"Rock Thy Brain"

I've been working on this book for awhile - mostly because of the beaded panel on the cover. Beading takes time . . .
After spending all that time with the beads and the sewing, it's stressful to start working with glue, in this case PVA. A tiny bit can ruin the book cloth. Brief description: I wanted to make a journal (to donate to the silent auction for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey fundraising Gala event) that would be a place to record one's journey through the arts. A way to remember plays seen, exhibitions attended, books read, concerts attended, over the course of a year or so. So the inside pages are embellished, a bit, but mostly blank so that there's a place to write. Or to sketch. The book has seven signatures, sewn on tapes. The tapes are bits of leather that I backed with book cloth to avoid stretching, and then gilded. The covers are Davey Binders Board covered with Iris Bookcloth #848 (rust) and backed with decorative papers. The signatures are BFK Rives and sewn with waxed linen thread.