Coptic Stitch Binding
Blank journal with gelli print cover 8.25 x 6 x 1 inches Paper, acrylic paint, waxed thread ©2021 Lucinda Howe

Coptic Stitch Binding

Front cover of journal
8.25 x 6 x 1 inches
Paper, acrylic paint, waxed thread
©2021 Lucinda Howe

As I’ve been making layered gelli prints, I’ve accumulated a stack of pieces that have sections I may rework or cut up for collage. I decided to use a few of these in autumn colors to make the cover of a blank book. This is one of the book binding lessons in Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s class A Year of Gelatin Printing.

Blank journal with gelli print cover
8.25 x 6 x 1 inches
Paper, acrylic paint, waxed thread
©2021 Lucinda Howe
Coptic stitch binding

I made a blank journal with pages of pastel paper. The covers are gelli prints on deli paper glued to the backing board from a pad of art paper. The Coptic stitch binding is a way to join pages together without glue. The book is 8 ¼ x 6 x 1 inches.

Journal with blank pages of pastel paper
8.25 x 6 x 1 inches
Paper, acrylic paint, waxed thread
©2021 Lucinda Howe

 

lucindahowe

Lucinda Howe is a Contemporary Fauvist landscape painter in Columbia, SC.

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. I love the journal cover artwork, it is gorgeous.

  2. Have so very much benefited from your sharing of these Gelli print processes. Beautiful work

  3. I agree with the “other” Donna above, that I have learned so much from your sharing of the process of gelli printing and bookmaing. Your work is an inspiration.
    Thank you.

  4. I agree with the “other” Donna above, that I have learned so much from your sharing of the process of gelli printing and bookmaking. Your work is an inspiration.
    Thank you.

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