slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: book arts
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Finished a slim altered book that I think would make a nice travel journal. The map was already part of the book. The first and last pages and the painted paper on the inside covers is from the batch of artichoke paper I made last fall. The inner paper is mulberry paper that I bought…
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Made in Traci Bunkers’ “Revival: Restoration to a Visual Life; An Awakening” class at Art & Soul, Hampton, Virginia, May 3, 2009. This recycled book cover is filled with all kinds of groovy papers and stuff, including a pamphlet from the 1956 Pennsylvania Dutch Festival in Pottstown, PA, music from a 1923 gospel book, and…
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This is the book that I made in Chrissie Hines’ “Longstitch Variations” class at Art & Soul in Hampton, Virginia on Monday. The cover is made from Scrabble boards that were joined with Tyvek and then painted, stamped, and stenciled. The inside is bound with nice cardstock, which I proceeded to muck up with my…
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Woodcut print from a photo of a window at Spannocchia, near Siena, Italy. I am still reworking this one. I’ll change the areas on the sides of the window and probably do a multicolor print. In this woodcut print I was experimenting with raising the natural grain in the background by rubbing between the lines…
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My first woodcut print. 7 3/4″ x 4″, oil on mulberry paper. One of an edition of eight. I will probably be developing this one further. It came from a painting I did back in December 2005.
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You can breathe now. I’m finally posting some photos of my new books! Not as many as I’d like. The photography gods are still mad at me. But I got a few that were almost in focus. The first two are of the Brasstown book with wooden covers that I made at John C. Campbell…
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We finished binding the spine of the wooden books today. We still have a lot of work to do to it tomorrow. Mine is named “Brasstown Book.” It looks a lot like an old celestial map. I filled the mica window of the third book with sparkly beads. Oops, I thought that I was finished…
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Well, last night after I posted, I nearly ruined my first book with a green ink mishap. Today I think that I redeemed it and it will look better after I work on the inside at home. In a way it was a good thing, as accidents often are, because it gave me the idea…
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Last night I bound a book with the paper that included Squirt and Mama Kitty’s fur and the artichoke paper. Today I found a piece of mica that highlighted Squirt’s eyes – perfect! I’m working on three books at once right now. The wooden covers for the main book of the workshop have been drilled,…
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First book of the week – Greek binding, mostly finished. Second book made tonight from my handmade paper, but I’m too tired to fight this Mac any more. But I’m happy! I’m trying to upload photos each day but I probably won’t blog unless my hands need a break.
slowly she turned 