This is a book I made for Ann Vandermeer.  I knew I was going to see her and wanted to give her a book, so I made something a little weird. 

The cover is Chinese New Year’s money pasted over a muslin background for strength.  I pasted a nearly translucent piece of cotton cloth over that, as the printing on the fake money has a tendency to come off.

The vines are a rubber stamp, with pigment based ink.  The pigment based ink, I’ve found, takes a long time to dry, which makes it good for embossing but not for when you’re trying to finish a project quickly.  I painted the entire book with acrylic medium to keep the ink from smearing, which made it slightly tacky but will also protect the spine from wear.  

The fruit faces are fimo painted over with gold interference paint.  I would have liked to use my own face molds, but the ones I made are plaster and I don’t know if they will work with fimo.  I may try in a later project, because I don’t like using other’s designs, even if copyright free.

This book is approx. 3″ x4″.  Here’s the post where I explained how I made the books.