A MELANGE OF BOOKS

MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT BEFORE I STARTED DOING ART QUILTS I MADE ALTERED BOOKS.  AN ALTERED BOOK IS A BOOK THAT YOU TRANSFORM, BY CUTTING, GLUEING, AND ADDING TO, CREATE A DIFFERENT AND QUITE AWSOME WORK OF ART. THIS IS AN ALTERED BOOK...

WHO LET THE DOGS IN

THIS BOOK HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF MY POLITICAL BOOKS IN WHICH I TRY TO BASH CANDIDATES FROM BOTH SIDES.  I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE MATCHING MIXED MEDIA QUILT THAT I MADE FROM THE SAME TITLE, THEN I WILL SHOW YOU A FEW PAGES FROM THE BOOK SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THE HECK I AM TALKING ABOUT.

WHO LET THE DOGS IN

THE QUILT IS MADE UP OF THE BOOK PAGES SCANNED AND PRINTED ON FABRIC.  LET ME SHOW YOU A FEW PAGES OF THE BOOKS AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN...  

    THE BOLD QUOTE ON THE PAGE FRONT IS MADE BY HANDSTAMPING THE LETTERS ON ONE BY  ONE.  THE CARDS ARE MADE OF PAPER, THREE LAYERS OF CARDSTOCK.          

I ALWAYS LIKE TO START THE BOOK WITH THE TITLE PAGE.  THAT KIND OF SUMS UP THE BOOK.  I ALWAYS START BOTH THE BOOK AND THE QUILT OFF WITH MY SIGNATURE PULL TAB CAN LID.

              
         

THE TRUMP CARD WITH QUOTES BOTH FRONT AND BACK SLIDES INTO THE HALF PAGE POCKET AND MAKES THE BOOK INTERACTIVE.

"IN AMERICA, ANYONE CAN BECOME PRESIDENT.  THAT'S ONE OF THE RISKS YOU TAKE."

I LIKE TO USE COLORFUL GAME PIECES TO SPELL OUT WORDS THAT I DEEM RELEVANT.

"DEMOCRACY"

AS YOU SEE I BIND THE PAGES OF THE BOOK WITH FABRIC. HOW DO I DO THAT? MY SECRET. I ALSO LIKE TO USE INDEX TABS TO HANG BANGLES FROM.

FOLDING THE PAGES THIS WAY IS ALWAYS FUN.

NOTE THE BOTTLECAP BANGLE.

JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT I DON'T JUST BASH TRUMP.   

"LOCK HER UP"

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CANDIDATE BASHER... I WOULD TELL YOU THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM TOO, BUT THERE ISN'T ANY.

ABSOLUTE FRIENDS

"YOUR FINGERPRINTS HAVE NOT WASHED OFF"

THIS QUOTE SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THEY ARE MORE THAN FRIENDS.

  

YOU HAVE TO READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT.

VALERIE SEEMS TO THINK THAT AS FAR AS CLOTHES GO, "LESS IS MORE".

WHOEVER SAID "LESS IS

MORE", OBVIOUSLY NEVER HAD A LITTLE "MORE".

I LIKE HIDE AND SEEK TOO.

IT REALLY IS ABOUT FRIENDS...

ALL KINDS OF FRIENDS.

THE NAME OF THID NEXT BOOK IS "HOUSE"

WITH A TITLE LIKE THAT IT CAN BE ABOUT ALMOST ANYTHING.  THE TITLE OF THE BOOK BEFORE IT IS ALTERED IS WHAT I CHOOSE TO MAKE THE ALTERED VERSION ABOUT.  BUT WITH ALL THINGS ME, THERE IS USUALLY A BIT OF A TWIST.

  

"IF YOU'RE NOT LIVING ON THE EDGE YOU'RE TAKING UP WAY TOO MUCH SPACE."

AGAIN WITH THE CAN LID...

"I CAN DO WITHOUT THE ESSENTIALS, BUT I MUST HAVE MY LUXURIES."

EACH NEW ROOM IN THE HOUSE TELL A DIFFERENT TALE.

THE PAGES OF THE BOOK MAY SEEM VERY RANDOM, BUT THEY COME TOGETHER TO TELL A STORY.

WELL THIS IS JUST THREE BOOKS THAT I HAVE MADE.  I NO LONGER HAVE MY BOOKS IN THE GALLERIES AND THE REASON FOR THIS BLOG IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT I HAVE LEFT IN INVENTORY.  I WISH TO SELL THEM AT A BLOW-OUT PRICE.  TRY A FRACTION... TRY $25 TO $50.

I'LL PUT A LIST OF THE BOOKS I HAVE LEFT AND WILL BLOG ABOUT THREE OF THEM EACH DAY.

CARELESS IN RED

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO (it's not about chickens)

ABSOLUTE FRIENDS FRIENDS

I'M NOT JULIA ROBERTS

SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS

ORIGINAL SIN

PORTRAIT IN SEPIA (it's deep Karen)

WICKED APPETITE

ZOO 1

ZOO 2

EVE

WHO LET THE DOGS IN

HOUSE

A PERFECT DIVORCE

WELL I'M TIRED NOW. I WILL HAVE THREE MORE BOOK REPORTS TOMMOROW.  E-MAIL ME IF YOU WANT MORE INFO.  okredfox@yahoo.com

"I NEVER MADE A BOOK I DIDN'T LIKE."...REDFOX