Wednesday, October 2, 2024

THREAD

 PSBA is sponsoring their 6th Annual Book Exchange this month, with the theme "threads."  The exchange rules are simple -- create a book using that theme, in whatever form and using whatever materials you like.  The book you create is then delivered to a randomly selected participating book artist, and you similarly receive an artist book created by another participating artist.  It's a lovely idea, the books are great and each participating artist gets to add a wonderful new book to their collection.

Continuing my trend of cleverly-titled books, my "entry" is called THREAD.  I created it by altering a mailing advert from the Sundance Catalog (which used a single sheet of paper, folded into six nesting panels).  With the addition of some spray paint, some collage, some thread and some hand-cut vinyl lettering, it emerged as this:











Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Friday, July 19, 2024

Magic

 These days seem a little devoid of magic...so I made some.


Contrapuntal Magic, 2024
Cut & paste paper collage
(magazine & decorative paper scraps)


Tuesday, July 9, 2024

A Raven

A Raven (7/5/24)

I saw the body of a dead raven today as I was driving the freeway south to Seattle.  I only caught a fleeting glimpse as I passed by, but was startled by how large it was.  Slick black feathers swayed in the breeze of cars speeding by inches away, and nobody seemed to notice.  It seemed an ignominious end for such a magnificent bird.  I wanted to take it into my arms and carry it to a safer place (is any place safe when you’re dead?) but I did not stop.  There were friends waiting for me in Seattle and I was busy.  We’re all busy.  Busy living.  Busy dying.

 

Friday, June 14, 2024

Dark Side of the Moon

 She was beautifully out of place.

Dark Side of the Moon
Cut & paste paper collage, 11x14, 2024

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Scroll-ology

The Northwest Collage Society has set an interesting theme for its next exhibition -- scrolls.  I've just finished my two submissions, and they were truly fun to make. "We Made a Map of the World But We Never Got To Use It" is simple rice paper scroll collaged with newspaper cutouts, tissue and decorative papers, hand-cut paper shapes and thread.  The images are abstract, but reminiscent of maps and globes.


"Modern Women" is a cotton fabric scroll created from some old hand-sewn quilting squares, collaged with cut-outs from early 1950's women's magazines.  The scroll hangs from a vintage wooden towel holder with hand-painted vegetables dancing across the top.

                        Modern Women, 10"x50"                       We Made a Map of the World, But We Never Got To Use It, 12"x50



 

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Some More People I Know

 More collage images from my recent artist's book called "People I Know, People I Don't Know:"