Kansas City Public Library is the place for book lovers. I posted about wanting to visit the Central Library and I finally did last week. It is a beautiful library. The fifth floor has an open roof top where you can see the city and also play a round of chess with human size chess pieces.Continue reading “Bibliophiles, Enter Here.”
Category Archives: Book Arts
Final Stage: Altered Book Journal
The journal is complete and now it is ready for me to document life, love, parenting, creating art, and all the things I enjoy. After taking a workshop on maps it inspired me to include some maps and journal some of the places I have lived. Now that I am an Army wife the journeysContinue reading “Final Stage: Altered Book Journal”
Kansas City Public Library
I absolutely love libraries and am a total bibliophile. The library is the first place I seek out in a new place. What I cannot believe is that the coolest library is so incredibly close to me and I have never been there. While helping my son with a project I saw photographs of theContinue reading “Kansas City Public Library”
The Middle Stage; Altered Book Journal
A previous post explains my current project, which is an altered book journal. I am doing this as part of a workshop. There are several layers that I have applied and I am nearly done. Since I am not quite done, I would like to share the middle stage. It is pictured below. The frontContinue reading “The Middle Stage; Altered Book Journal”
Personal Geographies
Today was the free webinar hosted by Create Mixed Media entitled, My Journey with Maps. Artist Jill Berry shared her passion and knowledge with map making. The class had some interesting ideas and ways to create maps about family, rites of passage, or actual road trips. Jill uses mixed media to create her maps andContinue reading “Personal Geographies”
Altered Book Journal
Well I am still working away with the Jeanne Oliver Creative Workshop projects. Currently, I am working on an altered book journal. I have made these in the past and realized that I have always made them for someone else. As with some projects I was struggling for inspiration and the process was not flowing,Continue reading “Altered Book Journal”
Vintage Journal
The journal featured is one I created in Jeanne Oliver’s Class, Creatively Made. So far, I am really enjoying the class. There are several projects each week that we share with one another. There are guest artist videos and a lot of inspiration. People from all over the world have signed up to be aContinue reading “Vintage Journal”
Chapbooks
The beauty of a chapbook. 1. Pocket Sized 2. Poems, ballads, stories, etc. 3. Simple or complex with different bindings 4. Create your own There is a workshop at the University of Utah’s Book Arts Studio on March 19th. I have taken workshops there before and their studio is brand new and amazing. The instructorsContinue reading “Chapbooks”
Thermal Book Binding
On an earlier post I spoke about the site Create Mixed Media. Today, I am going to share the link to do thermal book binding. There is a free PDF available that gives instructions. Thermal Book Binding It looks so cool. I would like to try it over the weekend. Through workshops at the UniversityContinue reading “Thermal Book Binding”
Army Book
Example of plain chipboard Happy Friday. I am posting a book (a few pages). I made for Scott for Christmas. The project did not take long. It was simpler than others I have made in the past. This one did not have a lot of layers or painting. I found the chipboard book already scallopedContinue reading “Army Book”
