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Favorite Book Cover Materials —Handmade Covers

September 15, 2022

Handmade Book Covers

There are almost infinite ways to cover a handmade book. These examples were all handmade.

From right to left, top row:

  1. Embroidery on mud cloth. Used in a meditation book, taught by emmafreemanart.

  2. Zentangling on Kraft-Tex. Cover of a journal.

  3. Abstract art on mixed media paper.

  4. Black and sepia ink applied with a handmade mark maker. Used in a Asemic booklet, taught by Jacqueline Sullivan. Website: https://www.jacquelinesullivan.com

  5. Acrylic painting on fabric cover journal. Class taught by JoAnna Jackson. Website: https://www.joannajacksonartist.weebly.com

  6. Watercolor painting on watercolor paper. Cover of a mini mixed media booklet.

  7. Watercolor painting on watercolor paper. Used in a mini stab binding art piece.

From right to left, bottom row:

  1. Button with antique button embellishment. Cover for button book.

  2. Marbling paint on drawing paper. Cover for a journal.

  3. Gel printing on mixed media paper. Covers for journals.

  4. Eco-dyed muslin fabric. Backed by iron-on fusible web to make book cloth. Cover for journal.

  5. Eco-dyed muslin fabric.

  6. Pounded flowers and leaves on muslin fabric. Backed by iron-on fusible web to make book cloth. Closed spine cover for journal. Class taught by Dee Stoddard. Instagram: https://wwwinstagram.com/eduktr

Please share some of your handmade book cover ideas! I would be so excited to see what you do!!

Have a beautiful day!

Ann

Dragonfly Books and Art