{"id":301,"date":"2011-05-03T18:24:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T04:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/?p=301"},"modified":"2011-05-03T18:31:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T04:31:40","slug":"imperfectly-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Imperfectly Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/imperfect.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"imperfect\" width=\"465\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/imperfect.jpg 465w, http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/imperfect-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>Using scraps, leftover sheets and misprints from old screen printing projects and re-purposing orphaned pads of bristol and drawing papers, I have started to make sketch books of a more manageable, and convenient size than the large pads of art school&#8217;s past. The thread reinforced glue (or perfect) binding that I have been experimenting with is sturdy and allows the book to lay flat without a wonky spiral\/wire-o binding or the spread gap that goes with it. <\/p>\n<p>As I tend to draw in a sketchy fashion and rework the drawings a lot either to get to a better rendering or to better formulate an idea, having a thicker, multi-ply drawing surface suits me more than typical text weight notebook paper. Although small, these sketch books are substantial\u2014the thick covers provide support and the paper is suitable for a range of media. I&#8217;m trying to keep the look and construction of these books utilitarian. However, beyond function I&#8217;m bringing some style to the bindings through thread color and spacing and am starting to experiment with fore edge coloring to make these things unique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using scraps, leftover sheets and misprints from old screen printing projects and re-purposing orphaned pads of bristol and drawing papers, I have started to make sketch books of a more manageable, and convenient size than the large pads of art school&#8217;s past. The thread reinforced glue (or perfect) binding that I have been experimenting with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/john.devylder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}