Experimental Concertina Book with Mono Printed Vessels | Handmade Artist Book

This handmade book began as a pile of experimental mono prints of vessel drawings on brown packaging paper. With no clear plan, I followed the process step by step, allowing the materials to guide the outcome. The result is an irregularly folded concertina book with chunky box-card covers and delicate folded pages. Each spread features a mounted vessel print on handmade paper, with covers decorated using mono prints on brown gummed paper tape. In this video, I share the making process, a flip-through of the final book, and reflections on how the project turned out — what I enjoyed, what I might change, and what I’ve learned for next time. If you enjoy book arts, experimental printmaking, or sketchbook inspiration, you’ll love this gentle exploration of process and materials. If you watch and enjoy my videos please consider supporting me to create more free to view content for you here on YouTube. Thank you. 🙏❤️ Here are some ways you can SUPPORT MY WORK. 🫖 Buy me a Tea! via KO-FI https://ko-fi.com/helenhoughton or via YOUTUBE using the SUPER THANKS tab 📬 Sign up for my NEWSLETTER and subscribe for extra content from me on SUBSTACK https://helenhoughton.substack.com If you would like help finding any of my favourite products, you can check out my resources pages For UK viewers https://helenhoughton.com/pages/resou... For US viewers https://helenhoughton.com/pages/resou... ABOUT ME Hi! I’m Helen, a UK creative with a love of art, crafts, photography, walking in nature and running. On this channel I offer ideas for beginner friendly art, crafts and a window into my world of art, of making, of up-cycling and experimenting with materials and processes. Life is about the journey, I’m hoping you will join me on my creative one and maybe we can inspire each other along the way. https://helenhoughton.com PLEASE NOTE My videos are intended to help provide process inspiration for your own creative practice and not as ‘kit craft, copy and make projects’. Please respect the copyright to my artwork. SKILLSHARE https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/profi... I have 6 Skillshare classes available to particiapate in. 👩🏼‍🎨 Join my Patreon!   / helenhoughton   00:00 Intro 00:16 Outline 00:39 Construction - pages 08:54 Construction - cover 13:05 Decorating the cover 16:12 A flip through 20:20 Final thoughts, outro 🙏🏻 Thanks for watching! 😊