Books are important to me. All my bookshelves are double booked. Attempts to sort and sell or give away haven't worked. I keep on loving and collecting.
I wanted to make tattered books so I went to the thrift store in town and surrounding towns and bought old books. When it was time to remove the cover to make my collage, I glanced inside. Nope - have to read this before I decide to get rid of or alter this book. Such different subjects glared back at me...like they had souls I had to deal with. Back to the thrift shops making sure the subject of the old book was something I couldn't be interested in at all.
I did manage to take the cover off of one and made the above tattered book. It was fun to figure out what to collect and attach. It didn't sell right away at our recent sale - secretly I thought it would be nice to keep my first attempt. And then it found its way to check out.
I don't know who is on the picture card. I bought an old worn velvet album and in it were lots of family pictures taken at studios all over the southern part of Minnesota. It was one of those purchases that was very satisfying because all those relatives now had a home with me.
Now someone else has a new relative and an old tattered book.
Take care,
Bonnie
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