daily paper fix: bored sketchbooks


one-of-a-kind sketchbooks are made from pieces of original art by jason leimgruber. there are only 50 unique sketchbooks with these covers, which are made from cutting down 4 of jason's large-scale paintings. each is signed and numbered by the artist. available at bored.

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Jason said…
thanks for posting these. they were really fun to make. I recommend getting to know gabe (from boredsketchbooks.com) - great guy, wicked funny blog writer, and wonderful person to collaborate with on a project.

PS - love your finds / blog. it's going to be my browser homepage for a while.
August 4, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Anonymous said…
Yeah! I'm so glad you picked our sketchbooks up amongst all the super cool stuff on your blog.

Jason, if you keep spreading rumors about me I will have to live up to them. CAUTION.
August 4, 2008 at 10:03 PM
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