black-textured sketchbook (2nd binding)

5¾"w x 8¾"h x 1⅜" thick (rebound)

160 sheets or 320 pages counting front & back

(20 sheets are kraft brown - 10 on the inside of each cover; 140 sheets are white copier paper)

 

made from white copier paper, kraft brown paper and white waxed linen thread (with coptic stitch binding); cover made from black kraft paper and chipboard

 

i made this book for my husband to sketch in (it originally looked like this)... the original project included him using the book to see how it would wear, with regular use, over time... after a couple weeks it was obvious that the thread was not going to make it very long... it was way too thin and, since it wasn't waxed, it started to become ragged very quickly... i wanted to wait until the thread actually broke to see how long it would have gone, but i also didn't want the book to get damaged... so this time around i used a heavier (and waxed) thread and gave the book newer, stronger covers (even though the cardboard covers were wearing well)... it's definitely an upgrade, but only time will tell whether or not it's enough...

 

1st binding - January 17, 2009

Done