to work on.

[arliss]

Found on Tumblr--

Look, look! Aren't they pretty?

[all_adream]

I think the idea of velvets and brocades and even tatty muslin and whatever would be really interesting: plenty of intriguing versions of ye-olde, both luxurious and maybe stark...the idea of plain muslin or cotton etc. really interests me, maybe stained with tea or something natural...hmmm.

[arliss]

Did you see the pic I posted in comments, above, of the small journals covered in bits of tapestries and brocades, what are probably upholstery fabrics?

There are many and varied possibilities!