I love books. Always have. Then in 2006, I took a workshop at Haystack School of Crafts in Deer Island ME with the wonderfully inspiring Paulus Berensohn and learned to create my own journals!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluCXyg9iFYljFNkLfvRVz9rvu8RdflM2VYmFYyEUOX6kV8KZDRuvfX7dbQsSXHwnnX9xvhyKmqYMnYpj__Tvs-DYtb4qFhpcp5nHYM6onFNldZC__j7z0s-042awNRoFz9KFKveilyB8/s400/IMG_4187+copy.jpg)
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Each journal is created with covers made with paste paper. wrapped around a stiff board such as Davies Board.
Within the book are folded papers with shorter covers. These are called signature pages.
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They Lay flat when opened.
I monoprint or paint the white pages!