More Indigo books (with a splash of Onion) ....

The Solace project ....

My response/ contribution to the "Solace" project being created by India Flint ( An invitation from India Flint, please do click on the link for details of the project) ....

Process:
Vintage linen bed sheet.  Lettering: painted with acrylics, sewn with linen thread and burnt in order to recreate the image of Iron Gall ink corrosion (Iron Gall ink quickly replaced with acrylic paint, due to the tummy turning moment when it dawned on me the impact that the iron might have on an Indigo vat)

Darned with vintage white cotton:

My prayer/ wish "To repair the damage that we have done whilst: acknowledging, accepting and honoring/ remembering the scars".

Some of the completed pennants can be found here: Sweetpeapath
Edit: The pennants in situ ..

More messing about with Indigo ...

A delightful afternoon spent messing about in my back yard with: leather worker Ruth Pullan and a vat of Indigo .... a few more days/ weeks to create Indigo books. 

Envelope books ....

A new batch of Envelope Books: recycled papers made into hand-made envelopes, hand dyed linen threads, recycled fabrics made into book cloth and quite a bit of playing with a bunch of books sewn onto tapes. 

Welcoming 2015 ....

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year .... 

... I'm having a little competition over on my Facebook Page ... a little bit of fun to chase away the January gloom ,,,  please pop over and leave a comment if you'd like a chance to win this little book ... K x  

Production ....

November was all about production .... (and rather sore wrists) ....

Recycled leather "Heart Books"

Assorted recycled leather books

Vintage Embroidered books

Dress Pattern books

... here's to December, and a bit of time to play.

Messing about with Indigo cont. ...

A number of weeks ago I had a go at  messing about with indigo  ... I couldn't resist dunking a few bits of pale blue leather, scavenged from the seconds bin at my local leather wholesalers. I had planned to make these into books in January ... but why wait?