Crafting with Poetry
October 12, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Do you incorporate poetry into your crafts?
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Since I’ve begun to get back to my poetry writing and have thoughts of compiling poems I’ve written over the years into a book, I’ve also given thought to incorporating these into crafts.
- I think first of doing illustrations and collages that will reflect the theme of particular poems. Then these might be something I could display (and sell as postcards, posters and originals) along with my children’s anthology, Tales of Adventure & Discovery, and the upcoming poetry book.
- Also in mind are the altered books I’ve seen that take lines from poems and use them on some of the pages. They may reflect a theme of the book. Or the page might evolve around the poem segments.
- For a book of my autumn photos, I spread my “Jack Frost” poem throughout the pages and between the art. I used this book when teaching a workshop on scrapbooking one’s writing or poetry and making an interesting book from it.
- You also could incorporate your poetry into a quilt or fabric art theme. Print the poem on fabric and design a pattern around it. This could take many forms.
Do you have any ideas for crafting with poetry and incorporating it into your art?
