Title: Treasure Island Book Alteration
Media: Paper sculpture
Dimensions: 27.94 x 38.1 cm
Date: 2012
About the artist: Jodi Harvey-Brown lives in Delta, Pennsylvania where she works as a dance instructor and mother and creates pop-up books in her spare time. She studied art at Seton Hill University. She started making her unique art when she came across some old books she couldn't resist and began folding the pages.
About the art: Treasure Island is a story by Robert Louise Stevenson published in 1883 about an island full of treasure, a young boy with a map to it, a doctor friend, a pirate seeking the treasure, and a crew of others. Jodi Harvey-Brown carefully brought these characters to life by working late hours around her tight schedule.
What people have to say about it: “I have always loved art, and I have always loved to read. Books pull you into a new world, while art lets you see it. It made sense to me that these two mediums should come together. The books that we love to read should be made to come to life. Characters, that we care so much for, should come out of the pages to show us their stories. What we see in our imaginations as we read should be there for the world to see. My book sculptures are my way of making stories come alive.” - Jodi Harvey-Brown
Why is was chosen: Children will be excited about this art which takes on the style of a child’s favorite form of story: the pop-up book.
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