My Miniature Round Robin Altered Book

This book is part of a round robin in my Mini Canvas Yahoo Group. My theme, obviously, is Zinnias, Zebras & Zettiology. I came up with the name, oddly enough, not because I wanted to have Zebras and Zinnias created on the inside - although artists may certainly do that too - but because when I try to explain the Zettiology style, that is what comes to mind! Zettiology is full of faces in flowers (zinnias) and black and white striped arms and legs that make me think of Zebras. The flower face and arm are both zetti. The zebra "z" is from a playing card sent to me by one of the participants.

Tomorrow this book starts on its first journey - to Australia! It will be a well traveled book by the time it comes home!

Rules and Sign In Page

There will be 8 other artists (plus me) working in this book. I cannot wait to see what each person comes up with for the theme! The rules card on this comes out (see below) and all the letters are cut out from a magazine.

Zetti Rules Card Front

The flower card is a playing card sent to me by Janet H. and was just perfect for this use! The pink flower on her hat is also from a card she sent!

Rules Card For Zetti Book

This is the rules card for my book. As you can see, I like to leave it to each individual artist to create whatever comes into their imagination for my book! Because there is no "must" in art!

Final Pages in Zetti Book

This page was actually going to be my "Information" page. However, once I added the Zetti "eyes", I felt compelled to look for an eye quote. The VERY FIRST quote I came to was this one by Roald Dahl: "Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." It was absolutely perfect for this last page, I felt. And is what I believe artistically! So instead, my name and info is on the back cover. :)

Round Robin Page In Sharon G's Book

The theme of Sharon's book was "The Color of Music". This is somewhat done in the Zettiology style, although a little more simplistic than Teesha's wonderful creations! The blue "vein" at the top and bottom is space between the torn paper. I filled it with blue glitter that was much more shiny in person!