Journals

I have had a journal for as long as I can remember. Some have been fancier than others. My favorite has been a traditional leather bound journal, the pages stitched onto raised cords. I am working on making myself a new journal like that, as well as making one for my husband. It is by no means a quick process. There are many steps, and many periods of “I have to wait for this part to dry before I can work on the next part”. I am enjoying it though. It has been awhile since I have sewn a book (my Spring book was an adhesive drum leaf binding) and I realized that I really missed it.

Last night I finished sewing the two book blocks. Here are a few photos of the process:

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choosing marbled paper

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putting cords on my sewing frame

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getting ready to sew the book block

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Finished sewing! I can take the book block off of the sewing cradle so I can work on attaching the cover.

 

Until next time,

~Peace~

 

The last post about Art Attack

The last day of Art Attack was great! I was visited by a few more great friends and spent another day chatting with great artists! I love what I do, and I love the community of artists and art supporters we have here.

I really appreciate the support I get from my friends and family – to those that stopped to visit and see what I have been working on, thank you so much!

And one last little squee-worthy part of the weekend, I traded artwork for an awesome painting from Berry Holz and for a gorgeous pair of earring from Karin Jacobson.

On to the next project/show/week/thingy.

 

~Peace~

Art Attack!

I am having such a fun weekend here!
It has been great to chat with new people about my artwork, visit with a few friends, and hang out with Karin and Berry. I have laughed so much!

This is what blue-black looks like

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My hair:

A new hair dye color called “blue black”.
In my bathroom light it looks like grape Kool Aid mixed very strong, which makes me smile because I remember mixing Kool Aid and having it turn out that color when you used twice as much powder as you should.

Surviving the long days

Today was a long day. I don’t have many other ways of describing it. I worked on a lot of different things (and finished a few of them) and because of that it feels like there were twice as many hours between when I got out of bed this morning and now than there usually are. But, that is ok. Because today was filled with jobs I enjoy, with friends, with fellow artists, with my husband and my family and I enjoyed so much of it. So even though I am grateful that my bed is waiting for me and that tomorrow most likely won’t seem so long, I am grateful for today and everything that was packed into it,

And the weekend comes to an end (Website re-design coming soon!)

It has been an up and down weekend filled with waitressing shifts, a family photo shoot, quite a bit of time spent on the couch processing photos and re-designing my website, and ending with a trip through The Soap Factory’s Haunted Basement. Whew! I am steadily working on getting artwork done for all of the upcoming shows. I think I am more organized this time than I ever have been. I’m hoping that continues! I admit I was in a bit of a funk for the first half of today, missing friends and feeling overwhelmed. A few Facebook messages and a visit from a couple of friends while I was at work made things seem much better. I’m ready to take on another day tomorrow! I have been working with my *webmaster* to re-design my website a bit. You may notice a few changes here and there. More are on the way though! (Hopefully soon!)

I’m off to bed with the steampunk novel I’m hooked on. Until next time,
~Peace~

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Yesterday was filled with artwork work. I managed to finish printing a bunch of new images to hang up at Art Attack next weekend (after much fighting with my new printer!), I helped get the next batch of pottery ready for glazing, and I finished up the letterpress prints that are due tonight. I am grateful that tonight is my last night of letterpress class – I have really enjoyed it, and have gotten a chance to use the Vandercook more, and get used to one that not as many artists at MCBA use, but I am ready to have one less thing on my plate. There will be a post coming soon of my print though!

Tomorrow will be an artwork work day as well, filled with images to process, artwork to frame, and all sorts of other bits that need to be done and finished up. Tonight though, will be a bit slower, and I’m going to enjoy it.

In the mean time, some instant photos I took at the apple orchard last month are here:

 

~Peace~