Saturday, January 23, 2016

Discovering Roben-Marie Smith

Hi, Everyone,

I've been sick lately and have had to rest in bed.  This has given me time to surf the internet on my iPad.  I came upon a talented artist named Roben-Marie Smith.   She has online classes as well as free YouTube Videos, so you may want to check her out.

I usually create in a vintage style, but decided to give Roben-Marie's brighter style a try.  I started with a couple sheets of smooth cardstock and painted the sheets like her bright doodles.  I cut out circles, rectangles and tags from the painted sheets and sewed them randomly on different pages.  The pages sure are cheerful.  Have a look below.




I started off with an old French Dictionary and cut out all the glued pages inside.


On the outside of the book cover I glued down an altered Anthropology gift bag. 


On the inside I glued down some old ledger paper and part of the gift bag handles on the top of the inner spine.  I planned to have 3 signatures so poked 3 sets of holes in the spine with my awl.


In one of her videos, Roben-Marie Smith designed a page with a front flap and hinges, sewing the two pages together.  I love how my version turned out.  I will be using this design quite a bit.


Here is a back view of the page.


I've created many books with hinges before, but I never covered the hinges with book text.
Love that idea.


I also love stitching on the pages.


In this book, three pages grouped together make one signature.


The book is so pretty as is, I don't want to create in it.


This is the outside of the book for now.  It will be decorated more if I actually create in it.


I use the Long Stitch binding method a lot because it is fast and easy.


I hope this inspires you to create your own book, and don't forget to check out Roben-Marie Smith's blog.

Have fun creating creating!










3 comments:

  1. Love your book, it looks great (and colourful yet vintage). I love Roben Marie's work too, she is brilliant! Hope you are well o the road to recovery now....

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    1. It's exciting discovering a new artist. I love Roben-Marie's doodles. They make me happy. Thank you so much for leaving a comment!

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