100% RE Books!

The j2f Eco Art Spring 2010 workshops
featured my "100%RE" bookbinding series.The books are made with 100%  waste and surplus materials that are:

RE-imagined
      -used
      -cycled
      -newed
      -purposed

Handmade with a creative eye and a green heart!

 The books were created using traditional Japanese bookbinding techniques. The pages were made from printer and copier paper( that was printed on one side) and the  covers were from various waste paper and cardboard sources such as calendar pages, magazines, postcards, photos.
I love this project because it creates a beautiful, functional, useful item that gets waste and surplus materials back into the reuse stream. It is a no risk creative process and fun to make.
"Recycle is good, but ReUse is better" - Deron Beal  of  FreeCycle http://www.freecycle.org/

Here are some the workshop photos:
Soft Cover Book - January 12th


Accordion Book - January 26th


Hardcover Book - March 23