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Junk /art journal “CONTEMPLATE”

She is approximately 24 x 17 x 6,5 cm. (9,5 x 6.8 x 2.6 inch)

The journal has a trifold fabric softcover. On the outside upholstery fabric with coffee dyed lace and a vintage embroidery piece as the focal piece and on the inside fabric with a paisley pattern. A strap that wraps around the journal as a closure is attached to the cover. I added a metal ring (hand stitched with embroidery floss) for the closure and a metal nameplate.

It has in total 156 pages (5 signatures). 3 signature covers are printed on canvas sheets, which I left blank on the backside for you to create your own artwork. I used images from my “Contemplate” digitals. Those images of portraits are original mixed media artworks by ©Jacky Krielaart, digitally edited on a background made with the soap bubble technique. To add texture I used a lot of different types of paper for the pages, such as coffee dyed paper, vellum, coloring book pages, vintage glassine, antique atlas pages, antique music sheets, vintage air mail paper, handmade Mulberry paper, antique Cinnabar rice paper, pages from vintage books, page of a vintage Dutch comic book. Fabric tabs with an eyelet.

The journal has a large pocket on the inside of the front and the back cover. There is lots of space for journaling. Throughout the journal there are many bellybands, pockets, with journaling cards for extra writing space. Embellishments with book pages from an antique German poetry book and lace, a bulb pin with beads, feathers and buttons, vintage Dutch postal stamps. The edges of the pages are distressed with coffee and inks. Hand stamping throughout the journal. As placeholders I included pages from the antique German poetry book and a Dutch first day of issue cover (FDC) from 1964 with a handwritten address on the envelope.

Available in my Etsy shop Treasure Art Journal:
https://treasureartjournal.etsy.com/l...

“Contemplate” Digital journal kit:
https://treasureartjournal.etsy.com/l...