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I'm thinking about making an altered book as a gift for my boyfriend, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to make in meaningful and not cheezy. I am really afraid it is just going to turn into page upon page of cheez. Anyone ever made an altered book as a gift? Non-cheezy page ideas would be appreciated. :)
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Re: making an altered book as a gift
Tue, October 28, 2008 - 1:12 AMI sometimes glue the pages together (thick book) and use an exacto knife to cut out a box in the interior. You can leave a few of the pages at the beginning unglued and loose to paint or decorate. Then you can put a surprise or gift inside...that completes the theme of your book, or you can decorate the book to match the "contents"... -
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Re: making an altered book as a gift
Fri, November 28, 2008 - 2:51 PMYeah I have done this with putting a little gift in the middle and I have also made a little envelope or one that pops open like a flower and put a poem or a small stone whatever completes your theme. The poem I usually make out of words that were circled on one of the removed pages. (first I go and circle the words I want and then black out the rest of the page, where it only shows now the word I chose) -
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Re: blackout-resist poetry
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 9:50 AMWhat a clever idea! What a challenge! What a lot of time involved!
I bow and scrape in your general direction...
I was just joking when I coined the phrase "blackout-resist poetry," but actually, you could do some kind of wax-resist or PVA (Elmer's)-glue-resist over the words and then brush or pounce or spill or spatter the page with ink or paint or something else opaque...
Hmmm... Thanks for the inspiration! I once again bow and... -
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Re: blackout-resist poetry
Fri, December 5, 2008 - 4:40 PMOh sorry...forgot to illustrate technique...I used PVA over the words, chose a circle shape, as I have seen others use square...then used black gesso. Another technique I've used is to color the pages with different crayon colors and black it out and then use a sharp implement such as an exacto, scalpel, anything sharp to peel away the black and produce that stained glass effect?
Have also used black gesso on the page and then done collage on top with quotes or words around the edge of the page.
Take a look at this technique:
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Re: blackout-resist poetry
Sun, December 7, 2008 - 3:05 AMHow about little drawers on the side of the book?
Use small matchboxes and glue your last pages to accommodate the thickness of the match boxes. Cut out with an exacto to accommodate the match boxes. You can paint the matchbox front and place a small bead in the center for a handle. Inside the drawers you can place smaller words...that express your feelings. I put fabric on the inside that reflected my youngest daughter's taste. Inside the drawers I placed words like "little girl shine", "you run free", and "imagine sing dance". You can stretch this out further by making tiny origami or putting tiny gifts int he drawers along with the words.
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Re: blackout-resist poetry
Thu, December 25, 2008 - 9:43 AMBreathtaking! That's you're work? It's wonderful! -
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Re: blackout-resist poetry
Thu, December 25, 2008 - 6:45 PMNo...no that's not my technique...sorry. -
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Re: blackout-resist poetry
Mon, June 22, 2009 - 7:32 AMgreat ideas! I haven't been checking in for awhile - but you all are inspiring me! -
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Re: haven't been checking in
Mon, June 22, 2009 - 11:34 AMI'm trying to encourage Tribemembers to contribute toward re-energizing Tribe by contributing just one comment to one tribe a day and see where that leads us. Maybe we can revive inspiration in all kinds of quarters within the Tribe universe? -
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Re: haven't been checking in
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 5:05 PMKhrysso
That's a great idea. So here i am checking in.
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