Last Saturday, as part of my birthday gift from Mum, I went to a workshop at Pataka Museum in Porirua to get some insight into altering old books.
I had a great time! The workshop was presented by two young artists and I have yet to finish the book but it's one of those projects that you can do in bits and pieces.
This is the book that I started with:
And this is a page I started before I remembered to take a photo:
It now looks like this:
Here are a couple more that I have done:
I used lots of paint and distress inks, masks and additional images. It took a couple of days to get the ink stains off my fingers, lol.
I'm going back tomorrow for a second workshop. This time we will "re-make" a book using the book original cover and making "new" pages for it with a variety of card and paper stocks.
Watch this space for the results :)
Love what you've done Esther!! Each page is so different and pretty :) Feeling a little bit of the 'green eyed monster'... but it's really good to be able to 'share' the experience with you through your blog. Have a great day tomorrow... extra special since it's your BIRTHDAY!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool... can't wait to see the next one birthday girl.
ReplyDeletei hope you didn't post this link to nana or you may have to change her birthday present idea... i feel like you should know only too well the best kind of prize is a suprise!
ReplyDeletespeaking of suprises... you should post me a kinda suprise, they're cute AND yum
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