The pineapple is the fruit of a pine tree.
The zebra is like the horse only striped, and is chiefly used to illustrate the letter Z.
A mountain range is a cooking stove used at high altitudes.
This is a page for miscellaneous books I've worked in.
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This is a
compilation of funny things from classrooms and examination papers.
It was first published in 1931 and was illustrated by Dr. Seuss. The book I
worked in (provided by Joyce Yuen)
was a small hard cover reprint published in 1997. I chose a few of my favorite
sayings as inspiration for page altering.
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The pineapple is the fruit of a pine tree. The zebra is like the horse only striped, and is chiefly used to illustrate the letter Z. |
A mountain range is a cooking stove used at high altitudes. |
This book
was provided by Jeannette Clark as part of a round robin.
For some time now I've had the idea to do a collage interpreting my poem "Tiny
Planet."
When this book came along I thought it was the perfect place to execute this
collage.
I looked through the book to find just the right place for altering, and found
a page that
discussed saving the planet.Using acrylic paint, I painted the entire page,
then splattered on starswith white paint. I found a wonderful Picture of Planet
Earth,
then I took my poem and cut it into one-line strips of paper and placed them
on the page.
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Collaged interpretation of a poem I wrote. |
Books from Art Night Class
Each student
in my weekly art night class has their own altered book, and we take
turns working in each other's books. Here are a few pages
I've done in various books.
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From "The World and Man,"1937. The right hand page originally had a diagram of evolution. Monkey to man. I wasn't that wild about it, so covered it all up except for three little monkey heads. |
Also from "The World and Man." I found a beautiful painting of an ocean sunset and tore it up into strips. Breaking it up into particles, you could say. |
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From "Darkness and Daylight" circa 1910. This page was inspired by the chapter title, Richard and Arthur. These images represent what I imagine Richard and Arthur to look like. The background is my own paste paper. |
Also from "Darkness and Daylight." For my inspiration, I used a paragraph that described a room. |
From "Getting Ready for Marriage," 1972. This book sure had some funny ideas about marriage. We've come a long way in the last thirty years. Because this part of the book was about money as a status symbol, I looked for images of celebrities and wealth and accented the page with green and gold representing money. |