Artist Kara Klein's travel journal from her recent trip to Japan

As part of The 1000 Journals Project at the Skirball, artist Kara Klein taught journaling classes in October and November 2010.

Thank you for all of your video comments! Kara Klein is not currently teaching a class at the Skirball Cultural Center, but when she teaches again, we will be sure to post it here!

In the meantime, please checkout our current porgrams and courses at www.skirball.org.

To see the original artwork Kara created for The 1000 Journals Project, visit our Flickr album at http://bit.ly/9PrFQK

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[SkirballCulturalCtr]

We received this response to AnnaBanana's question from Kara Klein!

"I'm glad you enjoyed your trip through my journal. I prepare the cover and the pages in advance. The cover is a fused collage using fabric and paper. It's built on a heavy vintage linen that I found inside an old obi that I had. The pages are 140 lb index sheets, torn down to fit in the journal covers. I paint the pages before I tear them down just for ease." continued...

[SkirballCulturalCtr]

Response from Kara Klein, continued...

"Then I just use a simple binding method, either using my sewing machine or using a pamphlet stitch. It usually takes me a few hours all together to make the journal form and then I work on the pages while I'm on the trip, usually once I get home I don't do anything further, so this journal took me about 2 1/2 weeks, the amount of time I was in Japan."

[AnnaBananaHead2398]

Love your video... I am an Art Education major right now and in the spring I will be taking a book making class. I was wondering how long it took you to finish this book, from start to finish? Also how much of the work did you do before your trip, like the fabric on the outside and the painted pages? Thanks for sharing :)

[SkirballCulturalCtr]

@AnnaBananaHead2398 We appreciate your response to the video and hope that the response from Kara Klein that we just posted is helpful!

[Peace2Love15]

a camera that prints out pictures??

I GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THOSE O_O

[pinkpolarbearful]

Very very stunning travel journal you have made. Can you make a haul video on the art items you have purchased on your trip to Japan??? Or, make a video on how to make a travel journal??? Thanks :)

[SammyHeredia]

Love it, I gotto get that printer. How much are the ink replacements :)

[ericalaurend]

Awesome! Travel journals are my fav!

[Elizren]

that is a very nice journal tfs

[alssutton]

Beautiful journal!!  I'd love to see some more of them.

[momlovesscrapping]

I love your journal.. I would love it if you would do a tutorial of the process of making the journal... Maybe even one done in parts and you could make part 2-whatever the process of filling the journal. What fun!

[HemlockForTheGods]

love it! Can you post more of her travel journals???

[Lv2learneverything]

Thanks so much for making this video. This is exactly the kind of travel journal I dream of making. I love the hot pink. I want to add every little thing I see. It's beautiful!

[AnnaBananaHead2398]

thanks! I love it