LATEST ART PROJECT

I am still playing with the book idea - for me it is a good way to experiment and to extend ideas but mostly a way to consoliadte 'stuff' that I have lying around.

I have hundreds of rather nice life drawings. What to do with them? Leave them in the cupboards for the silverfish and cockroaches? I can't bear to cut up the good ones, but I am happily using the mediochre ones for collaged book pages.

Yes, I am using tea bags, tea, mould and rust dyed fabrics, and various inks, paints, pencils and waxes.

Lots more work to be done on the images before they become a book.

I am also playing with scanned and printed images - this one has been printed onto T shirt transfer paper then ironed onto calico.

Artist Books and movies

I have been feeling very flat creatively this month but I have used my time to rest, watch some DVD's [the tennis and the cricket do nothing for me], and finish off some 'UFO' projects.

Our local video shop has 4 movies for $8 on Tuesdays, and I have a list of 'must sees'. I've enjoyed all of these so far. A real treat to snuggle up on the couch with a cup of tea and airconditioning.

Last June, my friend Jan from Melbourne was visiting and we went to Australia Zoo and the Bunya Mts amongst other things. We were enthralled by all the beautiful birds we saw so launched ourselved into book making and box making with birds as our main theme. Jan finished hers [of course], and now I am pleased to say mine are also finished.

Details of books:

I found this tin in a junk shop on the way to the Bunya Mts., so thought it appropriate to use it as a container for my books.

I find that these small book projects and the ALaW project are keeping me going while I wait for my painting muse to come visit me again.

Nail Polish Artist's Book

On January 3rd, I posted something about 'another book'. I was playing with my left over nail polishes. I never throw out 'stuff' that may be useful in my artwork. Here is the result.

A concertina book seemed logical as the pages were rather thick, and I decided to write words of wisdom throughout [not mine] as a few of us are going through 'flat' stages at the moment, waiting for the next surge of creativity and inspiration.

The nail polish was lovely and as shown here, I glued a strip of nail polish painting to the outside of the slip box.