Can anyone help me find information on making books into storage boxes?

Question

I saw something on a craft show once. The library where I live has one book. I need to get more information. How do you cut the pages down? Glue them before cutting?

Answer 1

Do a web search for " book safes " You will find out all you need to know. I had a site, but it's not working properly now. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Answer 2

Go to your local art craft store and buy some Acrylic Gel Medium.

You might want to buy a book on "Altered Books" or "Altered Art."

You take a majority of the pages you want and put them in your left hand; hold them tightly. Take the gel medium and with a paint brush, go along the sides of the tight pages you are holding, maybe getting some within the pages. Take one of those REALLY big clips... the ones that are black and silver (you know what I mean?) and clip the pages you just "painted." Close the cover. Let it dry for about an hour (it takes less than a few minutes to dry, but this is to flatten the pages out...)

Take a pen or pencil, and create the shape you want (box is the most common). Take a razor knife, and cut page by page. You can cut at least three pages at a time depending on the thickness of the pages. Once you are done, take some gel medium and "paint" the sides of the inside of the box. Put the cover down and maybe put something heavy on top of the book.

Hope I helped, and that it was easy to follow.

ALSO... Gel Medium is an acrylic, meaning it's plastic based. You MUST wash your brushes thouroughly with soap and warm water as soon as possible! Or else the brush will be ruined.