This was the process I used to make the assemblage/altered book:

• Got several books in a series so they would all be the same size and cut triangles off the corners of the hard covers.
• Got a large piece of masonite board cut into 32"X32", covered the board with a stretch see-through fabric, and spray painted it black.
• When dry, painted over the black background with dark blue/lighter blue to make variations in the background to symbolize the vastness of space.
• Spray painted 8 of the book-corner triangles gold; spotted 4 of them with a light white spray for the base of the piece and gave the next 4 triangles a heavy textured background by painting them with light bronze and gold.
• Glued all of the triangles in place on the background.
• Found a great "EYE" picture which I painted over for the center.
• Added the last 4 book-corner triangles, painted in light bronze
• Added silver sparkle to highlight the center of the piece.
• I noticed in this process that one of the books I used had a title "Roof of the World"; thought this was a great name for this piece, so added the book title as the title of the piece.

More Recent Art by LFIRE: 

"Earth Day" http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1927631

"Wind" http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1918039

"From the Heart": http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1908670

"Reading Grass": http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1903721

"Midnight" http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1900688

New Year's Art/Poetry http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1897099

Older Art Posts: 

"Grotto"  http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1835725

Art from Junk  http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1828127

Altered Book "Tik Tok"  http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1808960

Assemblage: "Heart and Crown" http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1803466

Assemblage: "Bird"  http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1798540

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