http://bookclasp.com/blog a blog about making metal book clasps, bosses, and book decorations and other things book arts related Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:04:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://bookclasp.com/blog/?page_id=135&cpage=1#comment-402 Tess Elliott Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:22:31 +0000 http://bookclasp.com/blog/?page_id=135#comment-402 Was thrilled to run into your blog. I am an artist & adore books. Made a toy theater in a book and here is the link: http://www.tesselliott.com/bktheatr.htm and you can see all I had available was box hardware. I have actually been playing with faux clasps for decorative purposes by embossing brass, & gluing it to wood. The altered books are very hard to do but they are very unique. The "stage" in the back of the book is on a sheet magnet, so that the little characters stick to it. I am still what you would call a hand-to-mouth subsistence artist but love the work. I doubt I would soon have the means to take a class with you, but I just love your work and the fact that you keep this great tradition alive. I have a good library myself, and I think when I do an altered book piece it's really all about my love of books. Thank you for taking the trouble to create this blog! Was thrilled to run into your blog. I am an artist & adore books. Made a toy theater in a book and here is the link: http://www.tesselliott.com/bktheatr.htm and you can see all I had available was box hardware. I have actually been playing with faux clasps for decorative purposes by embossing brass, & gluing it to wood. The altered books are very hard to do but they are very unique. The “stage” in the back of the book is on a sheet magnet, so that the little characters stick to it. I am still what you would call a hand-to-mouth subsistence artist but love the work. I doubt I would soon have the means to take a class with you, but I just love your work and the fact that you keep this great tradition alive. I have a good library myself, and I think when I do an altered book piece it’s really all about my love of books. Thank you for taking the trouble to create this blog!

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