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Found:Unbound I
I recently finished the first little work in the series – a sort of dismantled artist book – which I’m calling, for now at least, Found Unbound. Here it is, framed. Here’s the work at an earlier stage. I wrote … Continue reading
Walking the Paradox – Found Unbound with the Corinthians
I’m following-up on my blog of 1st September – Adventuring – with an artistic adventure I’ve been having. I’m calling it Found Unbound. Found Unbound is about an artist’s book. Found halted in the process of being unbound, or found … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist Books, Christian writing, Collage & Assemblage, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Encaustic Art, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Printmaking, spirituality, Writing
Tagged Aristotle, Artist's Book, Blank Slate, Butterfly Book, Corinthians 4:16, John Locke, palimpsest, Paradox, Plaster of Paris, Silk Habotai, Silk Pongee, Tabula rasa
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Carpets and Encaustics – Preparing Ground
I’ve managed to find time and space in the current carpetting chaos to prepare a few more encaustic/Plaster of Paris surfaces to work on. And in the process realised that in both cases, I’m preparing ground. You can’t build anything … Continue reading
Stitching a Ladder to Climb
Ladder Stitch I Recycled Sari Silk 3 February 2016January 2016 was not a good month. In some ways. I’ve been sick. We’re having new carpets fitted (an enormous upheaval ). I’m working surrounded by chaos. Continue reading
Shimacho
The image to the left, courtesy of wafuworks is of a page of a shimacho. Shimacho (Japanese) means stripe book. They are fabric sample books. They have a number of purposes. Sometimes they are commercial samplers. Sometimes records, created by … Continue reading
Posted in Altered Books, Art, Artist Books, Collage & Assemblage, Encaustic Art, Stitch, Stitch
Tagged encaustic, Japanese Folk Textiles, Plaster of Paris, Shimacho, Stripe Book
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Adding Flesh to Bone to the Accompaniment of Flesh and Bone
It’s funny how you find yourself drawn to collect without a clear idea in mind of what you’re going to do with the goodies. You find you just have to wait for a future to turn up that reveals all. … Continue reading
Encaustic Work in Progress (aided and abetted by Badger, Mole, Ratty, Toad and Mrs Ffleshe)
This is tiny. Each of the two pages measures 4″x4″, the images within about 3″x3″. It is an altered book, artist’s book, encaustic on Plaster of Paris, eco print, collage. When it’s finished I will have added stitch and more … Continue reading
Posted in Altered Books, Art, Artist Books, Character Development, Collage & Assemblage, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Encaustic Art, Inspiration, Mixed Media, novel editing, Photography, Writing
Tagged Altered book, Artist's Book, Badger, Eco Print, encaustic, Mole, Momigami, Mrs Ffleshe, Otter, Patrick Benson, Plaster of Paris, Ratty, The Willows at Christmas, Toad, William Horwood
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