artjuvenation
Terry Garrett, my friend and artist, who lives in New Mexico introduced me to a no glue book structure that is really exciting. Over the past few years I have been involved in creating art that fits into this book structure with many artist friends. The Creative Gents have done several book collaborations and my friend Irene has participated in one of our projects. Above left is one that Irene did. Above right is one that I did. Thank you Terry, Brian, Thomas, and Irene for your contributions to these books. Thanks Terry for introducing us to the structure. I think Terry may have an Instagram video on the structure construction. Not sure though.
I was asked by someone who visits this blog how to make the postcard holder that I shared weeks ago. So here goes…..
You will need a heavy stock paper for the construction of the postcard holder. I used cereal box cardboard for mine.
Cut the cardboard to 11 inches by 6 inches.
Score the cardboard at 2.5 inches; 3.25 inches; 8.25 inches; and at 9 inches. Fold on all your score lines.
You can cover with decorative papers first and then score….either way works. Let dry well or the papers might tear if they are still wet when attaching to the cardboard…..experience is speaking here.
Make your closure out of cardboard and attach to the center of the top and bottom sections. You can use brads and bookbinding thread to keep the holder closed. It should hold a dozen or so postcards. See photos above. Have fun!
I actually am not sure if I have shared this image of all my little boxes of mini-books. It is kind of like a shrine of little books. Some are full and some are empty. This “shrine” sits on top of a black piece of furniture housing magazines.
These are the last four of the eight journals. One has maps and another has what I call map lace. The third are abstraction I found and the fourth book has stamps and parts of vintage envelopes.
By the time this spread is published I might have added something more to it. We shall see. Tomorrow is the video.
The fabric on the right looks so much better when it is ruffled up a bit. Hard to scan it that way though. I guess I should have photographed it instead.
The cowboy figure on the right is a neon sign. I just had to add it to a spread.
Now you have the answer to the question of how the woman fits in this journal. She loves cowboys. :-)
One might wonder how JFK would fit into a cowboy themed journal. Well, he might not have been a cowboy but he was a pioneer. He signed off on man landing on the moon. So now you might wonder about the woman and how she fits? Stay tuned.
You will notice that the first few pages in this journal will include the woman’s face. Let’s see how it all comes together
I used the staple-less stapler for the “glue” on this one. I like three element collages. I guess you could say it is four elements because of the slide frame.
I wanted to do something totally different and because I like working tiny I decided to create collage that would fit in a slide frame. The “glue” that holds this collage together is one staple. To keep the slide frame together I used that sticky putty substance.
This project was a hoot to do. This one has both realistic and abstract qualities.
