I bought the book Evening Amusements and Drawing Room Plays recently for three reasons: it is a pre-1900 publication which means the illustrations on the pages have a good chance of being able to be rubbed into transfer; the cover has a perfect opportunity to create a window; the title provides the theme before I even get started.
I decided that the beginning of this piece will be a cradled board which I vented into order to increase the amount of light that will reach the insides.
Here is the cover after I carved out the window for the transfer.
One of the Amusements is a dice game
The left side of the book cover was enhanced by keeping the spine and
moving the spine support from the inside of the book to the outside of the cover
The bottom of the cover was decorated with a drawer pull
The window in the cover gave me the opportunity to do a transparency with a collage below
Thus we have Evening Amusements and Drawing Room Plays. It is 9"H X 7"W X 2"D. It consists of a 7"X5" Cradled Board, Book Cover, Transparency, Drawer Pull, Nails (14), Asian Dice (3), Book Spine Remnant, Paper and Paint.
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