Have you ever seen the antique-looking sketchbooks or journals at art supply or crafts stores and wanted to buy one? Then, have you looked at the price? These sketchbooks have a high cost and many of them don’t have paper as nice as a more traditional sketchbook. This article was written to teach you how to take an antique book and turn it into a modern sketchbook with high quality sketch paper and the antique look most people love.
Advice on Finding a Book
The best places to find antique books tend to be yard sales, thrift stores, or any kind of used book sale. I personally found the book I used in the demo at a used book sale at my university, but I have seen many older books at various thrift stores and people are always trying to get rid of the books they have in their attics. You just need to make sure the cover and spine is intact and not damaged. These two parts are the whole reason why you are doing this project so I recommend subscribing to the VW Bug restoration rule. There are plenty of inexpensive antique books that are in perfect condition, so unless it is special to you I recommend not using a book that is in bad shape.
Finally, when choosing a book make sure you don’t use a first edition. On the library of congress page there should be printing information and if this page says “first edition” don’t use it for this project. If you do come across a first edition book in good condition it is wisest to purchase the book and then sell it on the internet; there is a huge group of people who are willing to pay large amounts of money for a first edition book of any kind, so become an entrepreneur make money off of this market.
