This gal was working busily on her weaving out on the deck this morning…
…and she made me feel so guilty, as I haven't been near a loom in 2 weeks. Every time I go down to the studio, the paper calls me. I made two more books today:
The cover papers are brown Japanese handmade paper collaged with torn strips of gold tissue and slathered with PVA. The stitching is Coptic, and in the foremost book the stitching extends into a leaf shape that I punched into the boards.
The endpapers of this book are a very shiny gold paper that had been hiding on a shelf here forever. You can see the leaf stitching on the underside of the cover. Here's another view of the stitching on the outside. Click to enlarge.
The endpapers of the second book are holographic paper I bought the last time I was in Florida. This paper really says "Miami" to me. Depending on how the light hits it, it knocks your eyes out.
Meanwhile, the mailperson brought some new supplies. Here's some interesting handmade Thai paper. Won't this make a gorgeous book?
And at last a new supply of waxed linen for the Coptic stitching, as I've almost used up my current spool.