Ledger Papers
Various watercolors - I use handmade watercolors from Art to Basic and Ocean Paper, as well as watercolors from Daniel Smith & Van Gough.
Brush
Water
UHU Glue Stick
Art Journal
A blog for the StencilGirl® Product line owned by Mary Beth Shaw for people who love stencils like we love stencils.
Ledger Papers
Various watercolors - I use handmade watercolors from Art to Basic and Ocean Paper, as well as watercolors from Daniel Smith & Van Gough.
Brush
Water
UHU Glue Stick
Art Journal
Japanese stab binding is a traditional bookbinding technique that originated in Japan and dates back to the 6th century. This method came not just from Japan but also China, Korea, and Vietnam. It was primarily used for binding various documents, manuscripts, and records. It evolved into an art form with the addition of decorative elements and intricate stitching patterns.
The traditional materials needed are quite simple, paper and thread, but the sky is the limit with what you can use. Think on the use and visual preference you want for your book and go from there. Covers can be made from cloth, leather or covered book board. Inside pages can be folded at the fore-edge or be single, unfolded sheets. The thread can be replaced with ribbon and the like.
The book I created for this post has a hardcover, is filled 80lb. drawing paper and is the basic Japanese version of stab binding, called Yotsume Toji, which roughly translates to “four holes”. I used handmade paper for the covers. Stenciling on the handmade paper was a delight!
I created a tutorial video to show you all the details! Find it on the StencilGirl® YouTube channel HERE.
I was rather taken with the gelli plate printed deli and copy paper I made for my January 2024 Project. They were made using stencil L988 Earth and there were a lot of prints left over so I decided to make a few more papers like them using different stencils.
Here is the
tutorial:
1. Using
a 8 x 11” gelli plate with Payne’s Grey as well as Dark Blue acrylic paint,
cover the gelli plate with one of the paints, put a stencil on top and take
prints on both deli and copy paper. Remove the stencil and take more prints. I
used the following stencils: L141
Puzzle,
L992 Circle Around,
LL1005 Shape Collection and L931
Winter Wood.
2. I
couldn’t resist some overprinting on some of the sheets.
3. I
added some vintage and wrapping paper to the mix of collage materials.
4. Glue
(I used an UHU glue stick but matte medium also works fine) collage pieces onto
the background. In my case the background consisted of 4 x 6” Strathmore
watercolor postcards. I was only going to work on a few but somehow used up the
entire pack of 15 postcards.
5. Using
a 5 x 7” gelli plate and a variety of translucent acrylic paints (mine
were by Golden), take partial prints on your postcards till you’re happy with
how they look. One of the colours I used was a gold one to add a bit of
sparkle.
6. Glue
on some more imagery from the papers made in step 1 to some of the postcards
where you feel it is needed.
7. Outline
the imagery from step 6 with oil pastels
8. Glue
on matching (in colour) postage stamps.
9. Edge
the cards with a gold paint marker (mine is by Posca).
10. Finish off the cards with a layer of fluid matte medium