For 3 or 4 weeks I’ve been working on this board book.
I picked it up in the street, and my original intention was to do something where I unbound it and etched into each page with the cricut, and re bound it. But one Friday I was off to Cathie’s to make art and I had nothing on the boil. You’ll find an in-progress set of photographs below where I had already blanked out some of the contents, but not all (i am not organised enough to remember to pre-shoot!)
I took my guide to the Pitti Palace bought in Paris in 2004 or thereabouts and infused the fairy tale worlds with some medieval worlds and palaces. It’s a logical progression from Sports Cars which drew on the Uffizi Guide bought the same year, and Chairs and Airplanes (which began with a book about architect Frank Lloyd Wright (and some photographs of armchairs).
It has drawn heavily on my new Posca markers (now I think i have every colour they offer). The golden yellow marker has been a lovely match for the yellows and even some of the greens in the 123 book.
Here’s the video of the finished product.
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Here is the original counting book, and the original Pitti Palace book. I had begun to alter it already so you’ll see some elements have been painted out (with my fabulous Posca markers).
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