artist book

Playing with Transparent Books

In a few days I will be heading up to Haystack, on Deer Isle, ME to spend a week making Transparent books with Sas Colby.  I have played with any transparent material that has crossed my path.  I tried, dryer sheets, tracing paper, bubble wrap, clear packaging, tea bags, cd case, vellum, envelopes, zip lock bags, paper with cut outs, sheer ribbon and an old bait bag that I found at the sea shore.  I like tracing paper, vellum, and bubble wrap.  I am reminded of Angela Lorenz.  I saw some of her work at a show at the Addison Gallery at few years back.  I loved how her books took all sorts of shapes, from a bacon bits can to the shape of denim jeans.

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Summer and Kids and Art!

artists book in progress
5.5″ x 6″
© 2010 linda germain

I have been so busy with teaching and staying one step ahead of things that I have avoided the computer.  Feeling bad about that but why bother feeling bad.  Happy to have some teaching gigs going on.  And I have about 2 weeks until I go off to Haystack to make Transparent Books with Sas Colby. ah just breathe!

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What can you do with security envelopes, bubble wrap and an elastic?

Make an artist book of course!  I really love the inside of security envelopes.  Check them out next time you are paying the bills.  There are so many patterns.  So I turned the envelopes inside out and folded them in half to make the pages.  I put text in the windows and tiny prints on the sides. I just love the little book.  Sometimes things just come together. I made an elastic and twig binding.  For instructions on this go to this site. Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord

has great instructions and videos.

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Glue Gun Thermal Binding for artists’ books

I found “Book and Art, Handcrafting Artists’ Books” by Dorothy Simpson Krause, and tried the hot glue gun method of binding this morning.  Of course I quickly read the instructions and jumped right in.  So one binding was upside down and the other off center.  Well they say you have to be willing to make mistakes.  soon I will get it right.
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