Art Progress

E1 Journals (rust)

I recently began working on a new series of journals. I'm calling them E1 journals. The E stands for environment-easy, economical. This pair are rust colored.

The pages in these E1 blank books are made of paper that is not only 100% recycled but also: processed chlorine free, "made carbon neutral", and both FSC and Green Seal Certified. It's a fairly heavy paper (70# text) and has a beautiful look and feel.

I used a coptic stitch to bind the sections together and the head and tail bands are sewn from the same Irish waxed linen used on the spine.

I made the covers from high quality plywood (Some are cabinet-grade Baltic birch and other are super dense plywood used for model building).

I painted them with milk paint (which is "The greenest paint there is") I also impressed the front cover with a tiny E1 stamp and waxed the painted covers to make them more user friendly--less susceptible to dirt and oil from handling.

One of these journals is a heavily distressed white and the other black over a rusty red.

Price per journal : 75$ + shipping (4$ to US addresses)

Let me know if you are interested in a custom journal.

Posted by jwaggone at December 18, 2008 6:17 AM