Showing posts with label Altered book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altered book. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 March 2013

February walks

I'm a bit late posting the altered book for February, time ran away with me... where do the days go?!


This is a lovely old book of pockets for photographic negatives. Artists have inserted a number of pieces of mini work into the pockets, sometimes removing or replacing the negatives.


My miniature contributions are sections from small experimental etchings with modest interventions - drawing, stitch and collage.

 
February Walks

Thursday, 17 January 2013

December Walk

I've had quite a delay between posts because I lost the Browse button on my image upload page. Blogger posted that it would be fixed this week, but it still hasn't been fixed - frustrating! I have now tried the conversion to HTML to upload images, and then back to Compose to edit the blog and this has worked fine for me ... this time...

This is a post I began writing a fortnight ago...

A little late for a December posting, but the Altered book has just gone in the (royal mail) post and now I've got time to (blog) post.

December walk opening page

December walk - in the middle of the walk

December has been very wet in our neck of the woods, and has left some very deep marks on our landscape. An Artist friend, Zoe Heath, had recently demonstrated some lovely techniques at the school where I teach, and I have incorporated some into the textures she uses into this book.

December walk end page

The paths have been deeply rutted, wet rich soil has been been clinging to our boots, and the dog's feet. I needed richer textures and heavy marks which the monoprint and shellac combined were happy to provide.

My next book walk may need to respond to the forecast snow and ice.

Sunday, 14 October 2012

October Walk

My new altered book project is providing the opportunity to follow up ideas, marks and themes tentatively explored in the past

 

 


Thinking as drawing, exploring and experimenting, thinking out on the page.

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Altered Map Book

I've been invited to join an Altered Book group; a lovely way to broaden ideas.
My book has been made out of old ordnance survey maps ... an 'Altered Map' maybe... there's another idea there...

front cover details


 
page 1
page 1 - detail

mark making,
tracking,
making marks,
tracing,
leaving marks
 
page 2 - purely experimental

exploring,
experimenting,
layering marks,
creating marks,
experimark
 
page 2 - detail

This book is on its way to the next artist, can't wait to see what I get to work on next...