Lately, I have been doing black out poems, and folding cranes and boxes from book pages.
I noticed how meditative the process can be. I don’t need a lot of space or tools, and I can do the process almost anywhere.
I even combined the two, a black out page and then folded it into a tiny box. I ran a thread through several cranes and now have them floating above my work table. The folded crane is a symbol of success and good fortune, in the Japanese culture. I think everyone could use a little of that!
I encourage you to try out one of these meditative practices. FREE origami box tutorial here.
If you find you like working with book pages and parts, then join us in the online class, Books as Art Materials. Read all the details on the workshop page.
It is fun to hunt for old books and then take it apart to make new works of art. I think I love the hunt and deconstruction even more than the new making.
This is from the lesson, book as photo subject. Then I used the photo to cover a handmade book.
