Sketchbooks makes the world go round

a lot of dots

It all started from here. I saw Alison Worman's beautiful and curious sketchbooks in Book By Its Cover blog. I totally fell in love with the idea of big piles of sketchbooks. But it took time before I really started to make one. 

Last year in the end of November I found The Sketchbook Project 2013. I ordered their sketchbook and had 15 days time to make mine before the deadline. But I decided to do it anyway and you can read about my thoughts when I got it ready from here.

Well, now these sketchbooks are on the tour. I just visited The Sketchbook Project's blog and found some really great books by talented people from there. So if you have extra time or nothing to do - go there. If you feel not so eager, here's few I found quite interesting:

Nina Morgan "Untitled" 2011

Sinead Rice, "A day in the life" 2011

Kyle Gallup "Untitled" 2012

Bekky O'Neil "Untitled" 2012

Anita Botman "Schepping (Creation)" 2012

Sabine Remy "I cut therefore I am" 2013

...and I'm sure there are plenty more gems if you just dive in.

You can find a lot of sketchbooks from project's digital library. They digitized books if you paid for extra. And of course that is a wonderful way to make the project visible to all people. You can find my sketchbook from there too. I was happy when I got it ready - now when I'm looking at it I'd like to change so many things. But I'm lucky I can order new sketchbook and do it all over again. Yay!

I think sketchbooks are fascinating way of express ideas, thoughts and plans. They are a little bit like mood boards, when you make them - same time you work with ideas and thoughts what you have had or just create something totally new. 

See You next week! I'll be away from computer for awhile.

xo
Kreetta 

How I made a sketchbook in 15 days? Aivan käsittämätön rutistus

cover of my sketchbook 2013. made of paper dots cut from Gudrun Sjödén's colorful catalogs.

I am so amazed that it was even possible. I orded Sketchbook Project's sketchbook 2013 in the end of November and got it just before X-mas and deadline was 15th of Jan...yesterday. I was ill on X-mas and lazy too so I did lose a lot of important working time but working with it has been big fun and same time unfortunately it has stressed me a little bit. As you know deadlines tend to effect your mind...but now it's ready! And I can count more plusses than minuses. I photographed it but I show you only a cover - I'll wait for the time when they are on the tour. You can read about it here. And I found this lovely project when I was reading On The Surface blog. I'm already waiting the Sketchbook 2014... I recommend you to make one too!

Voiko tää olla totta, että minun Sketchbook 2013 luonnoskirjasesta tuli valmis? Aivan käsittämätön rutistus. Löysin Sketchbook projektin, kun silmäilin On The Surface blogia. Se oli loistava löytö mutta löysin sen hieman myöhään. Posti toi minulle luonnoskirjasen vähän ennen joulua ja deadline oli eilen 15.1. Ja jos lasketaan joulusairastelut ja laiskottelut pois niin pääsin aloittamaan tämän vuoden puolella...joten tehokkaat 15 päivää ja olo oli taas kuin ennen tenttiä. Toivoo, et pääsee läpi vaikka lukeminen jäikin vähiin. Mutta eihän tässä ollut kyse suorittamisesta, joten vertaus on hieman liioitteleva. Kirjasen kanssa puuhastelu oli loistavaa aivojumppaa omien ideoiden työstämiseen. Kuvasin sen kyllä kannesta kanteen mutta en julkaise kuvia ennen kuin kirjat ovat kiertueella. Lue täältä lisää. No lipsun siinäkin ja laitan tähän kannesta kuvan. Suosittelen lämmöllä osallistumaan seuraavalla kierroksella!