There’s more to a book than you might think.
The obvious parts of the book are:
- Cover
- Pages and
- Words
If you go a little deeper, you will find:
- Book cloth
- Decorative end pages
- Illustrations
- Lending and ownership notes
- Marks of use and wear
- Spine, mull, glue, headband and mull
- Book board
- Maybe even a dust jacket
I love to take old books apart and use those parts to make new pieces of art. That might include:
- Black out poems
- Artist journals and
- Collaged pieces
You want to use books that are older and no longer loved. These types of books usually are recycled as paper products. This website is a good resource for book sales: https://www.booksalefinder.com
Often on the last day of a library book sale you can get a big bag of old books for a few dollars. Hunting for these old treasures is part of the fun. On this page I go into more depth about the qualities I look for in old books as art materials.
If you would like to explore using Books as ART Materials, then read the details on the workshop page and join us today. Class starts soon.