Half hours at the Seaside continued ...

At last, after much sticking and glueing and cutting, my Seaside book slipcase is complete.  It took sooooo long to do, and was a headache at some points.  Here's the finished thing -

It's covered on the outside with book cloth and the coloured inserts are my hand-marbled paper.  This pattern just seemed right out of all the choices I had left.  The Seaside book looks pretty good placed inside its new cover, and I now need to work on the book some more.  So far, I have added a little collaging -

and a bit more ...

I'll be continuining with the collages, although need to spend time now on getting the watercolours I showed in a previous bog entry ready for the book.  No decision yet on how I'll include them - much problem solving to come ....

With Christmas on the cards, (and in the cards I have been getting!) it may be a while before I complete this piece but the odd mince pie and other seasonal food and drink might help it all along.

Fabrica Art Gallery

Fabrica have used one of my images in their Advent Calendar this year.  Check it out!  It's the one where I found a likely-looking stone on the seafront which turned into a Scottie Dog.  Fabrica.org.uk/exhibitions/

Icebook

Went to see the duo McGuires presenting their Icebook on Saturday at the Komedia in Brighton.  A tiny, fragile theatre set with pop ups and video projection.  Very enthralling and a mix of paper craft, video and book art. Just put Icebook* in your search engine to view a bit of the show, interesting to see some of it with lighting and some without, quite a contrast.  It was very small and miniaturised and the scale is shown by the presence of a person watching in some of the web pics.    *theicebook.com

More on half hours at the seaside

Have now started to make a slip box for the little seaside book, shown on the previous blog entry.  Here's a few pics about how far I have reached up till now -

They are all images of work in progress: hope to get it finished and lined in my hand-marbled paper as soon as I can.  It will make it look a bit more colourful at least on the inside -

Stage One, half done

Stage Two, a bit more done -

Still a way to go, although this is how it will look closed up with the book inside.  I might do some sort of image on the front later -