Sandra Strait, Zentagle artist and all-round fabulous person, recently reviewed one of our calligraphy pads. You can read her review here on her blog, Life Imitates Doodles.
The colors on the paper were absolutely stunning, but what really caught my eye was what she did with the pad: she removed the sheets and made her own art journal.
“Making a Journal–tearing and sewing: I was intrigued by how sturdy this paper was despite its relatively light weight, so I decided to make an art journal with it. This makes a nifty, light-weight journal you could take on your travels to practice calligrpahy or sketching. (I used wallpaper glued to one of the half-sheets for the cover. Cardboard from a cereal box would work as well.)”
Sandra used a number of different art materials, but what really struck me was that the pages lay completely flat. This is a quality artists really value in an art journal. Maybe the answer is a home-made book.
Do you have an art journal and would like to share some of your pages with Quo Vadis Blog friends? Please send us an image or two and we will show (and credit them) in an upcoming post. Thank you!
That looks like wonderful paper to play with!
I love trying new paper, playing with it, seeing how it responds to all kinds of fun techniques. And making another journal – how fun!
I would love to try this pad with fountain pens! 🙂
Thsnk you for the wonderful giveaway! I would love to have this pad at my desk for spontaneous art!
Would love to win this for art journaling.
Great idea for transforming a pad of paper, although I would use it for calligraphy practice, too.
What an awesome opportunity! Fingers crossed! Thanks for the giveaway.
I am throwing my hat in the ring in hopes that I will be one of the ones picked. Thanks for the giveaway
Thanks for another great giveaway.
What a great giveaway!
Count me in please!
Winning a calligraphy pad to make your own book sounds awesome !
What a lovely idea – and what great timing. I have been looking for an ‘ideas’ journal that one can use to jot down ideas and hash out designs and layout.
The Calligraphy paper seems like an excellent choice for a journal like this. Can’t wait to make one.
I love making my own books because I can make any size or put in as many pages as I want. I would love to give this paper a try.
I look forward to seeing how this works as an art Journal. Always looking for new journals!!
Thank you for the kind words! I’ll spread the word about the giveaway! I know there will be happy winners!