Early last month i posted about the Mailing List Book that i made using some paper i had lying around and the binding machine that my aunt gave me. Since then i've been wanting to make some journals using the same method, but this time i bought chipboard to use as the covers. I was having trouble coming with ideas of images to use, so on the fly i thought it would be fun to screenprint some lips onto the covers.
I'm sort of being stingy with my Gocco supplies right now, so i resorted to using a makeshift screen constructed of fine netting and a plastic embroidery hoop. I then used screen filler to block out any areas i didn't want printed, waited for it to dry, then added another layer of filler to make sure any pinholes were now blocked. I used screenprinting ink on some, acrylic paint on the others. After printing each color, i blotted the excess ink several times and then drew freehand over each area of ink to get that sort of off, misaligned look.
To fill up each book, i used tons of paper samples that i used to order for free back when i was a graphic design student and some colored copier and scrapbook paper- all of which were cut to size.
Here are some finished journals:
I'm happy with how they turned out and am already thinking of what images to use next!
