The Consistent Variable Project Workbook goes online- one page at a time by risa
Starting with the cover, I’m going to be posting the pages of the brand new book from our own little newly hatched press. Yup, that’s right, page by page the whole CVP Workbook will go up. We want people to be able to see it before they buy it, and enjoy it online if they’re broke. Trust me, we know that happens. Anyway, here’s the cover!
Titillated yet?
If you’d like more, you can check out the official jazzhands press release for the CVP Workbook by clicking “Read the Rest of This entry” below. And hey, if you know someone who might be into it, please send ‘em along! cheers.
*Release Source: OJ Press
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Consistent Variable Project Workbook electrifies Young Adult brains with art projects, clothing designs and Haiku.
MONTREAL, QC—May 15 2006— The first ever Consistent Variable Project united over 50 artists and designers, and now there’s book about it. Led by Risa Dickens, the gang of authors, photographers, poets and illustrators behind the CVP Workbook explode the story of the first CVP in full colour, with a book made possible by Lulu.com, the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books.
The CVP Workbook is a comic exploration of the different things different people made, all using the exact same materials, in a design experiment launched by Clayton Evans and Sarah Collins in 2004. It’s a story about how weird, great and unpredictable other people are. With photos of each project by Stacey Lundeen; over 42 haiku by Emily Bernstein; illustrations and animated tracings by Thea Jones; anecdotes, histories and drawings by CVP participant Diane Dechief; and a cover collage by 2 time participant Steevee Dam, the workbook takes the creative energy of the CVP to a new, literary level.
The authors are comic characters in the book, adding their opinions to the pieces, often in perfect haiku form. The workbook includes thoughts about hand sewing and amateur design; ideas for future CVP’s; introductions to writing Haiku and Political Economy; and a mini illustrated history of all the materials involved.
Risa Dickens made this book because as a CVP participant she came to appreciate the way the friendly challenge of the CVP could create a welcoming and fertile insta-arts-community. And she thinks kids will love it.
Designed to be drawn on and filled up with new haiku, the CVP Workbook is perfect way to get into creative conversations with kids about art, writing, economics, history, math, opinion, politics, personal taste, and more. The CVP Workbook is available for purchase at www.Indyish.com, and at www.Lulu.com.
“This is cool! This is so cool I’m gonna walk into trees!” Said Megan, age 16. “You could go speak at schools about this book and blow kids minds!”
Link to Publication*: http://indyish.com/theconsistentvariableprojectworkbook
ABOUT AUTHOR
Risa Dickens is, according to her nearly-finished degree, a Master of Communication. She is an author, artist and amateur clothing designer. She has over ten years experience working with kids.
ABOUT LULU
Founded in 2002, Lulu is the world’s fastest-growing print-on-demand marketplace for digital do-it-yourselfers. Please see www.lulu.com for more information.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Risa Dickens
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