Ephemera Exchange

This year, I participated in an ephemera challenge, hosted by The Book Arts League in Lafayette, CO.  I received my package of art from 30 different artists and had a great time looking through everyone's contributions.

There were several small "booklets" included this year so I decided to start making my own booklets for next year's challenge.

I started out with some blank playing cards that I had in my stash.  I attached them together with some paper tape into an 8 page accordion book.  I scribbled black lines all over the surface and then, added 4 different acrylic paints with a small piece of credit card.   I stenciled some black dots using sequin waste and stamped some small circles using a cardboard tube.  On the back, I stenciled the word "Art Book" and then cut some black paper and wrote "art book" with a gold pen for the belly band that held the book together.

I really like how this turned out and the process was fun.  Good thing since I needed to make 30 of them for my contribution for 2024!  

As you probably know, I like making things in series so this was satisfying.  Working out all the details is challenging but once done, making more of them is mindless!