Youtuber Owls and elephants has a good video of a art journal page in progress, i’m a sucker for that sort of video. So you can see it here!

D.Price the hobo artist has been doing a 100 page zine for over 10 years now. The zine is simply amazing. Think of Everyday Matters by Danny Gregory but with a focus on travel. There's navel gazing insight, great drawings of places he's been descriptions of those places and some great photography. It's all good stuff.

You can see his website here.
While there take a look at the link for the free issue that is online.

Take a look at his etsy shop too where you can buy issues.

Some pics of Moonlight Chronicles:

Support an artist, buy his work, you'll be inspired, plus it's only $5. Seriously well worth it. I promise you won't be able to put it down. Think Everyday matters but 6 times a year.

So that book, the art journal that I've been working in? Yeah the one that was pissing me off? I did the rebind already, it didn't take to long and I removed some unworked signatures- 4 of them to be exact. Leaving me with only 3 untouched signatures left. I think that the real issue was that the thread stretched a lot. I've used the brown linen before and never had an issue but I've never had a book so loose before. Of course I over stuff the book with glued in pages and layers of acrylic making the books about twice as thick as when I started. I dind't really epect there to be an issue with it at all. but there was.

Anyway, here are the issues:

My solution:

All finished:

So I've been working in this journal for a month now:

It looks great but it's pissing me off. Why? the binding is getting loose and the stitches are sliding into the covers. Now I can take a little loose-ness but I've gotten to the point where I can no longer take it. The first 3 signatures have slid almost onto the covers and look awful. I mean really awful. I've packed it full of some art too.

I've gotten to the point where I WILL me rebinding it. Most likely tonight. I'll most likely leave out 3 or 4 signatures and use larger thread.

It's rare I get ticked off by a book of my own making, but this one really chapped my ass. After I get the rebinding doneI'll post the before and after pics. ARGH

Sverige
Originally uploaded by B a s t i a n o

It’s not often that I shill the work of another bookbinder but today I shall. Bastiano creates these great notebooks out of old envelopes and recycled paper from around the world the things in this book are from Estonia. it’s mine. Yes, I took the plunge and bought a notebook from another binder. Why? I could try and recreate this style, but it’s not mine and it wouldn’t have the heart and soul that this book has. It’s lovely and I can ‘t wait to get it home and start filling it up… Right after I fill the book I’m using right now… Right… 🙂

I’ve often been frustrated by the vast quantity of art journals out there that are bright cheerful and happy. Where are the disaffected, malignant, apathetic and angry journals? Where are the dark journals? Why are art journalers so afraid of dark pages? Are we afraid of our darker more angry side. Kudos to MissiSnowWhite for putting her stuff out there. Rock on!