Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Artist Trading Cards and The Cube
The Cube was constructed of two parts: a writing surface and a supporting rotating Cube. Since I was very much into artist trading cards, I decided I could create a model of the Cube, using my bookbinding and box making techniques. The final product consists of three parts: 1) the Cube is used to store artist trading cards, 2) the desk top, when expanded, is used to display the cards at a trade, and 3) the supporting leg holds a book used to record traders' contact information.
My Cube was published in the ATC Quarterly, Summer 2009.
Boxes
Craft Fairs and Vernissage
Friday, April 30, 2010
Silver Touch
I have been working on this book all week and finished it today. It was such a pleasure to create. When in Germany a couple of years ago, I found this fabulous silver crepe-like paper. It is delicate to work with, has a textured surface, and when glued and smoothed out with the bone folder the texture changes and it feels like silk. The small indents that occured when working on the book cover have a patina like quality and when used, it will continue to develop. I am often inspired by architecture and when reading about it or watching a show about architects and their designs, I usually come up with my own book designs. In the centre of this book, I have created a city scape using the same silver paper, copper foil, miniture photos, a red film used in photography and a drawing. When the centrefold is opened up, different views and colours can be observed through the windows. I have used an 80 lb. recycled drawing paper for the text blocks and there are 70 pages in this book. It measures 8.25 x 12.25 inches (21 x 31.1 cm).