ending and beginning

The above left page is my final sketch in this current journal; the hidden page on the right is my list  to send a change of address to when we sold our cabin and moved to the farm for good. Actually, there are still a couple of agencies on the list we need to take care of — a severe cat bite, hospitalization, and home quarantine interrupted the process.

Last summer while taking a load of recycles in to Brenham, I spied some old books with interesting covers thrown in the random paper bin. So our granddaughter Jayna did a “dumpster dive” for me, her being much taller than me. She pulled out 3 books I particularly liked, to be gutted and filled with sketching paper. This one is a science book published in 1872.

Just before packing to move, I tore all my full sized papers down to fit these covers, knowing they’d be easier to move that way. This one will have Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper — I think it is soft-press. The other 2 old book covers are thinner and will have Nideggen paper.

With the journal just finished, I was experimenting with sewing a book block together but inserting it into a temporary leather cover while using it. The cover is a refillable Traveler’s Notebook, found HERE. Now I will need to build a permanent cover for it as well — haven’t decided what it will look like yet. Maybe something dealing with moving, like a map?

Knowing the outer book block pages would be covered by end papers in the binding process, I used them to test pens and make temporary notes. The pencil clip covers my personal contact info in case the journal was lost while carrying it.