Liberate Your Imagination

When our creative juices could do with a bit of outside input the Artist’s Book Ideation Cards and the updated Home Art Retreat Weekend ebook can help.

For my second Home Art Retreat Weekend, I've splashed out on a beautiful gift for myself: The Artist’s Book Ideation Cards from the publisher of limited edition books, Flying Fish Press.

Why Use Ideation Cards?

The set - designed by Barbara Tetenbaum and Julie Chen - was intended as an ideas prompt for book artists. Barbara Tetenbaum - a professor of Book Arts - says she uses them with her students when they are stuck or just for fun.

Since artist’s books are a medium I've got a yearning to explore more of, I figure I can get a double dose of inspiration from these cards: both as general prompts for mixed media work and as an inspiration to make some artist’s books.

There are two decks in the set: Category Cards - with seven categories of prompts (text, image, structure, paper, layout, technique and colour) and Adjective Cards.  I'm so excited to open the box on Friday and see what sort of inspiration the Ideation Cards provoke!

If you'd like to use these prompts for your own projects, I'll be sharing the cards I draw over the Home Art Retreat Weekend on my Facebook page and Twitter (with the hash tag #HomeArtRetreat) so don't miss out. 

Sample of the Artist Book Ideation Cards © Barbara Tetenbaum and Julie Chen

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