lauantai 1. huhtikuuta 2023

Altered book of Lost Laysen

Size 7,5 x 5 inch

I started to alter this book a week ago, and now I first couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this month's theme of Art Journal Journey. So I start to post these pages now. I think I will have new pages for the whole month. I had already written this post beneath 😀
Above you see the picture of the cover page of the book 'Lost Laysen'. Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist (1900-1949). Sure you know the famous novel 'Gon with the Wind' and the world wide popular movie made from the book. It is one of the World's all time best selling book. Mitchell wrote only Gon with the Wind published her lifetime. Long after her death a collection of Mitchell's girlhood writing and a novella she wrote as a teenager, titled Lost Laysen, were published. It was discovered hidden in a cache of papers left by a lifelong friend of Mitchell's, Henry Love Angel. He poses in many photos on the pages of the latter published Lost Laysen.
Because I still have a lot of laces and texture pieces from the time I hand made ATCs and cards, I decided to recycle them and use for altering Lost Laysen. Because Margaret Mitchell's youth and active time was in the 1920's era, I tried to use the pictures, which fit on that time. I will post my pages by and by when I get them ready. There in Lost Laysen are also lots of black and white photos from Margaret Mitchel and her friends, especially with Henry Love Angel. Of course I stay keeping them on the pages. I don't alter the novella part of the book, only the part, which tells about the Margaret Mitchell's youth and friends.

My first alterations are beneath.
The first cover page

 The back cover page. The card is my 'Skinny'-card  and as you see I've used the photo of Lost Laysen in the card already many years ago.

The first spread.
All pages' alterations are handmade by me, the vintage lady picture is my old card. I link these pages to the this month's 'Recycle, reuse, repurpose' theme of Bluebird and Elizabeth at Art Journal Journey.  
Thank you for visiting and Have a happy start to April 💚
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Muunneltu kirja 'Lost Laysen'
Ylinnä näet aidon kansikuvan kirjasta (12x19 cm), ja olen muuntelemassa kirjaa kuvittamalla sitä omilla valitsemillani kuvilla ja aiemmin käsintehdyillä ATC- ym. korteilla. Lost Laysen on Margaret Mitchellin nuoruuden aikaisesta elämästä, ystävistään ja kirjeenvaihdosta kertova, ja se sisältää myös hänen vuosikymmeniä kuolemansa jälkeen löytyneen novellin, joka löydyttyään on julkaistu nimellä 
Lost Laysen.
Margaret Mitchell nousi aikoinaan kaikkien aikojen best selleriksi 'Gone with the Wind'/Tuulen viemää-kirjallaan, ja siitä tehty elokuva ylsi maailmanlaajuiseen menestykseen. Mitchellin nuoruus ajoittuu 1920-luvulle, ja olen pyrkinyt käyttämään tuohon aikaan viittaavaa materiaalia. 
Kirja sisältää myös musta/valkoisia kuvia hänen nuoruudestaan, ystävistään erityisesti elämänaikaisesta ystävästään Henri Love Angelista, jonka papereista
 löytyi Lost Laysen-kirjan käsikirjoitus ja em. valokuvat.
Postaan muunneltua kirjaani vähitellen, kun saan sivuja valmiiksi. Tässä näet muuntelemani kannet ja ensimmäisen aukeaman. Minulta löytyy vielä runsaasti pitsejä ja tekstiilin paloja "korttiajaltani" ja haluan kierrättää ne tällä tavalla.
Ja tänään yllätyin suuresti, kun luin uuden tämän kuun teeman olevan 'Kierrätys'!
Nyt minulla on luultavasti koko kuukaudeksi sivuja postattavaksi teemaan😃
Kuulemisiin näissä merkeissä, ja hyvää viikonloppua kaikille 💚

8 kommenttia:

  1. How fortuitous for both of us that you chose this time to alter Lost Laysen and I chose recycling as April's theme. It's always fun when you can find the right place to add that tiny scrap of lace you've been saving or that vintage image that is perfect for this project. This is going to be a beautiful book when you are finished and you will have given it new and important life. Thanks for sharing this with Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey using our theme.

    VastaaPoista
  2. You are definitely lucky with this month's theme Sirkkis. :) I am loving what you have done with this book so far. It feels perfect for the title of the book and also for who wrote it and where she lived. I will be going to Atlanta on my road trip and so I'll be thinking of this project. Have a wonderful start to April and thanks for sharing this with us at AJJ for Elizabeth and Bleubeard's theme. Hugs-Erika

    VastaaPoista
  3. Wow, Sirkkis! What luck!!! And your altered pages of Margaret Mitchell's book are absolutely beautiful. I cannot wait to see more! Hugs, Sharon

    VastaaPoista
  4. Wow! This is amazing. You are so talented.

    VastaaPoista
  5. Oh My!You have made such a good start to altering this book. Looking forward to seeing more! Fabulous entry at AJJ and Elizabeth's theme, hugs, Chrisx

    VastaaPoista
  6. Sirkkis, this is a lovely idea and a fun book to do it in too. Very vintage and pretty - you kept with the feel of the book as well. LOVELY! Hugz

    VastaaPoista
  7. Hi Sirkkis, what a treasure you have for this month's AJJ theme. And your first alterings are beautiful. I did not know about Mitchell's novella. This is like when Harper Lee's first novel before To Kill A Mockingbird was found in her closet. How intriguing! XOX

    VastaaPoista

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