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Gluecards in Revue

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Thu, 04 May 2006 13:30:00 -0500

Oh, I just had to do this. Between Jan 22 and Apr 14, I altered 168 (3.25"x5.25") cards for my gluebooking, two cards each day. I made some time recently to photograph one deck at a time, then montaged the three pics together for this overview.

My yes, that's a lot of cards!

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DailyCollage : Let go and go on

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:25:00 -0500

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Update : What is a gluebook?

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:09:39 -0600

I've added a new link, a very cool quote and some additional explanation about media to my "What is a Gluebook?" article. I also rewrote some of the other stuff for clarity. Aside from potential link modifications in the future, I think the article is in its final form now.

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Tech : Batch Sanding

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:30:00 -0600

What's this crazy thing? Some new kind of altered product box? Sure, but what it is really is a very helpful Special Tool.

Toward the latter part of January, my gluebook was full, and I switched to altering cards for my daily gluing. I had 3 of the Go Fish! decks to work with. Each deck has 52 main cards, and I started gluing on two cards each day. I really…

The New Daily Glue : Altered Cards

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:40:00 -0600

Today, I begin a new daily glue-project. It's destined to be pretty much the same as a gluebook, but for the next couple months, I'll be glueing onto cards instead of into a book.

The cards I've selected are a School Zone game deck. Here's a look at the Go Fish! package. The deck has 56 cards which are 3-1/4"x5-1/4" cardstock, and I plan to collage two each day. The faces…

Farewell, O Gluebook

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:00:00 -0600

Today, I close the cover on the old stamp collecting book that became my gluebook. Each of its 5-1/4"x 8" pages holds a collage (approximately 4"x6") that I made every day between August 28, 2005 to January 21, 2006. And now, alas, it can hold no more.

I've enjoyed very much having Gluebook Time in my daily routine but have no desire at this time to begin a new book for…

Composition Book Blues II

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:25:00 -0500

I was embarking on a new project, to make a quick, daily collage in the spirit of a "gesture drawing." I wanted to keep all these collages together in the same spot, but after putting the first collage into a composition book, I discovered that the composition book just wasn't going to work out for me. Others seem to be having good results with them, but I simply couldn't accept the…

Composition Book Blues I

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:50:00 -0500

Why are so many people using composition books for their gluebook support?

In USA, composition books are a familiar item most of us have grown up with. They're about 7.5" x 9.75" and usually contain 50 sheets of paper folded in half (for 100 pages), with center-sewn binding and a foldover chipboard cover (typically with a black/white mottled pattern). That seems all well and good for writing on with a ballpoint…

A Gluebook??

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:45:00 -0500

When I first started seeing things called "gluebooks" in web galleries, I didn't have a very high opinion of them. I saw standard composition books used as a place to glue daily ephemera. Got some junk mail that day? Glue it into the composition book. Went shopping? Glue your receipt. Emptied an office product? Glue down the box cover. Snacked on a candy bar? Glue the wrapper. Prepared ground beef for…