limp...

oh.... my..... golly-gosh-goodness 

has it been HUMID or what?!!!

yech!

I've been trying to make things.... with paper... in the insane heat and humidity.... Earlier in the week I made a start on wrestling paper ... but EVERYTHING is sweating.... (three questions for friends living in the tropics: WHY????? .... HOW???!!!! ... WHY!!!!!)

Yesterday it was just ridiculous... I had a towel wrapped around my neck trying to catch sweat forming at my hairline from rolling down onto the paper and book projects I had stoopidly thought that I might be able to manage.  I think it was rather fitting (even though it proved completely impossible in the humidity) to attempt to make my very first limp-bound leather journal....

 

I finished the limpy ones today - after the icky heat has FINALLY dissipated
(it's positively arctic here today - mmmmmmmm much better!)

(on these journals I tried out something a little different -

the closure is a wrap-around leather tie with a sewn leather 'whatsit')

 this one is my favourite - and it was the simplest 

the pages are canson mi-teintes

the closure is simply an organza ribbon threaded through a slot.... too easy!

I really enjoyed this structure and I can't believe I've never tried it before. It was much easier than I expected and the outcome was much nicer than anticipated (I think it was the idea of using leather that previously had me all a-quiver.... but as I acquired a small stash of leathers along with all that yummy bookbinding gear last year - well, I felt less pressured about making 'mistakes')

I'm going to revisit this structure again very soon - right now I'm recharging in the cool temperatures (I can enjoy a nice hot cuppa again) - it's only 12 sleeps until the opening of 'codex interruptum'



gulp!



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