tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post6224799730250805426..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Collages for BooksCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-90408437005902205602008-09-09T07:45:00.000+01:002008-09-09T07:45:00.000+01:00Hi Sandy I have a big box where i keep magazines e...Hi Sandy I have a big box where i keep magazines etc that i collect. The Chinese text came from a Botanic garden programme for a series of Chinese events they held. I only use magazines etc that come through my front door, I don't go round and collect them,Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-52053331079936030382008-09-08T21:24:00.000+01:002008-09-08T21:24:00.000+01:00I think this is one of my favorites, too. Where do...I think this is one of my favorites, too. Where do you get your materials?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-60312419994898441882008-09-08T07:37:00.000+01:002008-09-08T07:37:00.000+01:00Sarala - I've never had a cooment from collages I'...Sarala - I've never had a cooment from collages I've left in books I've donated to second hand shops, though one second hand shop did take out the collage and sell it separately....<BR/><BR/>Lucy and Coastguard - I never do write in dates and places, maybe i should. <BR/><BR/>Coastguard _ i love your image of poems waddling in like tortoises, excellent. I don't keep good enough notes about my writing process, though if there's a quote that inspires a poem I will make a note of that. But that's something I should be better at in general.Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-18518897325790207822008-09-07T23:07:00.000+01:002008-09-07T23:07:00.000+01:00In response to Lucy, when I buy a book in a second...In response to Lucy, when I buy a book in a secondhand shop, I try to remember to write the date and place of purchase IN LIGHT PENCIL on the back flyleaf. It's particularly fun if you are collecting a series to see where each of the components has come from! <BR/><BR/>I also try (don't always succeed) to log notes about each poem I write. I try to put the date & try to keep a representative number of drafts. I also aim to include the place/quotation/ prompt that inspired it. It's fine when poems 'waddle in' like tortoises: not so easy when you have a sudden burst of creative activity! I love the notes accompanying some of Edward Thomas' poems, & feel a few jottings are usually worth the effort. <BR/><BR/>What do the rest of you do, I wonder?Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-76627421393059491412008-09-06T21:11:00.000+01:002008-09-06T21:11:00.000+01:00That is clever. Do you ever get a response from s...That is clever. Do you ever get a response from someone who finds your collage in a book?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-76408507330667954142008-09-03T17:41:00.000+01:002008-09-03T17:41:00.000+01:00That's such a creative, generous thing to do!Anoth...That's such a creative, generous thing to do!<BR/><BR/>Another blogger I know has a family tradition of writing their name in the book and a comment about where they were when they read it and its associations. Someone contacted her years later who'd found one of the books in a secondhand shop.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-19250158248665280372008-09-02T00:51:00.000+01:002008-09-02T00:51:00.000+01:00They are cool. I saw a wonderful exhibition the ot...They are cool. I saw a wonderful exhibition the other day at The State Library here of books as works of art, absolutely beautiful hand made and limited edition books, many using collage. And they had a computer set up showing a blog as a new form of book as though it was a breakthrough. Institutions are always a bit behind. Your collage is conceptual art collage magnificence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-46372255582815531632008-09-01T18:52:00.000+01:002008-09-01T18:52:00.000+01:00edinburgh day by day - its a collage on a card ins...edinburgh day by day - its a collage on a card inside the book, i didn't customise the book itself...<BR/><BR/>d.moll - who knows maybe you will, books go on some interestign journeys...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-82375853392604985032008-09-01T18:47:00.000+01:002008-09-01T18:47:00.000+01:00What a truly wonderful idea to customize a book in...What a truly wonderful idea to customize a book in this way...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-35687147625853474822008-09-01T14:56:00.000+01:002008-09-01T14:56:00.000+01:00Love your collages, I wish I would find one....Love your collages, I wish I would find one....d. moll, l.ac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16007607538375968631noreply@blogger.com