One of the many things that I loved about the Griffin & Sabine books was that they were written in a series of postcards and letters. For the letters, you opened these lovely envelopes and slipped decorated paper out of them and opened them up to read. It had a slightly decadent feel, like you weren't supposed to be reading someone else's mail, but you had to in order to understand the story.
Highly recommended.... a feast for the eyes and a challenge for the mind.
All photos are from www.nickbantock.com
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oh, those pictures are wonderful! arg, i need to be reading something interesting like this. i will trust your word and will go down and get myself one of them and see :)
I'm a fan of Nick Bantock's work too, although I only have his Urgent 2nd Class book. I haven't read any Griffin & Sabine--what could I be thinking?! Thanks for the reminder/recommendation!!
Hi Lori
Gosh this brings back memories...had a few years and years ago...I wonder where they are now (must be packed in a box with the majority of our possions!).
I have the Griffin & Sabine books, I think I bought them at a yard sale or thrift store planning to use them to make stuff but ultimately I just cannot cut up a book. It's just wrong, isn't it?
ChezChani, what I like is that Nick Bantock was doing collage IN the books! So if you cut them up to do collage, it would be a collage of a collage!
Thanks for the reminder of Nick Bantock's wonderful books! I have many of them, and especially like the Griffin and Sabine series. I will have to read them again! (Not sure I would want to cut them up, though. Aren't they copyrighted???)
Yes they are copyrighted. I have no idea what the rules are for using things for collage (I don't work in that medium as of yet) but I know there's been a lot of talk about using recognizable images and selling them -- "Twilight" in particular is getting abused pretty hard right now.
Some people don't realize there is a copyright on that sort of thing. Some have said publicly that they don't care. But I know that there are many companies that have gone after even small one-person companies with a Cease and Desist from their lawyers (Taggies (tm), for one). It can be very confusing out there!
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