Elizabeth Cox Art Work
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This blog is a record of my current university project. It will act as an online scrap book/sketch book of my ideas, and an illustrated evaluation of the finished piece.
My project is based around the idea that books are only active and purposeful when they are being read. I am aiming to look at turning books into sculptures when they are not in use. I will initially look at decay, fossilization, freezing and using clay.
My project is based around the idea that books are only active and purposeful when they are being read. I am aiming to look at turning books into sculptures when they are not in use. I will initially look at decay, fossilization, freezing and using clay.
My first attempt at turning a book into an art piece, to show it has not been used or read for a while. For this book I brushed the pages with buttermilk, and then spread over a ground up mixture of moss and buttermilk, and placed it outside. The moss began to grow on the pages, and the pages began to change and decay. (The pic is taken after 4 days, after several weeks the moss died when a storm battered the book! the book is still outside and changing and decaying with things growing around and over it)
