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Back to School Window at UCLA Commons

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Book tree made out of books curled  on top of one another held together by 3 inch drywall screws and L-bracketed to a plywood stand.  The background is book covers shingled over a canvas. Plywood frame supporting books from behind.  My good friend Miriam helping me. Javiera reattaching the canvas after it fell down due to heaviness.  Thank goodness for Javiera's core fusion classes. I wanted to make a tree made out of books for the back to school window and received a generous donation of books from my friend Karen at the Sherman Oaks Library .  It was a simple but pretty labor intensive project.  I have great friends that helped me with it or I would have been toast! Here is the how-to: What you need: Lots and lots of books Plywood base- mine was 3/4 inch thick and measured 3x4 feet Plywood support for the books- a 2x4 that was about 5 feet tall backing another 3/4 inch thick piece of plywood that measured  inches 10 x 8 feet tall. Drill 2.5 - 3 inch dry wall scre