Time

This is a one-of-a-kind journal upcycled from a used Life Science-series book, "Time." I embellished the graphics on the cover by cutting out ivy leaves from a copy onto cardstock of my own original watercolor painting. I glued these onto the cover and drew in vines with a waterproof marker. The pages of the journal are a linen rib-textured, cardstock-weight paper, which will resist bleed through from ink or marker use. I have hand torn each page to fit the size of the book. I bound the pages into the book cover using long and kettle stitches. These are visible on the spine over ribbons, which serve to anchor the cover to the book block (a term which means all the pages of a book as a whole). The book block contains three signatures (a term for groups of pages). I include out-of-context quotes on some of the pages to be used as writing or art-inspiring prompts. Now here's something different from all other but one of my upcycled book journals... Ok, it's embarrassing to admit but I mixed up the quotes for two journals of the same physical size. Another journal, already in a journaler's hands, has the quotes that came from "Time." This journal has quotes from the book, "America's Wild and Scenic Rivers." The quotes are just as wonderful, I assure you, but... sorry about that...