Most of this journal comes from junk envelopes,
the kind that you rip open, or they have safety liners,
odd unmatching sizes, or there are just too many of them.
To use the envelopes in a meaningful way,
I painted them black and hand drew simple doodles on them,
turning the trash into signatures.
The pockets are from painted brown paper,
that lines the shipping boxes.
I made tags printed on tea-dyed paper and tea-dyed cardstock.
The cover is made from 140 lb acrylic painted watercolor paper.
The signatures are sewn with baker's twine.
Foliage is cut from textured cardstock, and jewels
and charms are clipped to the pages.
The inspiration for this book and the rest in the series
I am making the medieval manuscripts from the century.