tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68408876690999924192024-03-13T13:02:18.900-07:00Mossgate Journal 5This site contains the eclectic musings and meanderings of a book arts addict. Join me in the exploration of book construction and activities involved in journaling.Aurora Oberloh aka Mossgate Journalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827656177677464613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6840887669099992419.post-26825273948030241642011-01-19T12:04:00.000-08:002011-01-19T12:17:14.058-08:00Italy Adventure, Umbria, Italy 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc5qryyWzI/AAAAAAAAA1E/S_M3Y8JpbPY/s1600/Italy+Journal+label+.j+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc5qryyWzI/AAAAAAAAA1E/S_M3Y8JpbPY/s400/Italy+Journal+label+.j+jpg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">This journal is one of my favorites so far. The dimensions are 5 3/4 x 7 3/4. It nestles into one's hand very comfortably and fits into a backpack or tote bag very easily. The pages are of 140 lb Fabriano soft press watercolor paper. Soft press has a texture between hot and cold press with a bit of a linen finish to it. Soft press absorbs watercolor fairly quickly which I like when I'm moving around from one location to another and don't have a lot of time to wait for the watercolor to dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc58JQYNzI/AAAAAAAAA1I/JCvjQrFo4ZU/s1600/Italy+Journal+Front+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc58JQYNzI/AAAAAAAAA1I/JCvjQrFo4ZU/s320/Italy+Journal+Front+j.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The journal is sewn with exposed double raised cords and kettle stitches at each end. An extra strip of thin bookboard is glued to the spine edge of the front and back covers as a grip which makes the journal easier to grab when removing and placing into whatever I am carrying it in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc7N6_1a8I/AAAAAAAAA1M/89OV14CwWic/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+1a++j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc7N6_1a8I/AAAAAAAAA1M/89OV14CwWic/s400/Italy+journal+2010+1a++j.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are pocket pages sewn in between the watercolor paper sections for miscellaneous items.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc8HTNw_WI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/KX0epL2f9-Y/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+2+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc8HTNw_WI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/KX0epL2f9-Y/s640/Italy+journal+2010+2+j.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my first sketch in this journal. I was sitting in the cafe at the Museum of Modern Art at the Borghessi in Rome were there was a relief of a lion on a wall. On the left are stamps purchased at the Vatican post office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc9VJKg6TI/AAAAAAAAA1U/iefBONvpGhE/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+6+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="341" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc9VJKg6TI/AAAAAAAAA1U/iefBONvpGhE/s400/Italy+journal+2010+6+j.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are two of the pockets mentioned above. Great place for small maps and clippings from tourist information brochures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc-ImVXmEI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/ESTtDCp5kks/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+7+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTc-ImVXmEI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/ESTtDCp5kks/s640/Italy+journal+2010+7+j.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the page following the pockets in the above photo. Ken O'Connell, our tour shepherd and workshop leader, was big on visiting post offices in various towns and buying stamps for his and our journals. Here I tried to recreate the colors of the stamps in swatches of watercolor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTdABJ2UNnI/AAAAAAAAA1g/7-W7cXsEojI/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+3+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTdABJ2UNnI/AAAAAAAAA1g/7-W7cXsEojI/s640/Italy+journal+2010+3+j.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A word to the wise....wear good shoes or you will wind up here. I paid two visits to emergency rooms, one in Rome and one in Terni. Not a fun way to spend your vacation time! I thank Edmond, manager of La Romita School of Art, for his kind patience in transporting me to the one in Terni.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTdBR3v2_8I/AAAAAAAAA1k/hqIb2VG9lmI/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+1+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="467" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTdBR3v2_8I/AAAAAAAAA1k/hqIb2VG9lmI/s640/Italy+journal+2010+1+j.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the left is a piece of the pharmacy bag from my pain relief prescription. On the right is my sketch of a scene of San Gemini the first small town on our tour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTdCRiTai4I/AAAAAAAAA1o/PnZGd-Eb_xg/s1600/Italy+journal+2010+5+j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KckdGFgx3MM/TTdCRiTai4I/AAAAAAAAA1o/PnZGd-Eb_xg/s640/Italy+journal+2010+5+j.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nice thing about looking at vacation photos or videos is that you don't have to undergo the weather issues of the actual place....of heat, humidity or the relentless little flying creatures that you have to keep waving off as you try to draw. Here I am sketching Phil as he is lost in his own work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...the end for now.... </div>Aurora Oberloh aka Mossgate Journalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827656177677464613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6840887669099992419.post-24135061497356232042011-01-15T19:42:00.000-08:002011-01-15T19:46:39.162-08:00Cortona, Italy, Journal 2009<div align="center">In 2009 I participated in a workshop in Cortona lead by Gwen Diehn in which we produced our own pigment and journals from local materials found on our explorations around Cortona and Florence. Walking along the unpaved country road behind the Oasi Hotel searching for rock with which to crush into pigment is still a fun memory.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">The cover paper on this journal was made from a bag from the Il Pozzo D' Arte gift shop in Cortona. There I purchased handmade paper and some crow quill pens. Il Pozo had a wonderful display of handmade paper journals for sale, too.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pages of my journal were made of a type of Fabriano paper which I am not familiar with here in the US. The watermark impression was F44. For those of you who don't know, Fabriano paper is made in the town of Fabriano, Italy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zecchi sells art supplies in Florence and sells their own brand of watercolors. Here is their shopping bag broken down into a journal page insert and their watercolor chart also as a page insert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I enlarged this image a little more so you can see the bare spine with the outer paper covering removed. The cover structure was thin cardboard product packaging. The stitching is a version of long stitch with chain that can be found in Keith Smith's book, <em>Volume I Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This journal below I took with me. It is 9 1/4 inches wide and 15 1/2 inches high. What was I thinking! What a boat anchor to be lugging around! But it gave me lots of space to glue portions of brocures and write lots of commentary. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The photo album below is 7 3/8 inches wide by 11 1/2 inches high. A somewhat easier size to carry in a travel bag. It is similar in style to the journal above. The sections were spaced far enough apart to accommodate the insertion of the photos, or in the case above, brochure clippings, ticket stubs, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided early on that it was easier to determine the book size based on how the paper tore down. It eliminated a lot of page measuring and cutting. I basically fold and tear until I have the size I want, which is usually 7 1/2 by 11 1/2 or 5 3/4 by 7 3/4. I leave a small margin of cover overlaping the pages. That's just my preference. The pages are 140 lb but I don't remember who the manufacturer is.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is 4 3/8 by 6 3/8. The cover paper is of a crumpled map.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little France sign hangs from fishing line which is hardly noticeable and keeps the sign from getting lost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see that there are six envelopes. These hold post cards and 4x6 inch photos. They are sewn into concertina folds. This design is a spinoff from a concertina workshop that I took with Daniel Kelm at Garage Annex School in Easthampton, Massachusetts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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