Wk. 28, Book 28: The 45s Book

anyone out there still have vinyl from back in the day? i really must figure out what to do with all these crates of albums i've been lugging around since the early '70s, when i first moved from home to the dorms at good old St. Mary's College of Maryland. the crates have multiplied over the years. 

now, every time we have to do anything in the home that requires moving those crates and other furniture/stuff (to paint, spring clean, etc.) my husband gives me that silent what-the-f*** look. i keep telling him that as soon as we manifest my dream studio-office, i'm going to make floor-to-ceiling wall collages of all the album covers AND buy CDs to replace the albums AND a new turntable to play those albums that can't be replaced by CDs.

PAUSE--I just realized while typing that last sentence why he keeps giving me that look.

anyway, while pillaging through one of my art bags last week for ideas for a new book, i came across a colony of 45s. you see what happened. 

the first challenge was to create a strong binding seam to hold each record in place. although i used regular tape this time, i think i'll go with duck tape for future editions. covering the tape with paper was equally challenging, since the paper needs to have some elasticity to it, to stretch when the book opens. 

when it opens, each record is a page in the book--or rather a chapter in the book. the music can serve as virtual pages. wouldn't it be nice to listen to the music from each record in this book? similar to those greeting cards with sound chips?  

what an enticing challenge--to make another 45s book with sound chips! and pretty round covers, before/after the first/last records. i can hear my inner art critic already: "Good luck with that one, hon."

meantime, i'm off to complete a new book for week 29.