I just finished a course in making artists books - hard to explain but basically learning various techniques used to make and bind books. The book itself becomes a piece of art and artistic expression. At this stage I was just learning the basic techniques so I have not really explored the idea as an artistic format. There are some amazing works of art in this format and our teacher Cheryl Penn's work is excellent. Take a look at our class, some art I mailed her and her work at
www.cherylpenn.com/wpb
They look lovely!
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