Day 2227: ...it was an experiment!

Anne of Avonlea: mixed media - book, collage & marker.

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I spent most of Wednesday herding supplies & tools for

wanting to have a sample for Thursday's class, 

I worked on the upcoming book project.

Starting with an old book from the used bookstore ...

A book lover, but if you could see all the lonely books 

in the used book store,at least these books will be used.

 

Book surgery: the front side of the spine is slit, then the back.

 

Which separates the hardback cover from the text signatures.

I will use all of the text pages in future collages.

 

Turning the inside upright, the hardback will be the substrate. 

Many artists use the front or back separately, as substrates.

I decided to line the interior with pages from the this book.

I used gel medium to adhere the pages to the inner book.

Another option would be to gesso the interior.

front

back

My plan was to use the book as a wall hanging from bamboo.

I hadn't figured out how to attach the book, it was an experiment.

It looks fairly sad at this point, but collage may save it.

Even though I am on a cactus kick, I decided to do a collage doll.

I started with her legs & my favorite part, the shoes.

Working paper on paper, I switched to gluestick & brayer.

Collage finished, but in need of outlining with marker.

I would have been done, 

but decided I against tan & white string.

I switched to red & white butcher string.

I had originally thought I'd use wire, but 

it could also be yarn, ribbon or various strings. 

Beads could be added as well.

This was done as a sample and I learned a lot! 

For one, the stringing is the hardest part, and ...

it could look a lot better than what is shown here.

This was an experiment, but doable.

I hope you'll visit again Saturday to see the class work.

A smile for Friday ...