Monday, August 7, 2017

Secrets 21

Today is another two-fer as yesterday I was in Vancouver, B. C. and when I returned from our trip I took a nap and forgot to post here.

OK. I can now divulge the idea behind the Secrets series. Last week Brian Kasstle and I taught a workshop at the Pacific NW Art School in Coupeville, Washington. We created stack journals bound with wrap around bindings and sealed with bizi sticks. I will share the covers and bizi sticks tomorrow or so. My portion of the stack journal instruction included a variety of ways to hide secrets within a spread. In this case the secret is hidden within the teabag "envelope".

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The Shins: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tid0nlwfvAI

Dive

This was one of my non-thought out pieces. I had no clue where it was going and it just evolved. When I was finished I discovered I had a diver in the background, too. Serendipitous! I say, just start and see where your work goes. Something wonderful will surely evolve. :-)

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Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWIvfE01J0k

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Cowboy Motel

I imagine the Cowboy Motel must be in a place like Las Vegas, perhaps before the expansion of the city.

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St. Paul And The Broken Bones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Check out the gold shoes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpXX5BjltM

Friday, August 4, 2017

Three is the Luckiest Number

Since I forgot to post yesterday, today is a two-fer. I taught a workshop with Brian Kasstle Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Yesterday, Thursday, was really busy and I was exhausted but exhilarated last night. Hence, no post!

This spread is in my journal that I created for last weekend's workshop. I used mono-prints created on my gelli plate for the background. Those of you who know my me well know that I love odd numbers. The horse, the rider and the man chasing, three; the three children looking down; the three women; and the three men. I feel this piece is a bit unbalanced but I do love the colors.

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Fire......the fires in British Columbia are affecting much of Washington state. Smoke, smoke, and more smoke. Hmm! Smoke does not respect borders! I wonder what President Trump can do about it. Maybe we need a huge wall, something to keep it all on the Canadian side of the border. Work on that Donald! :-)

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/smoke-from-british-columbia-fires-heading-to-the-coast

Red Bird

This postcard sat around for awhile unfinished. Then I found, in my ephemera stash, the red bird and the circle man. It all came together.

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Leon Bridges: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_oACPWGvM4

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Beatrix Loves Thistles

Several weeks ago I took a cold wax class with Judy Wise. Here is my first complete result. I rather like how it turned out and I rather liked the process. I have a task to complete in the next few weeks. I have to make ten or eleven cold wax pieces that are postcard size to mail to each of the workshop participants. I had best get cracking! :-)

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Lianne LaHavas NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HUV5a7MgS4

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Orange Series No. 30

Run little boy! Run! I had a red racing wagon when I was young. I carried a multitude of items and raced down the lane in that wagon. The vintage image of the little boy totally captures ones heart. Did I already say I am in love with Pastel Portfolio crayons? I created them through a stencil. The pluses just draw the eye around from the bottom to the top of this piece.

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The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbCHn6gE3U

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