A beautiful, handmade watercolour sketchbook that has been crafted with artists in mind. Perfect for painting in the studio or on the go, whether you are working on highly detailed watercolour paintings, playing with inks and gouache, or documenting your travels in sketches.
— DETAILS —
– Hardback covered with my hand dyed ecoprint paper
– Cover size: 5⅞ x 8⅜ inch or 14.9cm x 21.3cm
– Page size: 5¾ x 8¼ inch or 14.6cm x 20.6cm
– 24 pages (48 sides) of 300gsm Fabriano Artistico Traditional NOT/cold press watercolour paper. (The paper is mould made, chlorine and acid free, produced with 100% cotton and has been sized both internally and externally.)
– Lay-flat design for comfortable painting
— What is Ecoprinting? —
Ecoprinting, ecodyeing, or botanical printing is a natural dyeing process by which the colours and shapes of leaves are transferred onto paper. Leaves are layered between sheets of paper and boiled for 1 hour, which allows to natural colours in the leaves to dye the paper. I use other natural dyes, such as red cabbage, onion skins, black tea, fruit tea, iron etc. to further colour the paper.
The leaves have all been sourced responsibly from my garden and the local area.
(You can find out more info on my blog: https://bluecedarstudios.com/blog/)
— More about this Binding –
The book has been handbound using the criss cross or Secret/Hidden Belgian binding method, which allows for exposed decorative stitchwork on the outside, a hard spine to protect the paper inside, and opens flat for easy use. The hardcover is made up of three pieces which are then bound together. The cover has been bound with waxed embroidery floss. The inside pages have been bound with white waxed linen thread.
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