Current work- Altered book

Work in progress

Result of experimenting with resin

Pink resin skull set in clear resin with lace and pearl detail. 

mounted into an altered book.

Su Blackwell- I love her work!

I'm currently looking at the work of  Su Blackwell who carefully dismembers books in order to create a visual interpretation of their contents.

Betty Pepper

Carrying on with the idea of altering books, as well as Jewellery, I'm currently looking at the work of Betty Pepper. I love the detail and elegance of her work, all of her pieces have individual meaning and it's as if she's bringing to life the story or the memories the book holds. 

The Memoirs of a Dressmaker

Altering books

We did a few workshops on Foundation recently on altering found objects, 3D design and  Collage, from these work shops I began to develop the idea of altering books and giving them a different meaning.

The first uses ink, wool, string, wire buttons and pages of the book. The outcome reminds me of jewellery which is really fitting with the current theme of my project.