Library cards and their pockets are a thing of the past, and these have history in them. I still have the actual cards, which I'll get to eventually!
I made a single flag book to hold the pockets together.
I took a quote about books and wrote it in stylised print on transparent paper and on the back of some of some metallic decorated paper:
"when you sell a man a book you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue — you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night — there's all heaven and earth in a book"
Most pages have just one word on them, and many are so stylised that it's difficult to read. (see below)
Each pocket now houses 2 or 3 pieces of paper, translucent and non.
Next week I'll make a box (or a mini-bookshelf) to house it.
Materials: re-purposed library pockets, cardboard, metallic and transparent paper, and sharpie markers (ink). The tiny price tag was white, and I used the green sharpie to colour it in, including its string!
With thanks to my favourite Aunty Suzie, who gave me the cancelled books to play with.
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| you can read "and" on the transparent paper, underneath you may work out "or read" in green. |
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| put several transparent papers over each other and stylised words become blueprints for magical things. |
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| This says "glue". but it looks like a weird chicken or a map. |
