i spent the day making brochures. my dear friend johnine designed them for me. she sent me the PDF images of the design, and i print them out at home. the booklet is 10 pages in length, and has a cover over the pages. they take a while to put together, but i think look really cool when they are finished. the front cover is created from a collage i made, and the interior has a total of 16 artworks. there are two pages of prints, two of collage, two of assemblage, and two of paintings.
the first step is to print out the pages using really nice paper and cover stock. then i score and fold each page, making a nice crease with a bone folder. then the pages are assembled together in order, and sewn together at the crease. since the interior pages are one-sided, there is a tab left over. i sew this down with a zig zag stitch that shows on the front of the booklet. next, i cut the brochure down to size with a ruler and rotary cutter. finally, i put a coat of matte medium over the stitching to keep it from raveling.
these little booklets now get placed in a translucent envelope, and are closed with a custom sticker with an image of one of my art pieces. they can be addressed and sent as-is, or can be placed in my artist packet with my resume, etc.
johnine is a genius!!
it takes me over 3 hours to make 8 booklets, but somehow it is relaxing to me. i am getting faster now that i know the process a bit better than i did when i started making them.
this particular batch was made to take to pagosa for the upcoming show at shy rabbit. they are to be given to buyers of my work. we will see how it goes. hopefully their creation will bring some good karma my way.
the first step is to print out the pages using really nice paper and cover stock. then i score and fold each page, making a nice crease with a bone folder. then the pages are assembled together in order, and sewn together at the crease. since the interior pages are one-sided, there is a tab left over. i sew this down with a zig zag stitch that shows on the front of the booklet. next, i cut the brochure down to size with a ruler and rotary cutter. finally, i put a coat of matte medium over the stitching to keep it from raveling.
these little booklets now get placed in a translucent envelope, and are closed with a custom sticker with an image of one of my art pieces. they can be addressed and sent as-is, or can be placed in my artist packet with my resume, etc.
johnine is a genius!!
it takes me over 3 hours to make 8 booklets, but somehow it is relaxing to me. i am getting faster now that i know the process a bit better than i did when i started making them.
this particular batch was made to take to pagosa for the upcoming show at shy rabbit. they are to be given to buyers of my work. we will see how it goes. hopefully their creation will bring some good karma my way.
These are just beautuful, Ruth! They look like little jewels!
ReplyDeleteQuestion, in stitching together the pages, did you use straight machine stitching or japanese bookbinding stitching? I have turned some old monoprints into covers for handmade sketch books and it was a lot of fun. I can see how you would find this relaxing.