Kara,
I have had my students create culture books. They had to investigate and
include in their books types of artwork, geography, religion, etc. The
design of their book could include reference to their chosen culture but was
not required. Other book ideas might include artistic periods, different
genres(landscape, portraits, women artists, etc.) I have a book called Cover
to Cover by Shereen LaPlantz that has creative approaches to bookmaking. Its
a must have for someone interested in bookmaking.
Hope this helps
Samantha Shelley
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From: Kara LiCausi <klicausi@northport.k12.ny.us>
To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet@lists.getty.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 7:14 AM
Subject: AEN: Question about Bookmaking
> Hello Everybody,
> I have been making blank books with my 7th graders over the past few
semesters, each semester I experiment with a different type of bookmaking.
I'm getting tired of them all looking the same, so I have decided to show
the kids several types of bookmaking techniques and let them choose the
type, shape and size that they would like to make individually. I also have
decided that I want each of their books to have some sort of theme, rather
than it just being a blank book. I don't mind devoting a couple of weeks to
this project, and I have a pretty large inventory of supplies for the
students to work from. My question is has anybody done something like this
before, and if so, what would be some themes that you might suggest for the
books? Any hints or suggestions will be graciously welcomed!
> Thanks!
> Kara in Northport
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> Kara LiCausi
> Northport Middle School
> Northport, NY
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