Deck 1: Categories.

Deck 2: Adjectives.

Barb Tetenbaum developed the original set of artist's book ideation cards for use in her teaching practice. This version was further developed in collaboration with Julie Chen and copublished in 2013 by Flying Fish Press, Berkeley, California and Triangular Press, Portland, Oregon.

Instructions: Artist's Book Ideation Cards was designed as an aid to the book artist. Use the cards to jump-start a new project or inform one that is already in progress. There are two decks in the set: category cards and adjective crds. Start by separating the cards in Deck 1 into the seven categories. Place the cards face down and choose on card at random from each stack. This will give you a basic "recipe" for your project. Then choose five adjective cards at random from Deck 2. these will give you further information to use however you decide. If you want, you can exchange one catefory and one adjective ard. Wild cards are included in Deck 2 to offer additional challenges.