Awhile back while in a thrift shop, I picked one of those slide changer magazines that were once used in slide projectors. It reminded me of watching slide shows at my Grandma's house with my cousins when my sister and I were little. I didn't have a plan for it, just knew it needed to…
I had intended to make two separate tunnel books; one I envisioned with happy colorful flowers, and one would be an homage to my favorite drink – coffee. But after working on the colorful flower book for awhile, and then struggling a bit with the coffee book, the idea occurred that my flower book was…
Hard cover for the book / mixed media
Tunnel book "We cannot direct the wind". Mixed media. Hard cover. 6 pages tunnel. Hand painted in acrylics and watercolors on Strathmore 140 lb watercolor paper.It made as a greeting/ Art card: inside cover page is painted with watercolors and left blank for a personal message. The cover has an elastic line to shut tight for…
This is a Victorian concertina viewer-type book which, when drawn out and held up to the light depicts a woodland view. The book is made up of a variety of materials: black silk grosgrain, hand marbled paper and vellum printed with my own original images. The images for this book were taken on medium format film with my Holga camera, during a…
This is a Victorian concertina viewer-type book which, when drawn out and held up to the light depicts a woodland view. The book is made up of a variety of materials: black silk grosgrain, hand marbled paper and vellum printed with my own original images. The images for this book were taken on medium format film with my Holga camera, during a…
This is a Victorian concertina viewer-type book which, when drawn out and held up to the light depicts a woodland view. The book is made up of a variety of materials: black silk grosgrain, hand marbled paper and vellum printed with my own original images. The images for this book were taken on medium format film with my Holga camera, during a…
Growing up, I had a beautiful fish pond in our back yard. One of my favorite places to be was near the pond, because it was so tranquil, yet full of life. The fond memories of time spent in serenity and communing with nature inspired my tunnel book. The pages are hand cut with a…
I love working with depth ,I used cloth with strips of paper for the accordion folds so it would not be so stiff . I used wet media film between the paper layers allowing me to create the figure in the center without attaching her to the paper , I used a paper image and paint…
