Recycled, Hand made Sketchbooks

 

"Most artists keep sketchbooks in which they experiment with ideas and collect drawings of their environment. Sketchbooks are like visual diaries for artists. Artists often use them for planning and developing their work.

The most famous artist sketchbooks are those of Leonardo da Vinci. His sketchbooks are filled with drawings, diagrams and written notes of things he saw and ideas he came up with.

 Picasso produced 178 sketchbooks in his life time. He often used his sketchbooks to explore themes and make compositional studies until he found the right idea and subject for a larger painting on canvas. 

Henry Moore, a British sculptor, filled one of his sketchbooks with drawings of sheep that often wandered by the window outside his studio."

 Above courtesy of:  http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_Room/sketchbk/sketching.html

Task:  Create a handmade sketchbook using the 3 hole Japanese binding technique and  recycled materials  (cereal box, paper scraps & string)