Poetry Book Making 2

Now that you are at the point where your books are being sewn (bound) you need to start really thinking about what your covers are going to look like. I recommended in class that you have a look at some of the links that I have provided for you to get some ideas.

Some things for you to think about in regards to your Poetry Book covers:

1. You can use a beautiful paper that you have made or bought;
2. You can make a collage for your cover;
3. You can illustrate/paint/stitch/embroider/print etc. on your cover;
4. Your cover needs to be pliable (able to bend easily without damage) and durable because it will get handled quite a lot.
   

These are just a few things to think about. Starting on Wednesday, March 19th you should have gathered everything that you might need for your cover. The cover should be ready (that means completed if you are printing, painting, sewing etc.) by then because you will be attaching it to your book and therefore completing the binding of your Poetry Book.

Meanwhile here are some links to inspire ideas:
Paperbirds
Galleria Mia
Owen's Books

Poetry Book Making 1

The Grade 7 rounded off their Poetry unit in English last week with a Poetry Slam and now they are bringing their work into the Art class to make a bound book of their own writing. We have spent the lasts few weeks making a mock book/template to work from.

Grade 7 you have at this point; figured out how many sheets (1 sheet = 4 pages) you need in your book, what colour they will be and what will be on each of them. Over the next three weeks you will be spending every lesson steadily creating the contents for each page by writing out your poems and illustrating the pages. The week before Spring Break we will spend the time in class actually sewing the pages, making the covers and binding your Poetry Books.

Check out this link to see the basic process of what we will be doing...