Book Art
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets.
An altered book is a form of mixed media artwork that changes a book from its original form into a different form, altering its appearance and/or meaning.
Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Installation allows the viewer to experience the work on a more personal and/or interactive level.
I am interested in knowledge. Specifically, how information is passed from one generation to the next. I use book-like forms created from discarded dictionaries as metaphor of knowledge. These structures are shaped and transformed through the powerful and destructive elements of fire, water, and air. Construction and destruction of the pieces emphasize the brevity of their existence in an ever growing digital world. The amber-like preservation of the forms embody a new generation’s view of our archaic forms of knowledge.
- do you have a variety of different sizes and shapes of books?
- if not trade with people in class so that everyone has 4 books of a variety of differnent sizes and shapes
Task#2: Divisions
Using paper clips group your pages:
- larger books (thicker books) group every 8/10 pages
- smaller (thiner books) group every 4/6 pages
- Remove 2 pages between each section of smaller books
- Remove 5 pages between sections of larger books
Task#3: Division pages
Get a piece of wax paper to go between each section you have created in your book
Task#4: Glue
begin glueing the pages of each section together
Task#5: Clean up
- Find a safe flat space to store your books while they are drying
- Clean glue brushes and return to container
- put lid on group glue cup and return to the back counter
Task#6: Homework
"Free Sketch Due Friday 10/11