8.8.12
whiskey bottle tombstone
When the town drunk died in the village of Clayton, Alabama, his widow had no money for a tombstone, so the citizens of Clayton got together and bought him this stone in the shape of the whiskey bottle he so loved. There's another story that has the wife designing the stone if her husband drank himself to death, but I think the first one is more to be believed.
5.8.12
3.8.12
29.7.12
new printed cards
I printed 10 of each of these cards and envelopes by hand using a wine cork and the eraser on the end of a pencil. The blue/grey/yellow ones will be available at the Park Avenue Festival in Rochester, NY, next weekend at the Chartreuse Studio tent outside of 270 Park. They also have some of my collages for sale. Nice place. Take a look.
25.7.12
I've succumbed.
I have made a Facebook page for The Make Things Workshop. If you use Facebook, it would be nice if you "Liked" it. And let me know what I should do with it.
22.7.12
10.7.12
what I did in Iowa #3
One of the workshops I took was marbling paper. Some of my results are below. The woman who taught it is Melinda Stockwell, who owns The Calico Press in Birmingham, Iowa. Wonderful teacher and all-around fun person. Need graphic work done? Talk with her!
9.7.12
what I did in Iowa #2
I took several workshops while I was at Printer's Hall. One of them was to make a book structure called a Star Book. Below is mine. The book arts workshops were taught by two wonderful people from the University of Iowa's Center for the Book.
8.7.12
what I did in Iowa #1
Printer's Hall in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, is part of a historical complex that includes steam threshers, steam engines, railroad, carousel, and lots of letterpress printing stuff. Because this is a working museum, everything works. Everything! And people are encouraged to learn how to use it all and then use it. Below is some of what I printed, just for the fun of it.
10.6.12
Handmade booklets
I've made a few of these little booklets using my own marbled paper. And I have an Etsy shop where this one is available for sale right now. I expect to have a few more up there soon.
Blank paper notebook, hand-marbled paper cover with stamp, hand-stiched with beaded tassel. 5.75 inches high x 4.25 inches wide. About 16 pages. Oh, and there's a secret map inside!
12.5.12
a book with drawers
I went to Paper Circle in Nelsonville, Ohio, to learn how to make a book that had sort-of-hidden drawers in it. It's called a Chamber Book; the technique has lots of potential for manipulation. I have ideas to try out!
7.5.12
I-80 underpass
6.5.12
ohio and erie canal
5.5.12
29.4.12
Camilla, the Flying Chicken
Read about this rubber chicken and the students who sent her off to near-space here.
21.4.12
new film
Spring Flamingoes
Impossible film for Polaroid cameras, color shade.Lots more information here: The Impossible Project.
14.4.12
how to be creative
I am often asked about where I get my ideas, and I always first shrug, then say that I get them from everything that is around me. John Cleese of Monty Python fame gives an excellent explanation in the video below about what one needs to be creative. He is absolutely correct. Remember that 365-day project of mine, in which I had to make a piece of art each day? One of the important parts of being able to do that was to establish a two-hour time period for making that piece. Cleese gives himself an hour-and-a-half. Another was to let every absurb idea be examined. And so on. The video is long—a bit over half an hour—and has Norwegian (I think) subtitles, but it is all worthwhile. And, you don't actually have to watch it; you can just listen.
9.4.12
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