I just gathered my new stack of old books from the Haverhill Public Library book sale. $5.00 gets me a pile of books that can be used for:
- altered books
- stamping tools
- black out poems
- print paper
I look for old books with
- interesting covers
- cool illustrations
- big print
- raised details
I curled the pages of a text block and made a stamping tool to be used with the gelatin and glycerin printing plate. This was just a quick test print, but I think there is some potential here.
What do you think? Would you use books as art materials or are they too precious?
Oh definitely! Clean my brayer on old books, then scan them, then use them in collage… It’s all good stuff.
What is the purpose of scanning? Thx