The task set to us to complete for 2nd February was to create a book as an art form by taking the
simplest definition of a book.
Definition:
A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in
covers. (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015)
My Definition:
A book holds information.
Using this information, I devised the idea from one of my book titles. The Complete Collection Of
The History Of The Lizard Kingdom. Using this title as a stimulus I decided that I would create a book
that was a representation of the information held inside of it. Lizards can be pets. When kept as pets
lizard are kept in clear containers with no freedom to leave their surroundings unless exhumed by
their owners. I used this information in order to come up with the idea of using a plastic bottle and
shoving information forcibly into it, this would create a sense that not all information is obtainable
either, or that all information is set out as one would want it.
I gathered information on lizards and cut it into fragments, I placed it all into the bottle. Voila, my
book.
Billy Cummock
OxfordDictionaries (2015) Book: Definition[Online] Available at: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/book