SUMINAGASHI SATURDAY
I was sitting around twiddling my thumbs and spinning my tires, I was sipping hot chocolate and revvvvvving my engine; whistling to music on the radio and thinking about what I wanted to do, I looked out through the looking glass and decided to do some marbling. It became a Suminagashi Saturday. I decided to work in blue on Japanese paper. I'm quite happy with the results. NEW MATERIALS INTO NEW JOURNALS In 2016 I wrote a list of the different materials I wanted to experiment with for book covers. One was wool felt and the other was acrylic. I finally found a good source for the wool felt and I recently located the acrylic at the local art store. Prior to finding my wool felt source, I experimented with a placemat made from synthetic felt. I created my first two journals out of it and decided wool felt was the next step. Synthetic Felt Journal Cover I appliquéd leather designs onto the front cover and a