Journal Materials

Yesterday was my last day of this semester in college. I'm taking a summer class, but it's nice to have a break. I thought I'd share another project I did in one of my classes. I made a set of journals for one of sculpture classes which sort of relates to my Etsy shop. I experimented with putting different materials in a journal form.

In this journal, I used different colored papers. I might try this on a few books I sell. I've made books with different types of paper inside, but i haven't done one using different colors like this. 

This one uses sand paper as the cover. I wanted to experiment using a rough material as a cover.

This one uses different pieces of fabric as pages/the cover. I used a sewing machine for this one instead of hand sewing which is different for me. It reminds me of a book I had as a kid that was made of all fabric pages.

This one uses tea bags as the material. I thought it'd be fun to use a material that you wouldn't normally think of being used as a journal form. I also love the idea of combining food with art.

This journal uses recycled newspaper for both the cover and pages.

I want to try more new bookbinding techniques in the future like trying new stitches, doing different shapes and using interesting materials or recycled items. Do you have any ideas for interesting journals I could make?