Today we made saddle stitched sketchbooks. We used a variety of different papers to go inside our sketchbooks including drawing paper, watercolour paper, and found papers including lining paper, wrapping papers, packaging papers, waxed papers - all sorts.
Most sketchbooks were made by folding the paper in half, and stitching the papers down the middle to hold them together. One book though was made using unfolded paper laid flat, with a folded over spine area and saddle stitched from the front of the sketchbook to the back.
Many of the covers were made using Daler Rowney pastel paper (paper that has a slight tooth on it, created for using chalk pastel on). We used book maker’s waxed linen thread, as well as various other threads of neutral and bright colours. People brought in threads and papers to share. Some people even got so far as to start working in their sketchbooks!
