Ru ~ breathe deeper in Vancouver is doing 36 things including…

create an altered book

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Ru ~ breathe deeper has written 5 entries about this goal

Minimalism  — 7 months ago

It’s quite small – 3X4 and 50 pages, but I like it. I was going to do more, but after ripping up and pasting in all the haiku, it seemed to feel best rather stark. I added a few tiny silver stars to a page here & there, but I think I’ll save anything more elaborate for another project.

And I will do another project.

Words on thin paper  — 7 months ago

I’ve just finished editing & printing out 5 double sided sheets which I’m now going to rip up. Creatively, I mean – not with frustrated malice. Then I’ll make the final few cuts and find my glue stick.

Another thought --  — 8 months ago

Since Christmas is coming, I think I’ll make a couple of altered books as presents. I have a handful of handmade paper books (or changeable ones like the board book) that will work nicely. I want to paint over or collage pages and add my photos & haiku.

I’ve just copied all of my entries from haiku Fridays here, and there are nearly 300. I should be able to pick a bunch that I like from that.

Playing with this may start kicking the butt of my self-publishing goal too.

1 year later  — 8 months ago

How strange… as I started to type I noticed my last entry for this was a year ago to the day (well, almost).

I was just thinking this little board book might be good for something… it looks like opening hands, but the story inside seems to be something about religious French badgers.

I don’t even know where it came from.
I think it needs help.

Pages  — 1 year ago

I’ve played with similar things… scrapbook journals, creative books passed round-robin, fb’s (back when people mailed things to other people), cut-up/fold-in, collage books… it’s something I can really get lost in but I haven’t for a long time… and not in this way exactly…

I’ve found some delicious sites for inspiration:
http://karenswhimsy.com/altered-books/
http://www.carolinaartist.com/
http://pokieokie.bizland.com/gallery/index.php

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