The Unbound Journal
Join me in the studio as I show you how I drew inspiration from a carboard box, a pile of lace, old earrings, traveler’s notebooks, and a fun journal structure to come up with a delightfully tactile junk journal.
In these Studio Sessions, I invite you into my tiny home art studio, share my sources of inspiration, and show you how I bring it all together into a finished project.
You need very simple supplies to put this journal together — in fact, I’m willing to bet that you already have most of these supplies in your stash! I also offer a variety of different options and ideas to really make this journal your own.
This class is perfect for beginners and intermediate artists. If you’ve been intimidated by book binding, or drool over gorgeously bound messy looking junk journals and cannot figure out how to make your own handmade journals, my no-stress approach to book binding will have you creating along with me in no time!
What you get with this course
- Step-by-step instructions on building the Unbound Journal cover structure
- Simple book binding instructions
- Lessons on how to paint really cool mixed media starter pages for your journal
- A bit of slow stitching
- Instructions on how to paint a super fun abstract art journal page — the techniques that I show you here can be used over and over again in your art making with different results each time.
Supply list
You will find the complete supply list in the classroom, once you enroll, though you will need some of the following materials. You are encouraged to use what you have, and I share many alternatives and suggestions in the classroom.
Carboard, e.g. cereal box
Papers to bind into your journal
Fabrics and laces
Needle and embroidery floss
Awl
Assorted paints
Gesso
Assorted paintbrushes
I hope you will say yes to joining me in the studio and binding your own gorgeous hand made journal. Nothing gives me more joy than to spend some time at the painty table as I unwind after a busy day, and I would love to show you the ropes, too!