Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video, Louise demonstrates in a tutorial how she has compiled the papers that she made in her How to make loads of mark-making techniques video. (see the link to the video below). The papers painted in this video are cut and sewn into signatures to make the interior of a large Sea & Sky journal. Louise uses the French Link Bookbinding stitch to sew the papers and then clams the sewn signatures and glues them together to reinforce the spine.
The result is a collection of beautiful visual prompts that evoke the rhythm, sounds, colours, mood and spirit of the sea.
If you feel you would like more information on the making process of these papers please just put your query in the comments section below.
There are a number of videos that support this video and the processes that it demonstrates, please see the links below.
And Louise will be uploading the demonstration tutorial of making the cover to this Sea & Sky Journal.
Links to videos referenced in this tutorial:-
How to make a Sky & Sea Handmade Journal. Using stitched Hand Coloured Papers and Ramie Tape, Video link:- youtube.com/watch?v=-H0HmOoApWA
list=PLCcDjAHJZvxzL7Hb2VuSsW5HJ5s_Dt4KN&index=6
How to make loads of mark-making techniques, Video link:- youtube.com/watch?v=u_68Anf-3Z4&list=PLCcDjAHJZvxzL7Hb2VuSsW5HJ5s_Dt4KN&index=7
How to Create Textured Gesso & Apply Acrylic Paint, Video link:- youtube.com/watch?v=pWherAIiZaU&list=PLCcDjAHJZvxzL7Hb2VuSsW5HJ5s_Dt4KN&index=1&t=717s
You will need
Needle
Waxed linen thread
Scissors
sharp punch or awl
paper clips or bulldog clips
Strong paper/card or plastic strip to use as a template for the holes for your signatures.
Papers for the signatures and for the envelopes cut and made to the size you want for your journal.
Bookbinding Glue
Cotton rich paper to stick to the stitched spine.
Clean work surface.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
05:02 Measuring for the holes for stitching the signatures
06:12 Making the holes in the template to make sure that all the holes in all the signatures are in the same place
06:47 Clamping the papers to keep everything in place before you even mark out the holes
10:49 Now go in a do your marks for the holes for each signature
14:29 Sewing the signatures using the French Link Bookbinding Stitch
25:33 Clamping and Gluing the signatures to reinforce the spine
29:22 The end result and the pieces in the envelopes
In this video, Louise demonstrates in a tutorial how she has compiled the papers that she made in her How to make loads of mark-making techniques video. (see the link to the video below). The papers painted in this video are cut and sewn into signatures to make the interior of a large Sea & Sky journal. Louise uses the French Link Bookbinding stitch to sew the papers and then clams the sewn signatures and glues them together to reinforce the spine.
The result is a collection of beautiful visual prompts that evoke the rhythm, sounds, colours, mood and spirit of the sea.
If you feel you would like more information on the making process of these papers please just put your query in the comments section below.
There are a number of videos that support this video and the processes that it demonstrates, please see the links below.
And Louise will be uploading the demonstration tutorial of making the cover to this Sea & Sky Journal.
Links to videos referenced in this tutorial:-
How to make a Sky & Sea Handmade Journal. Using stitched Hand Coloured Papers and Ramie Tape, Video link:- youtube.com/watch?v=-H0HmOoApWA
list=PLCcDjAHJZvxzL7Hb2VuSsW5HJ5s_Dt4KN&index=6
How to make loads of mark-making techniques, Video link:- youtube.com/watch?v=u_68Anf-3Z4&list=PLCcDjAHJZvxzL7Hb2VuSsW5HJ5s_Dt4KN&index=7
How to Create Textured Gesso & Apply Acrylic Paint, Video link:- youtube.com/watch?v=pWherAIiZaU&list=PLCcDjAHJZvxzL7Hb2VuSsW5HJ5s_Dt4KN&index=1&t=717s
You will need
Needle
Waxed linen thread
Scissors
sharp punch or awl
paper clips or bulldog clips
Strong paper/card or plastic strip to use as a template for the holes for your signatures.
Papers for the signatures and for the envelopes cut and made to the size you want for your journal.
Bookbinding Glue
Cotton rich paper to stick to the stitched spine.
Clean work surface.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
05:02 Measuring for the holes for stitching the signatures
06:12 Making the holes in the template to make sure that all the holes in all the signatures are in the same place
06:47 Clamping the papers to keep everything in place before you even mark out the holes
10:49 Now go in a do your marks for the holes for each signature
14:29 Sewing the signatures using the French Link Bookbinding Stitch
25:33 Clamping and Gluing the signatures to reinforce the spine
29:22 The end result and the pieces in the envelopes
