before i moved to GA, i had a little screen printing setup going in my old studio. here it is, covered with editioned artist books. FUNKY SHOES chunky was a lot of fun to make. it's always an accomplishment to see a large project finished, laid out like a little army of art.
chunky book. collaboration. mail artists. love!
i just bought this from Marissa. 4x4 inches, original color woodcut. srsly. $20? she's nuts, and now it's mine!
this will look perfect in my studio! i just have to get off my butt and cut a mat for it, then wait for it to arrive! i have some frames around here somewhere, too.
check out her shop on etsy, yo. you'll dig it.
http://mlee.etsy.com/
who loves carving? i do.
this is an early woodcut--my second attempt at carving from a portrait collage. i love the hair.
this is, by the way, the block, not the print. i have no idea where the prints got off to. (carved in 1999)
aunt beth taught me about lipstick.
when i was little, every time i went to her house, we would sneak into the bathroom, and i would put some on under her watchful eye.
red, of course.
then i'd scamper out to the dining room, where Dad was having a beer, and kiss him on the face to leave a nice big smear.
he hated that, and would make a large production over trying to fend me off.
i thought it was funny as hell.
so did she.
i've been doing a lot of zine binding recently. i make zines. it's an addition, i swear!
a lot of the time and energy that goes into them actually comes in the binding stage. (boy if you think it's hard to get started, try finishing a zine! lol)
if you're interested in seeing some of these zines, check out:
http://anongrrl.etsy.com/
it almost looks clean, doesn' t it? my studio.
the walls are painted Mango Madness orange. i believe it's a Behr color.
art everywhere!
here's a front side view of the bird book pages. you can see better what the embellishments looked like.
the left hand page is actually a one of a kind page, meant for the charity book for the edition, which will be auctioned or sold to benefit a charity.
the right hang page is a sample from the edition. they are similar, hence editioned, but each is unique in coloro and elements. hand stamped, drawn, and colored. mixed media.
here's a photo of all the pages, stacked up with their embellishments showing! there are 20 pages here, all with 2 embellishments per page, one on either side of the bottom.
yum! editioned art.
when i'm doing embellishment for piece, i find that the overall composition is more influenced by the embellishment than my original idea.
these embellishments, which i like to call danglies, we assembled for a bird themed chunky book. (a skinny fat book.. 3x6 inches).
the bead spears, made with doubled and twisted beading wire, were used to attach the double sided squares to the bottoms of pages. they are my favorite part of the whole compostion.
it probably has to do with the multi color eyelets!
one of the participants made this awesome page with a match book glued to the back. each one had a mini ouija board with a plachette inside.
gotta love attention to detail.
the theme? halloween!
this awesome spider, rat, witch and ghost infested skinny fat book is a limited edition. each person made an edition of their page, and then it was collated by me, and i sent them back to everyone!
these books are too cool. so textural and embellished to within an inch of their lives!
this is one of my favorite journal pages.
one letter.
sometimes it's not how much space you use on a page, it's how you use it.
pin weaving is a fun way to make little bases for fiber projects. it's not too hard. you just need some floss, yawn, pins, and foam core. it helps to have a piece of cardboard or something to open the weave, and a shuttle. you can just use one of those large plastic needles for kids needlepoint.
these are some of those inexpensive little pressed paper boxes you can get at craft stores for 60 cents or so.
gesso + watercolor + paper + sharpie + gold leaf + beads + charms + varnish.
i found this image in my digital archive. this is the oldest surviving piece of artwork i have. this is my very first woodcut print, made in 1999. the title is Guardian Angel.
this print is based on a character of mine from a game i used to play. Arden, her iguana, and her draconic guardian angel/demon thing/person.
it's a long story. i just like the image!
gouche is a wonderful thing.
i love watercolors.
and number 6 coin envelopes.
this is what happens when you put those things together.
i was watching CSI:NY at the time. no wonder she's a little blue and corpsified.
a holga image printed digitally, sewn to hand dyed paper.
part of the TRANSGRESSION series from my thesis exhibition.
