Extra Large Sketch Book

[MonicaJacobson]

Just finished this for a customer. 9 oz tooled leather journal. 9 x 12 " - it's huge and it weighs almost five pounds. Fun project! I decided I hated cutting paper so much that I offered to make it bigger (free of charge) than the original 8x8 that he wanted.

Fox on the front, aspen trees on the back.

[jessebeckham]

very cool!

[veedub3]

Nice sketch book.

Karina

[jackd942]

Very nice. I just picked up an order for a sketchbook cover. Hope it turns out half as nice as yours.

[MonicaJacobson]

Thanks for the kind words!

[petersenj20]

I love this. My daughter wants a sketchbook for Christmas and I thought I might try one. Can you tell me what kind of paper you used?

I found an 80 weight paper at Office Depot in an 11x17. Not super expensive. Its a great weight, but I'm not sure what size I want to cut it down to.

I know she wants a book that will fold back flat so I'll have to modify anyway.

[MonicaJacobson]

I used 60 lb Hammermill paper that I got on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017LP1IM/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) . 80 weight would be awesome.

Are you going to go the serious book binding route?

I'll be interested to see your modifications, if you post them!

[petersenj20]

I've seen the real book binding, even have a real neat article, but not for me.

I'm gonna need this to fold back on itself and lay flat so she doesn't mangle that beautiful art I love so much.

I should have thought of it a long time ago to keep it all in one place instead of every square inch of my house:)