I have a fun spin on this recycled book page ornament from Playing with Books: Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book to share with you before Easter. I pulled out my McGill egg punch and an old book and started cutting egg shapes.
Instead of sewing the pages together as the project from Playing with Books: Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book instructs, I simply used a glue stick to make my three-dimensional paper egg ornament. I put a loop of gold cord inside the new center spine before I glued the last two egg sides together. I think it will make a fun new addition to my egg ornament collection. I think an old kids' Easter picture book might be cool to try this project with!
If you like cutting up books to make new things, check out Playing with Books: Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book which is packed full of great tutorials and ideas.
Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book
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In these pages, Jason Thompson has curated an extensive and artistic range of both achievable upcycled crafts made from books and book pages and an amazing gallery that contains thought-provoking and beautiful works that transform books into art.
The content encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, upcycled objects. The book combines in equal measure bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques, along with a healthy dose of experimentation and fun. The beautiful high-end presentation and stunning photography make this book a delightful, must-have volume for any book-loving artist or art-loving book collector.
Jason Thompson is the founder and president of Rag & Bone Bindery, and author of Making Journals By Hand (Rockport Publishing 2001). He is highly regarded as a book designer with integrity who creates unique handbound books and other fine bindings, as well as a popular blogger who writes about bookbinding, book arts, artist books, and paper craft.
To see more inside peeks into Playing with Books, pop on over to this post at Jason's blog.
Love this.....didn't even know McGill had an egg shaped punch!!!!
Posted by: Geralyn Gray | April 21, 2011 at 01:49 PM
What a cute idea. I've been thinking about starting an Easter tree tradition, so this is very timely.
Thank you.
Posted by: Eileen | April 24, 2011 at 03:49 AM