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Booklyn Book Arts From Brooklyn
On Friday I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Felice Tebbe, the Collection Development & Education Director of Booklyn Artists Alliance. They are a book arts organization based in...
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Altered Book: Three Little Pigs
Do you remember the paper cut Big Bad Wolf I shared a few weeks ago? Well these are the Three Little Pigs altered books that go with him. I decided to make each of them their own house from a book –...
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Upcycled Collage: Book Cover & Birds
I removed this cover from a sample altered book I’d put together for one of the workshops I taught earlier this year. I don’t normally remove covers from the books I use but I did in this case and...
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Upcycled Collage: The Wading Birds
The bird collages made from upcycled materials continue this week with three new pieces almost completed. This is the first of the three, and also my favorite of them all. The canvas for this collage...
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Upcycled Collage: Crane & Book Cover
This is the second upcycled collage I completed last week. It was very satisfying to sit down for the day and come away with two completed collages. You should’ve seen the HUGE mess in the studio when...
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Upcycled Collage: Hummingbirds
I’m still a week behind on sharing new work, but my excuse this time is vacation. Boris and I were on Pender Island with friends for five nights and it was a glorious getaway for all those involved. I...
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Altered Books: Experimenting with Book Bursts
I recently picked up a copy of The Repurposed Library by Lisa Occhipinti at Oscar’s Art Books, and last week I began exploring some of the projects from its pages. I was drawn to the elegant simplicity...
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Altered Books: Experiments with Page Folding
Experiments with new directions in book altering continues, this time with all the pages still attached to the covers. These explorations are part of the planning stages of a commissioned piece for a...
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Altered Books: The Owl House & Home
I’m about to let you in on a little secret…I don’t love all the altered books I make. True story. There are some I feel pretty meh about, while others I absolutely adore and will probably have a hard...
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Altered Books: Awaiting the Golden Egg
If you haven’t guessed by now the theme for the series I’m working on for the Culture Crawl is “Birds”. The work I shared yesterday is one “style” of altered book I’ll be making, and this book is...
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Altered Books: The Great Wise One
Owls are enjoyable subjects to work with because they have more expressive faces than the average bird. The previous owl looked cute and sweet while this Great Horned owl looks slightly bored but also...
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Altered Books: The Dovecote
I really loved this one as I worked on it and then when I finished I didn’t like it anymore. Now that I’ve had a few days to step away and look at it again with fresh eyes, I like it again. I think I...
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Altered Books: An Uncommon Owl
We now return to your irregularly scheduled update about altered books with owls. I completed this one two weeks ago, at the same time as a book with a Long-Eared Owl which I will share later this...
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Altered Books: The Less He Spoke The More He Heard
When I first began creating altered books I would go to great lengths to come up with these wordy titles. I haven’t really been doing that lately but for this one I decided to go back to my former way...
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Altered Books: Owl of the Arctic
The Snowy Owl marks the end of the owl series of altered books I’ve been working on (at least until I can find more to use). This is the largest owl of the five, and probably the most intimidating with...
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Yarn Tree Commission: KidSafe Writers’ Room
Another yarn tree has taken shape in the city of Vancouver, this time on the walls of the KidSafe Writers’ Room located in Queen Alexandra Elementary School. I was contacted a few weeks ago by the...
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The Sketchbook Project 2012
I was very excited to finally receive my package from The Sketchbook Project yesterday. I can’t wait to get started on this because I have so many ideas. If you’ve never heard of The Sketchbook...
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Seattle Art Road Trip
I went on a road trip to Seattle last Thursday with two friends who are also artists. The whole thing came about because the previous week I’d mentioned to said friends a show I wanted to see in...
View ArticlePaper Inspiration: Mikito Ozeki Cutting Paper
I just had to share this video of Mikito Ozeki working on a paper cut design in his studio. It’s fascinating to watch at how quickly he works and by the end most of the paper has been cut away. I want...
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Growing A Yarn Tree
Over the weekend I completed my fourth yarn tree mural, this time on a wall in the home of friends Lee and Sachi. It’s a beautiful location (as you’ll see in the photos at the end of this post) right...
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