Cave of Pages

I love working with old paper and ephemera. Of course I really love working with it when you can play with the 3rd dimension. I figure why just collage when you can add a little depth and assemblage (pronounced the same way as collage…if you want to be fancy), so it’s time to “read between the lines”, literally. What were going to do in this class is start off with a cigar box base and using other ephemera, photographs and found objects, we will transform it into a cave of pages. What lurks behind the pages is up to you. Get ready to start reading into things.

Supply List:

• Cigar Box or shadow box…lid not necessary.
• A couple of pieces of foam board or matte board (larger than you cigar box opening.
• Pages from books or ephemera larger than the cigar box
• Bits of wire, twine and/or string
• Cutting tools like exacto knife and scissors
• Brushes- large and small
• Matte Medium
• Mica sheets (optional)
• Collage items and photos
• Titanium White acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Mars Black acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Quinacridone Crimson acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Dioxazine Purple acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Pthalo Green acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Anthraquinone Blue acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Van Dyke Brown acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• Hansa Yellow acrylic paint (fluid or heavy body) by Golden
• E6000 Adhesive
• DAP KWIK SEAL Tub & Tile Adhesive Caulk (White)
• Doodads, found objects (anything…absolutely anything)