Preheat oven to 275 °F. Test temperature with oven thermometer for perfectly cured clay. Condition all clay by kneading until it’s soft and smooth or running it through the Clay Conditioning Machine for several passes on the widest setting. Fold the clay in half after each pass and insert the fold side into the rollers first.

Condition clay by kneading in your hands or running it through Clay Conditioning Machine until soft and pliable. Roll out a sheet of clay to the #2 setting on the Clay Conditioning Machine or about 1/4" thick. Cut out two pieces of clay slightly larger than the note paper to be used for the inside of the booklet.

Press the first rectangle of clay firmly into the rubber stamp. Remove carefully. Trim this rectangle more closely to be slightly larger than the size of your paper.

Using a soft paintbrush or your finger, brush on several colors of Pearl-Ex or Powdered Pearls.

Make holes with the Needle Tool that are evenly spaced across the top or side of the piece, depending on preference.

Bake the cover piece at 275 °F in a calibrated oven checked for temperature accuracy for 30 minutes per 1/4" of thickness. Let cool completely.

Repeat above steps for the second piece of clay to make the back of the notebook. Use the cover as a template to mark the holes. Then, bake the second piece.

NOTE: You may be able to make both pieces at once, but you will have better luck using the first as a guide for the second. For this it is easier to use it baked, so there is no risk or distortion or of the two pieces sticking together when marking the holes.

While the second piece is baking, use the cover to mark the holes on the note paper. Punch holes with hole punch or awl.

Stack cover, note paper, and back of book together and assemble by threading wire through the holes and wrapping it around a skewer or dowel placed along the top or side of the notebook.

Trim ends of wire and make reinforced loops at ends of wire for cording or ribbon. Thread cording through holes and tie.