Class starts today – Books as ART Materials. You still have time to join us.
We will be taking apart old books and making new art and art tools. This is the class for you if you have been collecting books with the intent of doing something with them.
Check out the details on the workshop page and register today.
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I have collected old books for several years. Some of them are beautiful and precious to me. Some of the books have interesting scribbles or marks from former reader. Some have become art and art materials.
I am sharing my ideas on how to use old books as art and art material in the online class – Books as ART Materials. Class starts Friday, so if you are interested in using some old books to make new stuff, then check out the details and join us today.
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Do you have something in your life that is easy for you to do? Something that is natural? Some activity where you are not afraid of failing because you know that you will come out the other side?
Learn from that! Transfer that confidence into a new activity. Be Brave.
I think we all have safe, creative, things that we do confidently. It could be any thing:
I know you have something in your life, where you are confident enough to “fail.”
For me it is gelatin printmaking. I am confident enough to play, fail and know that I will eventually succeed.
I teach with this type of philosophy. Failure and ugly art generally is necessary and leads to more beautiful creations. If you would like to embrace this style of learning then join me in the current workshop Book as ART Material.
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One thing you can do with old books it create black out or white out poems.
I use the word poem loosely. I like to go through pages and circle words that jump out at me. Then the “poem” makes sense to me, even if it is on a subconscious level.
I love to use the blacking out lines to create patterns, shapes and values. Again it is a meditative process, where I allow the finished product to evolve.
If you would like to explore black out poems and other ways to use books as ART material, then click here to read the details about the online workshop, Books as ART Materials.
When working with old books it is exciting to find notes and scribbles and old library check out slips.
I like to call this patina or history. It is not something that you can make up, it’s real and can transport you back 100 years. I like to take these treasures and re-work them into a new book that can be handled and interacted with.
The books cannot be precious in either state. I love to make artist books that seem so precious and fragile and still invite the viewer to open them and experience the combination of old and new. This process can give old found marks new meaning.
Are you interested in re-working some old books into new treasures?
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