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The object of my exercise was to make do with very little cost while having heaps of  tranquil fun!  

The trail leading to wide open book covers has been a long one indeed.  It's beginning was way back in the beginning of 2020 and the first dead fall and lock down of Covid19 here in the UK, in Fiddle Wood Norwich to be a little more precise.   So covering all that time in such delightful playful activity i have made well over 28,000 books, and what they will sit upon.                                                                                                                                          

i decided  to collect 'In public domain pictures' and convert them as they are shown here. Being me, such as i was then it turned out not to be easy, just a wee bit tricky! However now i  am not that which  i once was, and these odd interesting things, and how best to convert them, come quite natural to my  fancy within my head with two good ears plus eyes of bright understanding.                                                       

Scratch-built examples once made correctly are much stronger than shop bought stuff. i use mainly paper card, that Picture Framers use. i also use Carpenters White Glue.  Of course printing paper finally turns out here to complete each colourful looking book to its safe cut out ending,                                              

A lady on the internet asked 'is there a quick way of making them', while viewing another one of my topics like this one.   immmmmmmmm... i thought 5 minutes tops, to make one.                              

 But really the quick way was getting someone to make them for her.                                                  

It is all about knowing how,                                                                                       

                 Then coupled with collected materials                                                                                        

         plus preparation and production methods...                                                                       

                  As a published artist author aiding the arts and craft's in others on the internet,                                    There is no thought of money making as a prime factor applied here.                                                     

  Looking into some peoples eyes all you see are Dollar  Sign's                                     

Three options of book spine i chose to use on this one.

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There was once a huge plant of wicked sharp thorny leaves with high rising towering yellow flowers that produced seeds of perfect shaped sky blue; then the Black Bird arrived in it's summer-saulting routine of picking each one off, as if it were a well trained sniper. As the days daylight  wore ever on soon the blue was all gone.  

The moral  of this story is...

Fresh idea's are like those fine seeds of 'patterned blue', and so need protecting!

As for the black bird,it is busy,very busy sowing the blue seeds elswhere around the woodland scene that is Fiddle Wood.

Upon a small toy bookcase some of these will be front facing like rows of smart young infantry.

  Sir Percy and Estella,                                                                                                                            

     are content to serve in the Great Library,                                                                                               

  that does not exist at all.                                                                                                                         

  However there they stood once in my imagination.                                                                                

    

The books are ongoing                                                                                                                              

The library is ongoing                                                                                                                               

 And the story of it all is ongoing.                                                                                                                            

   It is for me a good safe sound quest to pursue... BB                    

   

1920,s FRONT PAGE NEWSPAPERS CONVERTED INTO OPEN BOOK COVERS presented by BB

The Quest For Filling Sir Percy's Library

Re-edited by BB on 13/05/2024

The cause being removel of a faint Water Mark i had failed to notice, that someone had placed upon a public domain picture. Which is a darn cheek if you ask me.      So all the previous pictures had to be deleted and fresh ones added to make up for that lack of etiquette.                                                          

                                                                      From 1925                                                                                           

                                                 Picture of Authentic Newspaper Heading above.

Pictures ... in Commion Domain

                The dark surround will certainly aid mu poor eyesight while cutting out.

                                             All deep set into ink ready for printing out.

The ones above are reduced in size for re-printing out.

Some books will be front facing on the shelving units,

 1923

                                 It would be 1935 before they placed a nappy on this poor babe.

All prepared plates are ready for printing again now.

 which was a bright winged case of make do and mend.

C  U on the Next Qne  BB

BATH TIME FOR RED ROBIN presented by BB

 

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST of 1932

Always Presented By BB

YOU ARE CERTAINLY MOST WELCOME SO COME ON IN

The main aim was to fashion the pictures into open book covers for Sir Percy's  Library some of which is slowly taking place and space above.                                                                                                                      

So once again the reduction of plates made for printing them are once more depicted below.                                                                 

                                                         Art Deco Period Pictures                                                                      

At that time period indicated above the digging up of King Tut, had taken place in 1922 only ten years before this magazine came out.    So there was still a great interest with front cover design to catch the interest of the average eye passing by.                                                                                                                        

Only four of each set will be printed out.

 Some of these will be flat facing out from the shelves so simply put a plain spine will serve in this slotted in little secret make believe place. 

                                                           Large pattern for printing out.                     

                                                       Medium pattern for printing out.

                                                         Small pattern plate for printing out.                

My word he does look vain.

The Master sets the type.

Repetition shows the way.

To change a nothing space into something is i believe a well set worthy cause.

Large for the printer.

Medium pattern for printing out.

Small for most of the printing out.

After printing and cutting out the next stage is gluing up the strips of paper card so these can be folded over and stuck firmly into wrap around place.                                                                                               

i must add here that each plate of four will be reduced even more for Sir Percy is quite small.                     
                    A hobby is a hobby i do realise, but at times it is a just a shady spot of welcome relief from that insatiable unpredictable heat rumbling along outside.   So today was a jolly good day spent painting scratch built items, and then putting  all this upon the white of a once silent page.                                                

There will always be another few pictures in common domain to place and follow through.

As the Sun slips silently into the golden west.

                                               Stay safe, stay well and help others if you can.                                                   

                                                                               BB                                                                                            

 

POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE to Open Book Covers for Scratch Built Props Presented by BB

As the ships go into battle with guns  booming upon this very old cover page in Public Domain, 'Well it is older than myself and i'm quite ancient at over 75 years of age.' i will copy the picture several times. Make no mistake there is a certain kind of madness in this repetitive process.  To begin with i needed  two cover pictures and the title of this mag.                                                                                                   

So now i had the spine of my open book cover.

By being arts and crafty i was able to forge ahead at full sail and make the Master for copying.

                         There will be two sizes upon an old heavily worn shelving unit. both are below.

      Medium   Size             

Small size         

              

A dozen for Sir Percy's Library will be more than enough to shuffle around.                    

Mine will be much smaller then those above.       

who cares dares   

C U on the next one  BB