This was just a whim and a distraction, an enjoyable one. I have made a book with old envelopes before, where it is I do not know; perhaps I gave it away, who knows?
The trigger for this little book came from the work of an Australian book artist Adele Outteridge.
There is a good video of her talking about her books made of recycled materials on
You Tube.
I made the covers from an old For Sale board and that idea came from the tutor on my medieval book binding course.
Ever since then I have been looking out for old boards, imagine my frenzied excitement when I saw one at the recycling centre near our local library.
It was a pity that it was attached to a large post with huge rivets. Would that stop me, no way. I went into the library and asked to borrow scissors, and then set about detaching all of the board that I could manage. They probably thought I was crazy and perhaps they were right! The first job was to get out the baby wipes and give the board a good clean.
Today I went to see the exhibition of Alice Kettle's work in the local museum.It is certainly the most impressive show of her work which I have seen. I particularlylike the way she is now combining textiles with ceramics, and painting. The colourswere very strong, particularly with the winter sunshine streaming through the front windows.
Do something interesting with your
envelopes and I will link to your work here.
Lin Artiblobs, see her work
here.
