The unfolding tale of Silver and his adventures in the altered arts including altered books, altered text and mixed media stuff. http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/project_f_w_redpages/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:06:08 -0600 All Rights Reserved http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/08/07/you-deserve-the-best.html http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/08/07/you-deserve-the-best.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) Art:Process Project:F&W Project:F&W_RedPages Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:38:14 -0500 You first met this spread as <A HREF="http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/26/walnut-ink.html">"walnut ink spread A"</A>: a wash of walnut ink which was fixed and followed by a yellow glaze. Then it received an impromptu red glaze which transformed it into <A HREF="http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/27/the-red-pages.html">"Red Pages #4</A>." Those entries cover the prior history of this spread, which found its completion here and is now titled "You deserve the best." <br /><br />The evolution from "Red Pages #4" to "You deserve the best"&#8230; http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/27/the-red-pages.html http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/27/the-red-pages.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) Art:Process Project:F&W Project:F&W_RedPages Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:25:00 -0500 So there I was, sealing and priming, when suddenly I received this white hot flash of inspiration. I'd take an interesting piece of paper, match the background of the spread to it, then use other papers around it. No prints, no patterns, just the utter coolness of the paper itself. It was an incredibly compelling idea, so I grabbed a prepared F&W spread and picked out a paper. It was a&#8230;