For the last few weeks I have been working on a recycled mini book for a swap I entered. It's been a lot of work but I've loved every minute of it. The only thing missing was the cover image and so decided to use the Three Muses theme for this week - Eyes.
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| Recycled mini-book |
There are so many techniques and pages I won't go through them all here, but for those who would like to see all the pages you can view them on the Flickr slide show here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83296776@N03/sets/72157632057873440/show/
The book is 1.5 inches wide, 2 inches tall and .75 inch thick. It has 3 signatures of 2 pages each which has been hand sewn to the outside of the cover using waxed thread. In addition to the book, is a book holder which is made in matching style also with an eye impression.
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| Inside Cover |
The book is made from a frozen pizza box, off cuts of various papers, some scrap fibres and pieces of canvas. Also included were some tiny pieces of art I had left over from making inchies and ATCs. The book cover and book holder are made from printer paper, sprayed with inks and then collaged with tissue paper, stamped with an eye.
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| One of the inside pages showing the binding. |
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| Book with open pages and the book cover |
I also made a YouTube video of the book and describing each page that you can see
here
Bonsoir LIZ! . Amusant votre mini livre
ReplyDeleteJ'aime bien ce genre de petit travail !
Bravo !
Amicalement Mary.kg
I am loving these a lot of work but well worth it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful eye-book Liz!
ReplyDeleteI love it! :)
What a great handmade book! The eye is a perfect cover. So glad our challenge worked well for yoU! Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteI know the face stamp, the girl is very pretty and her eye too. Amazing piece.
ReplyDeleteFabulous book! Love your eyes :)
ReplyDeleteWow, Liz, this really is a mini book, such intricate work, your pages are amazing, a real treasure! I look for ward to seeing your YouTube video.
ReplyDeleteWow,
ReplyDeleteSuch a lot of art and creativity went into the making of your book, Liz.
Being an altered art book artist myself,it's really inspirational.
This is SO cool! Your mind is wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteVery striking piece!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a little treasure!!
ReplyDeleteA treasure indeed! Such creativity and beautiful artwork! Fantastic! xx
ReplyDeleteLiz, your talent is awesome and so is this mini-book--made from a pizza box no less! I don't have time just now to really look but I hope to later.xx
ReplyDeleteIt must have been a lot of fun to do this book, it looks really interesting.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done book, Liz...and AWESOME COVERS!!
ReplyDeleteA lovely cover for a very creative little book!
ReplyDeleteAwesome book, Liz!
ReplyDeleteWow! So awesome!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little book. The eyes worked perfectly.
ReplyDeleteWonderful creativity and beautiful artwork!
ReplyDeleteWendy -x-
This is a mouthwateringly beautiful little book, Liz, and you should be duly proud. When I have a little time I'm going back to watch your video on how you made. I never shall be able to do it but I like to see how it is done. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteWonderful twinchie book.I love it!
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