Sometimes things don't end up working like they should.
I had made some all panel works a few years ago for our Pas de Deux exhibition at Noosa Regional gallery. The works worked well; but on return home and after few years, I discovered that all tapes are not created equal and some of the pages simply detached from the perspex. Not all of them, but enough for me to think about re-working the single pages.
I wanted to return the pages to the book form; however it is quite difficult to delicately bind single pages - a number of single page bindings are clunky and take up a fair bit of the paper, so I needed to play around and experiment.
Which I did and thoroughly enjoyed myself creating a binding that looked like it could do the trick.
So I started revising the pages and thinking through how the books would be compiled; and how I would attach things. In lots of ways I can enjoy the problem solving process, yet sometimes it drives me bonkers when I can't actually sort out a solution. So far so good this time round.
Here are some shots of the piles of pages on my desk and the lovely colours and marks I am working with.
Inserting a page of goyu paper near the beginning - with its beautiful deckled edge
Now to see if I can hold the spines together somehow, and get the cover working as well. Five small books could be a lovely thing!
I had made some all panel works a few years ago for our Pas de Deux exhibition at Noosa Regional gallery. The works worked well; but on return home and after few years, I discovered that all tapes are not created equal and some of the pages simply detached from the perspex. Not all of them, but enough for me to think about re-working the single pages.
I wanted to return the pages to the book form; however it is quite difficult to delicately bind single pages - a number of single page bindings are clunky and take up a fair bit of the paper, so I needed to play around and experiment.
Which I did and thoroughly enjoyed myself creating a binding that looked like it could do the trick.
So I started revising the pages and thinking through how the books would be compiled; and how I would attach things. In lots of ways I can enjoy the problem solving process, yet sometimes it drives me bonkers when I can't actually sort out a solution. So far so good this time round.
Here are some shots of the piles of pages on my desk and the lovely colours and marks I am working with.
Inserting a page of goyu paper near the beginning - with its beautiful deckled edge
Hope it works out for you, Fiona !
ReplyDeleteThanks Annick - its always a bit of an adventure...
DeleteWell, I have no idea what the book looked like before, but the pages are incredible. I hope the 'fix' turns out to be satisfying. As they say, "necessity is the mother of invention".
ReplyDeleteToo true Dee - I think I am better at trying to make up something; than trying to work out how something was done. Fingers crossed this little lot work out OK - thanks!
Deletelove those dotted trails running through the pages
ReplyDeleteMe too Mo - such a lovely meander!
DeleteI would say the new books will be very very lovely. Hard to go wrong with such gorgeous paper and pierced track marks.
ReplyDeleteI hope I can get them to stick together, so to speak, Susan and be handled without falling apart! We shall see...
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