August Art Day 6- Book Art

This morning was the Sonoma County Book Arts Guild meeting. They meet on the first Saturday of the month. One of the members taught us how to make these two folded cards.

I will be teaching the September workshop for the group. I am going to teach how to do the "sewn over tapes" binding. I made this book this evening. We will be making a smaller book than the this one, with only two tapes instead of three. I believe it is best to keep it simple, however, I will be providing examples and information on how to make more advanced versions.
I covered the book board with paint paper. The paint paper is what is underneath the journal pages and paintings when I paint. I clean my brush on it, I stamp extra ink from the stamps onto it. Quite often, it turns out looking really awesome and visually fascinating.
Here is a view of the top and side of the binding.
This is the front cover. The paper inside is leftover text weight computer paper from another project. I am probably going to list this book on Etsy after the September class. It could also end up as a gift for someone.