CTO BOOKS AND BOXES: Mini

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Breakfast. The most important meal of the day - Hold up. Did someone say Serial?!

Serial. Cereal. Cereal Serials. Enough Said.

Go green or go home. I used recycled cereal boxes to make these serial bindings. I have a little cereal aisle forming by my bench so more will be on the way shortly. Keep checking!

3.25 x 4.5 inches

Gotta Have My Pops Serial Binding

Om nom nom!

3.25 x 4.5 inches

My Very Own Paper Galaxy Attempt - Serial Binding

As I hope you have seen, perhaps on the Classy Protection Case post, I have made a Green Galaxy cloth. Because I love the galaxy and universe so dearly I decided to make my own galaxy paper.

Approximately 3 x 4 inches.

Items sold separately.

$10 each

I loved the Stone technique! A few paints were selected and treated with photo-flow I believe. Or some sort of mixture that causes the paint to separate from other paint. I chose a base color which would be the "vein" of the entire sheet. In this case -- navy blue. I then proceeded to use the treated paints as follows: Dip brush into treated paint. Tap brush into garbage a few times to get rid of huge drops. Hit brush on top of stick allowing paint to spray off of the bristles onto the base color which lays across the vat patiently awaiting friendly color companions.

It was too cool for school!

3.25 x 4.5 inches

Serial Snake Skin Pattern

This style of marbling was different than the usual spreading of paint around the vat. After spreading a little bit of watered down acrylic, I sprinkled this treated water over it -- I'm sorry to say I can't remember what was in it -- and the paint separated into tiny strips, stripes, curves, spaces and all sorts of other craziness.

Hand not included. Just for Scale.

3.25 x 4.5 inches

My Marbly Wish-Wash Serial Binding

I improved on the Spanish technique as the day moved on. See a few posts below for further details about this process.

3.25 x 4.5 inches

My Marbled paper in Serial action

I attempted the Spanish marbling technique. I liked to call it the dancing pattern because I'd stand around my vat rocking myself back and forth, dancing and bouncing around to prepare for the movement it takes to create a wave-like pattern on the final product. It was a fantastic time.