Creative Writing Poetry Book Project 2004

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Creative WritingPoetry Book Project 2004

• Anna Johnson, Creative Writing Teacher
• Cathy Belben, Librarian

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Types of Books

• Students could make one of 4 accordion style
  books
• Basic accordion
• Accordion constructed of envelopes
• Codex accordion with envelopes attached
• Screen accordion
• Their own choice (a few students did this with
  remarkable results!)

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• Marc and Kellen constructed pyramid shaped books
  for their poetry.

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Interior view of pyramid book under construction
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Pyramid book constructed and folded up.
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• The exterior of Erin Ds envelope accordion book.

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A codex accordion
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• This photo of the exterior of Brooke Ss book
  doesnt do justice to the real product! She
  layered translucent vellum over printed paper and
  attached it with eyelets in the corners, attached
  a decorative metal plate, and tied the book shut
  with ribbon.

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• Exterior view of Brooke Ss book.

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• Interior view of Brookes codex accordion with
  handmade envelopes.

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Another interior view of Brookes book showing
the envelopes she made.
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An impressive codex accordion with envelopes
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A codex accordion with coin envelopes (top
opening envelopes)
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• Exterior view of a finished codex accordion with
  envelopes.

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Interior of codex accordion with envelopes
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A codex with envelopes and lots of other
stufftags, etc.
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Tristas codex accordion with envelopes (note the
handmade circle/tie closures)
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• A close-up of Tristas handmade envelopes and
  circle-tie closures.

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• Accordion book tied shut with decorative ribbon.

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• The exterior of
• Danielle Ws codex accordion with envelopes.

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The interior of Danielles codex accordion
features envelopes decorated with her own pastel
artwork.
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• Another close-up of Danielle Ws pastel artwork.

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Artwork in Danielle Ws book
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An accordion book construction of envelopes
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A longgggg screen accordion
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• Pat G. burn-etched the wooden cover of his
  poetry book.

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Covers

• Many of the students chose unique materials for
  their covers.
• This student batiked a fabric cover for his book
  at home.

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More Clever Covers

• Laura M. Shows off her unique fuzzy material
  cover.

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• Kalee made her cover of fun foam and chose a
  metal ring binding.

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• Justin used Sponge Bob Square Pants flannel
  for the cover of his book.

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• The cover of this book shows a creative use of
  dimension the small square panels with flowers
  are raised above the surface of the cover.

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• Nicoles felt letters add an artistic and
  eye-catching effect.

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Interesting Insides

• Magazine pages made for an interesting
  background to this book, as did the students
  choice of white ink on black paper.

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• One student used original watercolor paintings
  to enhance the pockets of her envelope accordion
  book.

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• Lani burned the edges of the envelopes in her
  accordion book to create a faux-shabby look.
  (Note to administrators use of fire took place
  at home ? )

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• Here Johnson demonstrates the complete unfolded
  screen book created by one of her students, who
  designed the book so that it can be hung from the
  wall.

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• Heres a close-up of Shanes book. Taking an
  idea from Making Books that Fly, Fold, Wrap,
  Hide, Pop Up, Twist and Turn by Gwen Diehn, he
  used a shoebox, two cardboard paper towel rolls,
  and a long length of paper to create a unique
  book. By turning one of the paper towel rolls,
  the book scrolls across a screen cut out of the
  shoebox.

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• Heres Shane with his unique book.