I'm Ready to Buy Back to Shop   Back to Upcycled-Book Catalog Contact Kari     Other Sales Venues   About Kari		This is a one-of-a-kind journal made from a discarded copy of Robert Lewis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses, copyright 1931. I embellished the original cover with parts of the book's cover sheets. I bound the five signatures (groups of pages folded together) to the book cover using a woven coptic stitch, visible on the spine.
Back to the Top		The pages of the journal are marbled-gold parchment. I have hand torn each page to size it to the book cover.   On some of the pages I include out-of-context quotes from the original book for use as writing or art-inspiring prompts.
Back to the Top		For instance, I open the journal with this quote on the first page.
Back to the Top		Writers/artists may expound on whether or how they agree or disagree with a quote.
Back to the Top		Or they may use the quote as the starting point for a meandering thought journey. Note: I give the page number of each quote, when available, and list the publication information on the last page of the journal.
Back to the Top		The paper for the inside front and back covers is original to the book. On the inside back cover is my unique signature medallion, which also indicates the year I made the journal.
Back to the Top		I include a paper bookmark listing the book's main features. Dimensions of the journal are approximately 7.5" x 5" x .7".