Answering your Questions

I received quite a few personal emails from several of you

requesting more photos

and information about this project.

 

Bricolage Petals Book,

from the class at

La Dolce Vita.

So to answer your questions...

I first saw the word bricolage

 when I visited France many years ago.

Then I saw it on La Dolce Vita,

which made me excited

 about the project Caterina was offering.

This is what it says in Wikipedia...

Bricolage (pronounced /ˌbriːkɵˈlɑːʒ/ or /ˌbrɪkɵˈlɑːʒ/) is a term used in several disciplines, among them the visual arts and literature, to refer to the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things that happen to be available, or a work created by such a process. The term is borrowed from the French word bricolage, from the verb bricoler, the core meaning in French being, "fiddle, tinker" and, by extension, "to make creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are at hand (regardless of their original purpose)". In contemporary French the word is the equivalent of the English do it yourself, and is seen on large shed retail outlets throughout France. A person who engages in bricolage is a bricoleur.

So, here are a few more photos...

 This one above is the back of the book,

showing the hand stitching around the edge.

The photo is one of my favorites

and many of you ask about it.

It is an old parlor fernery.

I got all of my collage ephemera

for this project,

from a very old garden catalog

that I found years ago

at a thrift store.

It is literally crumbling

and falling apart.

  I thought this was one way to preserve

some of it.

This photo is the front of the book,

with the hand made fabric and silk flower.

This photo is the book open,

and yes,

 it does stand up,

which makes it look good

on the bookshelf.

Everyone who comes over just

has to take it down to look at it closer.

Each page uses a different technique

for the flowers,

as shown in my previous posts.

The book is really lovely to hold and to look at.

Each page, with it's collaged pictures,

flowers, stitching etc.,

 creates a lot of interest and texture.

Thank you for your interest

and your questions.

I hope I answered them all.

Hold on to your sense of wonder,

with questions,

and with a desire to learn more,

as that's just one way to...

Savor the Day!

Yvonne