Travel Journal
Anyone studying binding makes their fair share of blank journals. It is a way to learn the binding process as well as experiment with cover decoration. With this journal, I did just that. This book was also meant for a traveler so maps and a globe theme were incorporated. To begin, I wanted to allow the spine to be a decorative area as well as the cover so I decided to use an Ethiopian Coptic stitch. The very edge of each section was wrapped with pieces of maps placed in such a way that an abstract image of a road…