First artist's book made in 2023 with handmade bounded paper. Inspired by Michele Zarrillo's song "L'elefante e la farfalla" (The elephant and the butterfly).
(You can listen this song here)
For the cover I used carboards that after I painted with acrylics. To attached the sheets I got some glue on the spine. It has been painted through animal figures and with some butterflies stickers.
![Cover](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7069fe_7c576305343c491b901345910366c425~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1351,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/7069fe_7c576305343c491b901345910366c425~mv2.jpg)
Binding was made by a nylon strand... it has not been so easy "sewing" the sheets. I've used also the adhesive tape to stick it better.
![Handmade paper sheets](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7069fe_6c0c8ae1822f43548cd3108aeba32b9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_685,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/7069fe_6c0c8ae1822f43548cd3108aeba32b9e~mv2.jpg)
![Illustration book and binding](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7069fe_a6130276ec584d02b0702fb5efe4e0d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1342,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/7069fe_a6130276ec584d02b0702fb5efe4e0d1~mv2.jpg)
In the end, I drew elephants with ink pens trying to copy some of my old works and I painted them with acrylic paint. Finally I got attached some words of the song on every sheet, gluing them on every illustration.
![An illustration of the book](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7069fe_4ecb0170cec54c6cb55f0aa68170b4a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_951,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/7069fe_4ecb0170cec54c6cb55f0aa68170b4a7~mv2.jpg)
![Illustration painted with acrylics](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7069fe_a9de7021282c43a9a670958ecc9c7caf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1328,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/7069fe_a9de7021282c43a9a670958ecc9c7caf~mv2.jpg)
You can see some of original illustrations here.
Result could not be perfect, I know, but it made me so enthusiast, so I wanna try to make more artist's book.
What do you think about it?
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