Postcards From the Edge Part II - 01

 

I am at it again.  Postcards are raining down at my ocean location.

Black and White Journal - Video

 

Black and White Journal - Spread 9

 This is the final spread in this journal.  Tomorrow the video of the journal will be posted.

Black and White Journal - Spread 8

 

The journal has been sent off to New Jersey.  It was not easy giving up one of my most recent journals.  With that said I have an idea for another one and have already started it.

Black and White Journal - Spread 7

 

I remember when I was about five years old we got our first television.  It was a surprise that my mother had bought.  I was home with my father when it was delivered.  My father told the delivery person that he had not bought a tv and sent it back to the store.  My mother was furious when she arrived home to find no television.  Needless to say it was delivered again.  I relate this story because of the circle images and the Indian chief in the left hand-side of the spread.  That image appeared on the television screen when there was no programming back in the 1950s.

Black and White Journal - Spread 6

 This spread is complicated.  There is a lot going on.  The hair clip snaps to hold in four other collages.

Black and White Tiny Journal - Spread 5

I like the challenge that a theme gives.  I spent a great deal of time coming up with items that were black and white, just black, or just white.  The collage was done on a playing card using a spade card.

 

Black and White Tiny Journal - Spread 4 Plus Pocket Take-outs

Pocket takeouts have been done by me previously.  But this is my first that was a photograph pocket.

 

Black and White Tiny Journal - Spread 3

 

I am crazy about finding different items that fit the theme of the book.  In this case black thread on white fabric and safety pins.

Black and White Tiny Journal - Spread 2

 Since this journal is going east and will not return to me I have decided to make a second one soon.  I just like the idea of black and white.

Black and White Tiny Journal - Spread 1

 Not only have I used paper ephemera but there is a touch of cloth and thread in this spread.

Black and White Tiny Journal - Covers and Bird’s Eye

Well, you might have noticed that I have been absent from the blog for awhile.  I had to take a break because I have not been feeling well.  So now I am hopeful that I am back in the saddle and can continue.  I would not have missed if I had a wealth of art that was backlogged but I already used up the backlog after my knee replacement surgery.  

I was invited to send one of my tiny journals to New Jersey for a show of tiny journals that Colleen Attara is curating from members of her many online workshops. So for the past two weeks I have been creating again.  I was not sure of what one I would send as I have made many tiny journals.  So I decided to make a black and white one to send.  I will share the video of the journal in several days.

Front cover

Back Cover

Bird’s Eye