Tuesday 16 August 2011

Hemingway Journal

This is the second journal that I was commissioned to make. I initially found this harder to make as I didn't know much about Ernest Hemingway.

Also, with the subject I didn't feel that I could be too lacey or pretty. I choose instead to stick to a blue and brown colour scheme. Blue coming from his novel - The Old Man of the Sea, ie sea colours but I went for on a cloudy day as opposed to a bright sunny day kind of a blue.

The brown was to suggest the sand of beach as well as vintage browning of pages.

I used a lot of check patterns which I see as more masculine and therefore in keeping with the theme.

He spent some years in Paris so I used scrapbooking paper with french adverts on it.






Working on this commissioned journal and the peonies one in my previous post, has been a lot of fun. If anyone has an idea for a journal you would like me to make just drop me an email to discuss it :)

7 comments:

  1. Pardon my French but that`s bloody SPECTACULAR!!!Thanks ever-so-much for posting Shaz.Words fail me at how beautiful it is. I sincerely want a journal too but can`t decide what to have for the subject but we`d better book you now before you get snapped up by the Dragon`s Den!!x

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  2. An other beauty Sharon!!
    It is fantastic made !! A+ :-)

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  3. Sharon I have just looked at your books on the class blog, they are both wonderful and so beautifully made, love your books.
    Anni

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  4. Just wonderful!!! You are seriously one of the most creative artists around! Very inspiring!

    Gaby xo

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  5. Your journals are really gorgeus
    A lovely work!
    Hugs

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  6. wow thats amazing .....great work ...x

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  7. Every one has said it all ready ,they are so right.

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