Gelatin Fall Leaf Print Book
I’ve been making leaf prints with my gelatin (Gelli) plates to celebrate all the beautiful Fall colors I see around me in New England. Here’s a structure I made called Winged Book by Alisa Golden to showcase some of those prints.
I really like this binding because I love any variation on an accordion book. If you’re going to try this book, I have a few of suggestions to make this book successful:
- Make a mock up first so you can understand how the different pieces fit together.
- Score all your lines before folding.
- Use a lighter weight paper for the pages because it become bulky with all the folds if your paper is thick. I used a 98lb mixed media paper and that was almost too heavy.
Here’s the book when it’s closed:
I created tags from my leaf prints and placed them inside the pockets.
This is book number 42 in my 50 Book Project. The end is in sight…. Check out the rest of my projects here.
September 29, 2017 @ 8:26 am
I just bought that book by Alisa Golden. I haven’t had a chance to make anything from it yet but this project you made gives me such inspiration to do so. I love Fall and the changing leaves. I can see using the tags for poetry or quotes about leaves and nature.
September 29, 2017 @ 9:02 am
Hi Deb – you’ll love the book – enjoy!
October 2, 2017 @ 3:43 pm
This is gorgeous! I need to get busy and play!
October 3, 2017 @ 8:45 am
Your book is most lovely! Thanks for showing and for the how-to.