Spreads · Layered
Ticket Stub Layer Cake
Eleven ticket stubs from one summer stacked in a single column, each one 4 mm shorter than the one beneath it so the whole pile still closes flat in a 200 gsm notebook.
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Layering
Every published spread, supply note and prompt filed under Layering.
8 published, newest first.
Spreads · Layered
Prompts · Minimal
Ten Minutes, One Colour
A timer, one colour family and a rule against undoing anything. The point is not the page you make in ten minutes — it is finding out which decisions you make twice.
Spreads · Minimal
Two-Colour Minimal Spread
One spread, two colours, five elements. The discipline is not in removing things but in refusing to add a third tone when the page feels empty.
Spreads · Layered
Masking Tape Grid Spread
A hand-laid grid of masking tape divides the page into nine unequal cells, each holding one scrap — and the tape stays visible as the structure instead of being hidden under the paper.
Spreads · Ephemera-led
Seed Packet Ephemera Spread
Eight empty seed packets arranged by sowing month rather than by colour — the page becomes a planting calendar you can read at a glance without a single word of annotation.
Prompts · Layered
Exactly Seven Layers
Count every layer, including the base. Seven total, no more and no fewer, and the seventh must be something you would normally throw away.
Spreads · Layered
Vellum Overlay Spread
A sheet of 112 gsm vellum laid over a dense collage hides about 60% of it and reveals the rest as a soft shape — the cheapest way to make a busy page look considered.
Spreads · Minimal
White Space: One Clipping, One Word
One magazine clipping at 38 mm, one cut-out word at 11 mm, and 89% of the page left empty. A five-minute spread that is far harder than it sounds.
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