Tunnel Books and Other Structures

Having my morning coffee and linking up

for Elizabeth's T Tuesday blog hop. Today 

I am showing a few books that I made

 in a Book Structures class taken

from Debra Bachelder at the Marion (Ohio) 

Public Library. The class was funded by the 

Ohio Arts Council.  Above, some of the 

books we made during the seven week class.

A Tunnel Book. (many art book structures have

 more than one technique that can be used

 to construct them) My subject inspiration 

was a Georgia O'Keeffe landscape.

Each 'page' added another  layer to the scene.

The view from above shows the construction.

Each page was adhered to an accordion

binding on the sides. Planning the layers of 

images and the order in which they were to be

viewed was an important part of making it 

work. Some thumbnail sketches 

helped with the planning.

An accordion book, with single pamphlets

stitched into the 'valley folds' of the pages.

"Two Sewn as One" booklet, which uses

the pamphlet stitch for the binding. The collage

on the cover is from paper scraps and doodles.

A rather dark photo, attempting to show

that beads were inserted between the

two sections of pamphlet stitch. The beads

give the binding some flexibility, and also

look attractive. Waxed linen threads were

used for stitched structures. 

Decorative papers within the book covered

each pamphlet. (Debra provided absolutely 

gorgeous papers for the class!) You can

 see here that a small folded section

 of the outside cover is folded in

to separate the two pamphlet sections.

I have more books to share from this class,

but plan to show them next week.  I am 

particularly pleased with how the Flag Book

turned out!

I can't complete a blog post without sharing

some drawings from my Hobonichi Techo journal.

The Sea Creatures theme for the month of

June has been quite a challenge, in

more ways than one!

Click on any image to enlarge

A Leafy Sea Dragon is one of the many

sea creatures that I learned about.

Sea Otters are so adorable. They collect 

mollusks and use their tummies as a 'table' on

which to crack open 'lunch' with a rock!

Who knew that slugs could be so pretty!?

And so different in shape and color.

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for a beverage and a chat!