Starting a new journal

As I mentioned here, I completed creating in my "Language" sketchbook journal. I had to decide which of my completed books to use as my next journal. Recently, I took Nik the Booksmith's Hollow Back Book Binding online class. One of the books I made didn't turn out as planned because it doesn't have a hollow back spine. The book has a flat back spine. The book doesn't close all the way because the signatures (group of pages) don't lay flat along the inside of the spine. I won't be able to sell the book because of this flaw, which helped to make my decision to use it as my next journal. 

The cracker box substrate is 6"x4" closed and 6"x9" opened. I monoprinted the paper used for the outside and inside covers. The covers have coordinating duct tape and washi tape on the spine. The five signatures are made using Blick White Sulphite Drawing Paper in 80lb that are sewn into the book with waxed nylon thread. There's a 50 pages.

In my "Language" sketchbook journal, I used the same paper but monoprinted the paper before sewing into the journal. This time around the paper is unmarked. It will be a good challenge to start with blank papers.

Let the fun begin!

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"Language" sketchbook journal - new sketches

Here is the last page in my "Language" sketchbook journal. As with anything done on a regular basis, creating in a journal has because a habit for me. A good habit. All 60 sketches. I'm already constructing a new journal that I will start creating in this week. 

"Language" sketchbook journal - "that's all she wrote" 5"x8"

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"Language" sketchbook journal - new sketches

At my day job this week, I had two separate conversations with co-workers where we commiserated about different work situations. The parting quotes by each co-worker resonated with me. I decided to write these quotes in my journal for safe keeping.

"Language" sketchbook journal - "and all shall be well" and "this conversation didn't happen"

  

close up - "and all shall be well" 5"x7"

close up - "this conversation didn't happen" 5"x8"

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"Language" sketchbook journal - new sketches

I have been feeling overwhelmed lately. Juggling my day job, art related responsibilities and opportunities. I was talking to my dear, long-time friend, Gene Brown about it. He said something that resonated with me. "Better to be overwhelmed than underwhelmed". So true, my friend, so true.

This week's sketches in my "Language" sketchbook journal are inspired by this quote. I need to keep the "hustle" going as well as thinking it's "better to be overwhelmed than underwhelmed".

"Language" sketchbook journal - "hustle" and 
"better to be overwhelmed than underwhelmed"

close up - "hustle" 4"x4"

close up - "better to be overwhelmed than underwhelmed" 5"x7"

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"Language" sketchbook journal - new sketches

I struggled this week with deciding what words to use for these two sketches. What finally came to me was a bad habit that I want to break. At my day job, I tend to apologize too much when I make a mistake. It's a relatively new bad habit - the last 2 years. I'm looking to find new ways to acknowledge my mistake then move on. The sketch on the right represents the bad habit. The sketch on the left represents some word options to break myself of it.
 

"Language" sketchbook journal - "sorry" and "okay, understood, got it"

close up - "sorry" 4"x4"

close up - "okay, understood, got it"

 

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