A trip through Asia

I had a large block of pages in the back of the book that were not altered, so I decided to take an imaginary trip to Asia. The only "rule" I imposed was that it had to be realistic and not willy-nilly. In other words, the trip had to be one that would make sense if someone had enough time and money to take it.

The first spread in this block is "Where in the world (Asia) am I?" I wrote a postcard (actually a die cut) to "my dearest friends" and used a real Chinese postage stamp. The background is gesso mixed with blue acrylic paint.

The right side of the spread is a tape transfer. Here it is shown in closeup.

The second spread starts with shaving cream paper. The left side has a pocket that holds valuable documents and real ephemera from Asia. The hearts were cut from fabric which had been glued to cardboard. I put flat beads in the center and on the right side.

The right side has a real booklet from American Airlines.

There are several pages in the little booklet. Also on this page is a handmade paper (hmp) die cut tag with a portion of Asia from an old World Book. "Destination: The Far East" was printed on some hand painted paper.

This collage is made up of several real pieces of ephemera. A bead at the right top actually anchors a fiber on the next page. A flower with a bead center is the other embellishment.

The water bottle label is in some Asian language. I just had to use it. The airplane is JAL or Japanese Airline.

More ephemera and an explanation of where I was going. Looks like I hadn't added the bead to the center of the flower when I took this picture. The background for these two pages is gesso and red paint mixed together, then spread with a foam brush.