A Spoonful of Wisdom

If you read down the posts in this blog you will see one about handmade books. By reading it you will learn that a "book" is not necessarily a collection of printed pages that have been bound in the traditional sense. A handmade book can take on many forms and structures. With that said, here is my latest piece.
It is entitled "A Spoonful of Wisdom" .... read on....




and was made in fulfillment of class requirements for course ART-340 (Handmade Books Structure & Binding) at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. The book was created using salvaged items and thrift store finds. Each spoon was colored using Tim Holtz™ Adirondack® Alcohol Inks from Ranger Industries. All are accented with 22gauge copper wire and beads or various fibers. They hang from copper finishing nails. The wooden mounting board was base coated with dark brown acrylic craft paint, followed by a coat of Valspar Weathered Crackle Glaze and topped with Valspar Ultra Premium satin finish paint found in the “oops” bin at Lowe’s Home Improvement.

The text used in this book is a quote attributed to Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C. and retrieved from www.thinkexist.com. The text reads:

"Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed."