Books are more than stories, pages and words.
Let’s see what treasures these two books have offered me.
The African Violets book:
- decorative spine
- 2 hard cover boards
- pretty green book cloth
- lots of off white vintage pages
- black and white photos
- 300 pages for painting, sculpting and collage
- and the part I love the most is the paper, mull glue and threads that make the spine strong
I can do a lot with all that. I can make:
- poems
- origami
- monotypes
- and collages
I love finding yellow books at the sales. With the Nonsense Book I got some bonus treasures:
- Old library check out cards
- super sturdy spine materials
- fun text and lots of illustrations
- Library ownership notes
- bold text on the spine
- the mull, pages and covers
- Yellow!!! book cloth
Oh the fun I am going to have with these book parts. I have been making lots of patterned pages and collages lately.
I enjoy the freedom of working on old book pages. Nothing is precious. I can play all day.
I am even making lots of quick and loose painted monotypes.
Want to explore making art with books?
Check out the current online art classes being offered.