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#8526

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:31 pm
Subject: Blogaversary giveaway - adopt a sad girl

etac_looc

Hi all,

Sorry for crossposting, but I am celebrating my first year as an artsy
blogger and am so pleased about it that I'm doing a give-away of some
art I just made. I made four sad, but strong girls in mixed media on 8x8
canvasses. One of them can be yours and you can even pick which one. I
really want them to go to someone who likes them and hope a lot of
people do. So, here's your chance to adopt a sad girl for free. They are
crying, but they're pretty tough about it, so they won't be whining or
anything  when they're up on your wall ;-)

Take a look and leave a comment if you like:
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/06/sad-girl-giveaway.html

Caatje

#8527

From: Christy Wyrtzen <c29wyrtzen@...>
Date: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:03 pm
Subject: Fw: Web Urbanist

c29wyrtzen

Art That Speaks Volumes: 12 More Book Artists

I always like to pass on inspiration!

Christy

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Why should out-of-date, unwanted books molder away in the dark corners of libraries, or – far worse – in a landfill? Artists working with books, whether they make it their sole chosen medium or just experiment once in a while, rescue these bound volumes of art and information and fold, cut, carve, glue, assemble or otherwise transform them into amazing sculptures and installations that honor or often transcend the meaning held within the pages.

Jill Sylvia

(images via: jillysylvia.com)

Jill Sylvia meticulously removes the blank entry blocks in ledger books and balance sheets, leaving behind nothing but delicate paper mesh. These geometric skeletons are then used to build amazing replicas of famous buildings like the U.S. Capitol and the White House.

Julia Feld

(images via: holystokes)

Favoring anatomy books, wildlife guides and instruction manuals, artist Julia Feld selectively removes parts of pages to leave behind layered collages, often left within the hardcover to resemble shadow boxes. She sells these intricate works at her Etsy shop, Holy Stokes.

Noriko Ambe

(images via: norikoambe.com)

Multidimensional and lush, the cut-outs by Noriko Ambe almost seem to have occurred simultaneously as part of some strange natural process. Says Ambe, “Time is essential to my work. Because over time I add more and more paper to a sculpture, the work itself ends up embodying the time taken to create it. The process is as important as the finished product and the simple act of making art every day is important to my practice. Buddhism, although it’s not my intention to show this.”

Bronia Sawyer

(images via: broniart)

Birds, flowers, the waves of the ocean – all of these things and more are evoked simply by curling, folding and coloring the pages of books. Bronia Sawyer creates little paper worlds in which these animals seem to frolic and thrive. “A book is a magical thing, to look at a page of text at a glance gives no clue about its content, but to read the words brings a story to life, it opens your imagination’s floodgates and creates an invisible world in your mind which only you can see.”

Meg Hitchcock

(images via: meghitchcock.com)

Cutting words out of religious texts including the Bible, Koran and Torah, Brooklyn-based artist Meg Hitchcock creates these incredible collages “deconstructing the word of God.” Says Hitchcock, “I select passages from holy books and cut the letters from one passage to form the text of another. For example, I may cut up a passage from the Old Testament of the Bible and reassemble it as a passage from the Bhagavad Gita, or I may use type from the Torah to recreate an ancient Tantric text. A continuous line of text forms the words and sentences in a run-on manner, without spaces or punctuation, creating a visual mantra of devotion.”

Ariana Boussard-Reifel

(images via: arianaboussardreifel.com)

In her series ‘Between the Lines’, artist Ariana Boussard-Reifel has cut each and every word out of the pages of books, leaving behind only the white space, creating patterns that render the books meaningless – or do they?

Maria Fischer

(images via: maria-fischer.com)

Traumgedanken (Thoughts on Dreams) is a 76-page collection of literary, philosophical, psychological and scientific texts which provide insight into dream theories. Amazingly, German artist Maria Fischer has hand-sewn the pages with threads that tie images to certain keywords as sort of physical hyperlinks, which, Fischer says, visualize the confusion and fragility of dreams.

The artist explains, “In addition there are five pages where a significant excerpt from a text of the opposite page is stitched into the paper. It is not legible because the type’s actual surface is inside the folded page. This expresses the mysteriousness of dreams and the aspect of dream interpretation.”

Michael Bom

(images via: bomdesign.nl)

Designer Michael Bom turns books of all sorts into stunningly artistic lamps that retain the character of the book’s content. Some are simply opened, with the pages carefully spaced apart, to act as wall lamps; others are carefully cut and crafted to provide a variety of shapes. Between the pages a viewer can just barely glimpse images and text, which create interesting patterns of dark and light on the lantern surface.

Ann Hamilton

(images via: this is colossal)

Multimedia artist Ann Hamilton has occasionally worked with books throughout her 20-year career including projects in which she connected slices of books at the spine to form shapes as well as large-scale installations of stacked books. The installations form dense towers that, by virtue of the varying thicknesses of the books, take on a painterly quality when viewed from afar.

