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Fat Books
are a form of collaborative Artist book. Each book usually consists of about 50 pages,
each page being 4" x 4" (thus the name "Fat Book"!) Each book has a theme and each page
is art created by a different artist.
Pages are often embellished and the books are minature works of art.
To join a Fat Book community look at the Fat Book groups on yahoogroups.com

These are some of the pages I have done for these Fat Books


"Portals" fat book page - 2004	"Heart of a Gypsy" fat book page - 2005	"Reach for a Star" fat book page - 2005

"Birds & the B's" fat book page - 2006	"Blue" fat book page - 2005	Yellow page for "Colors" fat book - 2006

These little works of art are so exciting to have sitting on your bookshelf. Here are some examples of the completed books.


"Valentine" fab book hosted by Holly Fouts	"Heart of a Gypsy" fat book hosted by Donna Cartagena	"Artfest 2005" fatbook hosted by Bernie Berlin

Collage

I love the free form of collage and I became addicted to collecting vintage images after doing a history of photography class at Winthrop University. I sometimes use these vintage images in my collages. But often I just use whatever is lying around my studio and is accessible, old letters, photographs I have taken, rubber stamps, wallpaper samples. I enjoy using Photoshop to create the collages as well as paper.

Artist Trading Cards
known as ATCs

These are minature works of art that are swapped between artists. They are the same size as a sports trading card, 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and are usually made according to a theme.
Somerset Studio has recently brought out a wonderful book called "Artist Trading Cards - An Anthology of ATCs" which is worth getting if this type of art inspires you.


Altered Artist	Vintage images	Japan	Dark Garden	Dark Garden