There’s more to València than Oranges Valencia surprised me long before I reached the City of Arts and Sciences, but it was Calatrava’s white-boned dreamscape that made me pause. I felt it even before I understood it in the sweep of impossible curves, the tension between earth and sky, the suggestion that buildings can stretch,Continue reading “Seeing València through Calatrava’s Vision”
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Protected: They Dined while I Whined
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Listening to Nature
Sometimes meaning arrives slowly, long after creation Today, I combined two unrelated sentence fragments while experimenting with a new book structure. To my surprise, I had accidentally created a quote that invited deeper philosophical exploration. I like to create a bit of something everyday. I saw this structure in a demo by a book artist.Continue reading “Listening to Nature”
The Journey of a Challenge
And the Rationale for One I joined an online four-day bookmaking challenge. I love paper and have several beautiful selections. However, I like to create my own art. For this, I collected all ugly gel print scraps, ripped the nice parts, dug into my recycling bin, got some used teabags, lace, scrap fabric, words fromContinue reading “The Journey of a Challenge”
Inspiration Everywhere
The runaway experiments with printing on paper have left behind stacks of results. I’m constantly looking for ways to use them. A kind friend artist Linda Powers introduced me to the world of gelatin printing, and I can’t stop playing. Today I made a mini book with chain-stitched spine using the colorful prints, some embroideryContinue reading “Inspiration Everywhere”
Mind Your Beeswax
The Power of Stupidity is Stronger than You Think. “This is your brain, and this is your brain on drugs.” Remember the anti-drug video? It was most effective in its poetic simplicity by eliminating the Chicken-Little scare tactics. The egg and brain visual was so compelling that many addicts went cold-turkey! Simplicity’s the key inContinue reading “Mind Your Beeswax”
Elevating the Daily Grind
Encore, Encore! A pile of coffee grounds lay on paper ready for its journey into the compost bin. It had seeped through the paper giving it an aged look. I dumped the grounds into the bin, and the paper tore a bit. I rubbed the stuck on grounds around the jagged edges. The piece remindedContinue reading “Elevating the Daily Grind”
Protected: The Flip
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What Do You See?
Compassionate Blot or Blot on Compassion? I counted six times, as I drew in a shape without plan. Filled in with ink, this is how it looked. Aha, a Rorschachian moment! I recognized the first thing that jumped out. Take a look at it before you read my blog. Record your observations if you soContinue reading “What Do You See?”
Color Wheel
I bought myself a box of art supplies. The color pencils with their sharpened tips look like a harmonious wheel. I pick up the watercolor pan. The perfection of each brick gnaws at my soul. I put it back. The jeweled acrylic colors lie within paint tubes. I just cannot bring myself to squeeze, letContinue reading “Color Wheel”
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