Alex Queral

(images via: projectsgallery.com)

Alex Queral carves faces into books of faceless names, producing three-dimensional portraits that reach deep within discarded phone books. Most are famous faces like PeeWee Herman and Bob Dylan; some are realistic, while others are crafted in an abstracted style. Queral uses an X-ACTO knife and a pot of acrylic medium to carve and set the books, and then applies a black wash to bring out the features.

Cara Barer

(images via: carabarer.com)

Sculptor Cara Barer bends, folds and curls the pages of unwanted books, sometimes coloring their edges, molding them into forms that suggest organic life like birds, insects and even the undersides of mushrooms. Says Barer, “With the discarded books that I have acquired, I am attempting to blur the line between objects, sculpture, and photography. This project has become a journey that continues to evolve.”

Yvette Hawkins

(images via: bookliciousblog)

From small folded paper pieces to installations of thousands of books that fill entire rooms, the art of Yvette Hawkins is inspired by forms in architecture, grids, maps and molecules as well as the geometric forms found in nature.

“The thing I love about paper is the idea that something so fragile and one dimensional can become structured and sturdy just by folding it. I actually started folding books because I wanted to manipulate the way printed words can be seen, so although i have always loved to work with paper, it was mark making and print that drew me to books.”

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#8528

From: "Lindart" <lindart@...>
Date: Fri Jul 1, 2011 11:26 pm
Subject: Get Your Art On

lindaleecam

http://www.tracibunkers.com/blog/category/30-days-of-get-your-art-on

I have joined Traci Bunker's July challenge to do art everyday for 30 days. So hopefully I will be posting to my blog everyday too. That will be different! I've posted my first day today, keep checking to see if I am able to manage everyday for a month!

Here isTraci's challenge:

Linda C
****
AKA Lindart
http://www.lindart.blogspot.com

Design Team Member for AlteredPages.com

#8529

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Fri Jul 8, 2011 3:42 pm
Subject: My first ROD journal is filled up!

etac_looc

Last January I made my first ROD journal and was really happy with it.
However I didn't start using it as a journal until last May. Once I
started using it I also started loving it even more. Now it's filled to
the brim with all sorts of stuff and lots of writing too. I did a post
about how it looks now on my blog:

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/rod-journal-all-filled-up.html

Would love it if you took a look. There's also a link there to how it
looked before I filled it up.

Now I'm going to have to make more of these, oh the horror of it! ;-) I
fear that once you go ROD you cannot go back!

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8530

From: Felicia borges <feliciaborges@...>
Date: Fri Jul 8, 2011 3:49 pm
Subject: Re: My first ROD journal is filled up!

feliciaborges

Breathtaking...I'm inspired to do something with the scraps I've been throwing in a box under my work table. Thank you!

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
To: CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com; RemainsOf@yahoogroups.com; theartjournal@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 8, 2011 8:42 AM
Subject: [CompositionArtJournals] My first ROD journal is filled up!

Last January I made my first ROD journal and was really happy with it.
However I didn't start using it as a journal until last May. Once I
started using it I also started loving it even more. Now it's filled to
the brim with all sorts of stuff and lots of writing too. I did a post
about how it looks now on my blog:

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/rod-journal-all-filled-up.html

Would love it if you took a look. There's also a link there to how it
looked before I filled it up.

Now I'm going to have to make more of these, oh the horror of it! ;-) I
fear that once you go ROD you cannot go back!

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8531

From: "abecedariangallery" <alicia@...>
Date: Sat Jul 9, 2011 10:17 pm
Subject: 2 exhibition opportunities at Abecedarian Gallery - deadlines soon!

abecedariang...

Two upcoming exhibition opportunities at Abecedarian Gallery in Denver,
Colorado:

Visual Journals  - (open entry) submission deadline August 1, 2011 (or until
filled)
Hand Lettered - (invitational) deadline to submit works for consideration August
8, 2011

Submission for all of these exhibitions is via digital file upload. Details
about all exhibits can be found at this link:

http://bitly.com/dVrwOj

Please do not send images or information about your work via email. If you have
problems with the online form, or have questions that aren't answered in the
show prospectus' please let me know.

Thanks!

Alicia Bailey
Abecedarian Gallery
910 Santa Fe Dr, #101
Denver, CO  80204 USA
Phone: 720.282.4052 or 303.340.2110
Email: alicia@...

