Our second project in our altered books was to make timelines of the different periods of Art History. In our Black 2 classes we glued pages together and then folded them to form triangle shaped pockets. The kids then had to come up with ways to attach the pocket to the pages behind them. Some of the kids choose to glue the pockets. Some used wire. I choose to sew my pockets using some very soft yarn that I had found at Wal-Mart. We made accordion style timelines in which we added pictures we found on the internet for the different periods. These time lines then fit into our pockets.
In Red 2 we also made pockets for our timelines, but made them by gluing 3 pages together and then tearing them about 1/3 of the way from the top edge. We then glued 3 more pages and tore them about 2/3's of the way from the top edge. We then glued these two pages to each side of the page to form the pockets. After this we used watercolors paints to do a wash over the pages leaving the print behind to show through. We broke down our timelines into groupings and made cards that were about 5" x 7". We then punched two holes in the top and bound them together. Some students used metal rings, some used string and some used yarn to hold their cards together.
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