Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: September / Flora and Fauna
I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for September was Flora and Fauna, which led to some really interesting creations. For my book, I used 2 techniques that I've been interested in: flower pounding and eco-printing (or botanical printing). For the pages, I tried botanical printing on paper for the first time! I loosely followed this tutorial on YouTube. I used plants from my yard, including cotoneaster, oak, coleus, clematis, peony, raspberry, and others. Layering the plants between the pages. Boiling the bundle between two boards. One page finished and drying. I was delighted and surprised with the variety of colours and textures that came through. I'll definitely be doing botanical printing again! For the covers, I printed the fabric with flower pounding. Since I most often work
