The Dot & The Line; Altered Book Art from Corrugated Art by Luci Lytle, handcrafted from recycled materials

An altered book with two niches, each containing a mosaic, on the left the mosaic is of pink marble and on the right corrugated mosaic with a line of blue glass pieces. The book is actually an antique photo album where the rectangular spaces for photos have been altered into two niches. Each niche is surrounded with a simple border printed in brown ink, from the original album.The original cover is somewhat tattered from wear.

Detail photo of the Dot: a mosaic which includes a vintage French coin (the Dot) in the upper left, heavy copper wire forming two arches indicating the path of the bouncing dot (R to L), and the background is made up of small pieces of rough and polished pink marble plus tiny pieces of electronic millifiore.

The Dot & The Line

Inspired by the original book: The Dot and The Line by Norton Juster, which is also a video on YouTube.

This book was once a photo album; an antique with a handwritten inscription in the front dated September 4th, 1892.

By the time I found this album, most of the photos had been removed. I selected the better two remaining and moved them to the first and last pages.

First I cut two blocks out of the pages on each side of the book to create the niches.
Each opening is 3"x4" and about .25" deep.

The Dot is a vintage French coin surrounded by mosaic made of unpolished and polished pink marble retrieved from a dumpster, copper wire and "electronic millifiore" from the circuit board of an old television.

The Line is formed by stained glass pieces on a mirror substrate, and is surrounded by corrugated mosaic made from naturally colored pieces of various corrugated boxes.

This book is designed to sit on a shelf or other flat surface.

5.375"x13"x4"

$400

Recycled Content - 99%

Detail photo of the Line: running from right to left, made of a stained glass mosaic made of pieces of different shades of blue and mounted on a piece of mirror to reflect light thru the glass. Above and below the line is an abstract corrugated mosaic with triangles and rectangles.

updated 10/2010