In the early days, when the
group started working on art projects together, (this was way before my blog)
we participated in several round robin books.
Eventually, we migrated to other types of art.
Karol has brought us back to
the beginning and once again we are creating altered books. We’ve each chosen the theme for our book and
will exchange books once a month; passing it on to the next person in the
list. I thought I would document the
process; sharing what I receive with you and also using the things I do to the
girl’s books as tutorials. I’m hoping
you will have fun following our project.
My choice of theme is ancient
Egypt. I started with a regular book
(actually and old Readers Digest Best Loved Book). I added the texture to the cover using the
same tissue paper technique I used for the Dreaming
of Romance Book. I will have a video
tutorial posted for you this weekend that walks step by step through the
process.
On the front of the book I
cut a hole in the cover and through several pages of the book to accommodate embedding an
ATC that is made from paper clay. The clay has been stamped with various rubber
stamps and painted with inks and metallic paints. To see a detailed post on the techniques used
click here “Egyptian
Stamped Paper Clay ATC”.
Inside the book I’ve
decorated two pages with stains, papyrus, stamped clay, transparencies and
various metal bits. I’ve also included
and ancient Egyptian poem.
I’ll probably add more to the
inside of the book when it returns to me but I wanted to leave plenty of room
for the girls to work. Karol’s book is already
here so I’ll be sharing that with you next month.
I hope you’ll come
back this weekend and checkout the Tissue Paper Texture Video Tutorial.
