Artist Books- a new beginning

Suddenly there may be a need to do something different, to create something other than garments, something which can be held in the hand, like a book....
So what is an Artist book you may well ask....
Who knows...some one suggested it is a book made by an artist but a better description may be that it is a creative expression of a person intent on amusing themselves using the skills acquired over  a lifetime of attending art/craft workshops......

There is a huge amount of yarn collected over the years so it was decided to do a tuckstitch cover in a mixture of fine yarns. This presented a technical problem because how many stitches and rows were needed so as the knitted piece would fit without having to cut and sew it.
It worked well in the end and fitted when stretched, a quality knitted fabrics have in abundance...

The signatures, as the pages of the book are called, were done by transferring the painted Bondaweb to Vilene old sheeting and then embroidering , stitching, writing and finishing them by backing them with recycled jean material to give a neat finish and hide all the knots and threads created by sewing and embroidery.
They were then all bound together between the covers and held in place by a stick with lichen on it.Remember to click on the photos to get a close up look
The next book is on the go.......