AK Art

12/03/2026

Historical Maritime Seafarer Themed Folio - Antique Seaman's Folio Journal [With Printable Digitals]
New video on youtube:
https://youtu.be/5JCaUG1D4qs

Digitals in my Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AKArtDigital

I used a historical Seaman ID, a Continuous Certificate of Discharge as the base for this project, and made a printable digital folio kit.
I designed the printable pages one-sided, because I never got any luck printing double-sided pages, so I just print on ~130gsm paper and fold and glue my pages to make them double-sided.

For the ephemera I used lots of antique photographs, advertisements, documents, post cards and postage stamps, cigarette and to***co labels, maritime book covers etc. from the early 1900s.

With the ephemera pieces I tried to capture small glimpses of the daily life of the seafarers serving during this time, pictures of the crew they may have served with, ships they may worked on, post cards they maybe have sent home, documents and to***co boxes they could have in their pockets, cigarette silks and letters they may have kept while they lived and worked under demanding conditions.

All based on real historical memorabilia from that time.

26/02/2026

REMAINS Vintage Grungy Mixed Media Book with Fabric Binding [Making and Flip Through]
New video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/dqYwlboRcnk

A Vintage Grungy Mixed Media Book / Junk Journal with Fabric Binding

30/10/2025

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Mini Book
Video on Youtube
https://youtu.be/RllBXljVvgM

28/10/2025

Handmade HALLOWEEN BOOK Flip Through ~THE SILENCE~ [Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween mixed media book]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GVg_fqPyLg

23/10/2025

Tim Holtz Halloween Masterboard Tags [Use your Scraps and Leftovers from your Tim Holtz Backdrops]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zapqi7bui0
I had lots of leftover scraps from the Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrops after various projects I made recently, so I used them for making two Masterboards. Then I cut them up and made some spooky Halloween tags with paper dolls and different ephemera pieces.

21/10/2025

Mini One Page Wonder Halloween Booklets Flip-Through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC5h-qEwU4

Two small Scary One Page Wonder Booklets/Folios I made back in October 2024.

16/10/2025

16/10/2025

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Folio Folder Book [Making the whole book from scratch + Flip-Through]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIVYP7sYxf8

14/10/2025

Mystic Arcane Grimoire Journal: A Mixed Media Artist's Book (Flip Through)
https://youtu.be/l_sKS-tphNU
A mixed media book / Junk journal with mystic drawings and arcane grimoire illustrations. With only every second page decorated, there is lots of writing space for thoughts, quotes and spells. Embossed hard cover, 44 pages. With 4 bookmarks. Made back in December 2023.

09/10/2025

Vintage APOTHECARY Mixed Media Book [Watch me Making this Dark Art Book]
Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HivdFCsCXC4

07/10/2025

The Asylum Diaries [Mixed Media Folio with a little Book]
Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4uiR1pPpo54
A Mixed Media Folio with a little book inside, made in July 2024.

02/10/2025

Mixed Media Book Flip Through: DARK NOTES [Handmade Book with a Darker Style]
Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PfuSa1Rb1Gg

A handmade book with a darker vintage vibe. Made in September 2023.
I used ink dyed papers, stamps, prints and stenciling, embossed details made with embossing folders and embossing powders. Bronze colored details with waxes. Binding with aged fabric and a curved spine. Decorative stitching, sewn pages.