This is a book I made for Ann Vandermeer. I knew I was going to see her and wanted to give her a book, so I made something a little weird.Â
The cover is Chinese New Year’s money pasted over a muslin background for strength. I pasted a nearly translucent piece of cotton cloth over that, as the printing on the fake money has a tendency to come off.
The vines are a rubber stamp, with pigment based ink. The pigment based ink, I’ve found, takes a long time to dry, which makes it good for embossing but not for when you’re trying to finish a project quickly. I painted the entire book with acrylic medium to keep the ink from smearing, which made it slightly tacky but will also protect the spine from wear. Â
The fruit faces are fimo painted over with gold interference paint. I would have liked to use my own face molds, but the ones I made are plaster and I don’t know if they will work with fimo. I may try in a later project, because I don’t like using other’s designs, even if copyright free.
This book is approx. 3″ x4″. Here’s the post where I explained how I made the books.