grimoire

Oct. 22nd, 2024 10:54 pm
frittermywig: Original Illustration by Henry Holiday (Default)
homemade grimoireDid this for a Hallowe'en prop at work this week and very pleased with result. It's large and theatrical and possibly a little real-er than strictly necessary for entertaining children. All it is is crumpled brown tissue paper over red construction paper, covering part of a cardboard box and smothered in Mod Podge.
frittermywig: Original Illustration by Henry Holiday (Default)
handmade book Made another book yesterday. I love doing them, but creating blank books begs the question, 'what is this book for'? I need to take the next step and start using the books as vehicles for ideas, not just technical exercises.
frittermywig: Original Illustration by Henry Holiday (Default)
bookwork

Added the covered boards and am very happy with this little project!
frittermywig: Original Illustration by Henry Holiday (Default)
added to my bookI spent a great deal of time in a dentist's chair today, but still found time to work on this project. The red and yellow paper is Canson Colorline (150gsm) and I think it works just as well as the heavier white cover-weight card. This project is testing out the construction rather than a fully realized bookwork, but I think it has a lot of promise for me.
frittermywig: Original Illustration by Henry Holiday (Default)
book arts craftIt's a rainy afternoon in Florida (a foretaste of Hurricane Milton?) so I spent some quiet time getting started on a 'storage book.' (Instructions at creativebug.com.) My accordion-fold spine looks good, but the windowed page is a little sloppy; needs to be adhered at the head and tail, and the image could've been better affixed.
frittermywig: Original Illustration by Henry Holiday (Default)
Came across two beautiful works of art today, while researching online. Thought of Emerson's quote ("Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting–a wayside sacrament.") and figured I'd share these.

First, the artists book, 'Reliquary,' by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, 2015. This may be the best mix of book, box, and frame that I've found in my long-standing investigation of the form:
Reliquary by Schroeder
Artist's website.

And this digital artists print I saw used as cover art for a music album: 'Voyage Pittoresque #4' by Ruud Van Empel, 2016. The full picture is jaw-droppingly beautiful. I can't imagine what it would be like in person. sometime about the mix of forest realism and digital hyperreality resonates very strongly, as I am in the very stages of pursuing a druidical nature spirituality. How colorful --how impossibly colorful-- will my path be, I wonder? print
Gallery website.
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