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Mess

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9781846144479

  • Length: 224  Pages

  • Dimensions: 197mm x 15mm x 138mm

  • Weight: 242g

  • RRP: £9.99

Mess

  • The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes

In Mess, Keri Smith, creator of Wreck This Journal, asks readers to explore what it feels like to throw themselves off balance -- on purpose.

Smith dares readers to drop some kind of coloured liquid (ink, tea, coffee) onto a page from a good height (at least five feet); draw in the dark (or with eyes closed); creatively misspell words; paint a picture in a water-based medium (pen, marker, watercolour, etc) and leave it out during a rain or snowstorm; and bury this book, then dig it up.

This book is unlike any other you've encountered and will allow you to open yourself up to the possibility of creating something new and unexpected.

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9781846144479

  • Length: 224  Pages

  • Dimensions: 197mm x 15mm x 138mm

  • Weight: 242g

  • RRP: £9.99

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About the Author

Keri Smith

Keri Smith is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She is the author of several bestselling books about creativity, including This Is Not a Book, How to be an Explorer of the World, and Wreck this Journal. She conducts workshops based on her books, and has illustrated for various journals, including the Washington Post and the New York Times. Keri spends her days playing with her husband and son, and divides her time between western Massachusetts and the countryside of Canada.

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