Tonight I started gutting the I-J volume of a World Book Encyclopedia (copyright 1950). I found it in a free pile in Vermont last year and have finally put it to use. I was able to carefully salvage the 2 signatures of the book that include the "Japan and Korea" article. Filled with all kinds of old black and white photos of Japan with accompanying 1950's impressions of what the Japanese were like. I plan on including these pages in my sketch book along with graph paper from a composition notebook, line paper from a moleskin notebook, watercolor paper, Bristol board, plain drawing paper, pastel paper and whatever else appeals to me tomorrow at AC Moore's.
I just got the idea to use the encyclopedia cover today when I was rummaging through my books. Now that I have a sturdy cover, all I have to do is sew the signatures together and glue them in place. That makes this project ten times easier than I had thought it was going to be. With this project off to a good start, I feel relieved.
The next project I need to start working on (the one that will be more involved than the sketch book) is my "kamishibai" (paper theater) aka: an intro album. My last kamishibai took me a long time to put together but the comments I received were well worth it. I will be using this kamishibai in all of the hippo family club meetings and school visits as well as when I meet new host families and their friends. (So...basically everyone I meet is going to see it) It's important that it visually represent who i am through pictures of my family, pets, friends, homes (Maine and Boston), school and my hobbies. I also want to communicate more than just factual things, but my personal style as well. Since I'm an artist, its essential that I show people just how unique I am through my artistic lense. This requires a much more thoughtful approach than this sketch book (for the time being, since the sketch journal will be a MAJOR part of my cultural project and en enormous undertaking.) Although it may sound like I'm stressing out over it, I'm actually quite excited to get started. I've been thinking about it for a while and it's always exciting to see how it all plays out.
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