Altered Book Pockets
There are so many ways to create altered book pockets! So why don't I just go ahead and show you the sort of cool ideas you could try for yourself.
And hey, I'm just playing here. If you have other ideas, you just go for it!
I'll show you pocket pages from start to finish. I just really hope this stimulates you to try different ideas in your altered books.
This is probably the easiest pocket to create.
Simply take one corner of a page and fold it toward the spine.
Use copper tape to secure it in place.
To make my pocket nice and strong, I glued two pages together before folding it.
This is the page opposite the pocket.
I found the words "Spirits returned, perched jauntily upon a handsome boy."
I found an old image of twin boys and glued it under those words. Then I used gesso to lightly fade out the young boy furthest away, creating a spirit of sorts.
I then applied gesso all over, being careful to keep my new found poem.
From there on I'll keep adding more to the background, while preserving the 'found poetry". Here's where you can learn more about using existing text from book pages to create fantasy stories or poems.
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Cheryl Poulin, CPC, has been helping decorative painters of all levels grow their acrylic painting skills since 1993. She has taught thousands of students, published 50+ instructional packets and videos, and helped revive interest in the decorative art form with a beginner painting program using her step-by-step Earmark Studio Method.
Cheryl’s work has appeared in publications such as: The Decorative Painter, PaintWorks, and Tole World. Cheryl provides your-decorative-painting-resource.com as a free resource. She’s happiest when she sees her students succeed. Cheryl relaxes with a brush in hand, painting, doodling, and creating.
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