Collecting books – as art materials

I love to recycle and reuse stuff as art supplies. This is pretty easy to do as a paper based artist.

books as art supplies

Books as ART Materials is an online class that starts soon. I am getting ready for class and realized that I have 5 big boxes of books, book parts and sample pieces. Hmmm?

collect books make art

Most books will have some positive quality:

  • great cover cloth
  • strong book board
  • wonderfully aged pages
  • spine bits and aparts

If you are thinking about joining us in Books as ART Materials, then now is a good time to start collecting old books.

Qualities and features to look for in old books:

  • Old but not precious
  • music book
  • big kids book
  • cloth covers
  • foreign language
  • dictionary
  • any book that inspires you

book pages as collage material

I hope you have the time to join us in this online class. You could start re-purposing a book today and create some found word poems. This can be very meditative is you approach it with a playful sense of discovery.

found poems

Enjoy!

READ the details about the online class – Books as ART Materials