Fun with gel prints and the Drum Leaf binding

I just had a wonderful weekend at Maine Media Workshops in Rockport Maine.

I took a 2 day class with Todd Pattison on drum leaf binding.

Drum leaf binding books

The beauty of the drum leaf binding is that:

  • quick and easy {relatively so :)}
  • no sewing needed
  • opens flat
  • shows off a full page print

I was able to use gelatin prints that I had made on different paper weights.

drum leaf books with gelatin prints

The two prints on the top were made with a thicker paper and Akua inks, the one on the right edge was 90 lb. sulphite drawing paper and the one in the foreground was a mat photo paper.

I am off to the studio to make a few more books to really cement my learning into my muscles.