Hours: 1-5pm Thursday/Friday/Saturday
open 'til 8pm 1st & 3rd Fridays

Keep Up With Abecedarian Gallery News
Web site:  www.abecedariangallery.com
Online Store: http://abecedariangallery.com/_wp/
Blog: http://abecedariangallery.wordpress.com/
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Abecedarian-Gallery/97961852073?ref=nf
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/abecedarianbook
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/abecedariangallery/

#8532

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:36 pm
Subject: Fully Handmade Book

etac_looc

After taking Mary Ann Moss' ROD class and making my first journal out of
ready made pretty papers I wondered if I could make one that consisted
fully of self made elements. Turns out I could. I recently finished what
I call my Fully Handmade Book. Of course "Fully" is an overstatement,
but I did  decorate all the papers, hand drew and painted all the
elements/labels and stickers and I even embellished some very boring
ribbon with a load of buttons. That's already quite a feat for me. Hope
you take a look at my blog post on the book and tell me what you think.

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/presenting-fully-handmade-book.htm\
l

There's also a link there to all the label sheets / border sheets that
came out of this project, they are free for all to use, no questions
asked ;-)

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8533

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:46 pm
Subject: some spreads and what constitutes an art journal

etac_looc

Put some spreads from my current  journal on my blog. It's an altered
atlas that I covered with a piece of a US postal bag!

You can see the spreads here:
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-journal-spreads.html

And the book itself here:
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/atlas-goes-postal.html

I'm reluctant to call my everyday journal an art journal, because it's
mostly writing with some collaged images either my own photo's or (as in
the above mentioned spreads) magazine images.
I see my everyday journals more as decorated journals than art, but I
wonder where the line is?

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

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#8534

From: "Thinkie Batenburg-Mets" <thinkie@...>
Date: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:05 pm
Subject: Re: some spreads and what constitutes an art journal

thinkiemets

Hi Caatje,

I like the look of your pages and to me this definitely falls under art
journaling.
I think you might enjoy the blog of my friend Marit
http://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/ (I sent her a link to your blog as
well), she makes a weekly art journal spread.

Thinkie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carin Winkelman" <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
To: <CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com>; "Blissfully_Art_Journaling
Moderator" <Blissfully_Art_Journaling-owner@yahoogroups.com>;
<theartjournal@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 5:46 PM
Subject: [CompositionArtJournals] some spreads and what constitutes an art
journal


> Put some spreads from my current  journal on my blog. It's an altered
> atlas that I covered with a piece of a US postal bag!
>
> You can see the spreads here:
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-journal-spreads.html
>
> And the book itself here:
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/atlas-goes-postal.html
>
> I'm reluctant to call my everyday journal an art journal, because it's
> mostly writing with some collaged images either my own photo's or (as in
> the above mentioned spreads) magazine images.
> I see my everyday journals more as decorated journals than art, but I
> wonder where the line is?
>
> Caatje
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

Reply | Messages in this Topic (5)

#8535

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:43 pm
Subject: Re: some spreads and what constitutes an art journal

etac_looc

thanks for the link, I don't have much time to explore it right now, but I liked what I saw so far. Also see she posted a comment on my blog.
Will check out the site more extensively tomorrow! the rest of you should check out Marit's site too, it looks lovely!

Caatje

Thinkie Batenburg-Mets wrote:

Hi Caatje,

I like the look of your pages and to me this definitely falls under art
journaling.
I think you might enjoy the blog of my friend Marit
http://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/ (I sent her a link to your blog as
well), she makes a weekly art journal spread.

Thinkie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carin Winkelman" <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
To: <CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com>; "Blissfully_Art_Journaling
Moderator" <Blissfully_Art_Journaling-owner@yahoogroups.com>;
<theartjournal@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 5:46 PM
Subject: [CompositionArtJournals] some spreads and what constitutes an art
journal

> Put some spreads from my current journal on my blog. It's an altered
> atlas that I covered with a piece of a US postal bag!
>
> You can see the spreads here:
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-journal-spreads.html
>
> And the book itself here:
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/atlas-goes-postal.html
>
> I'm reluctant to call my everyday journal an art journal, because it's
> mostly writing with some collaged images either my own photo's or (as in
> the above mentioned spreads) magazine images.
> I see my everyday journals more as decorated journals than art, but I
> wonder where the line is?
>
> Caatje
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

Reply | Messages in this Topic (5)

#8536

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:17 pm
Subject: ROD2 is finished

etac_looc

I finished my second remains of the day journal and am pretty happy with
it.

You can see it on my blog:
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/rod2.html

I don't show all the spreads there, but there's a link in my post to my
flickr where you can see every spread of the book and the inside and
outside cover. Hope you take a look.

Now I have to wait for my current journal (an altered atlas) to be
filled before I can actually use ROD2. I might even make a third one
before that happens! Will keep you posted if I do.

Caatje
http://caatjesarstystuff.blogspot.com

#8538

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Tue Aug 2, 2011 4:13 pm
Subject: some new spreads

etac_looc

I posted some new spreads from my altered atlas journal on my blog (I
also whined a little about being out of my artsy groove, which I really
don't like).
Feel free to take a look (you may ignore the whining, or better yet:
respond to it, haha).

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/08/artsy-ebbing-includes-some-spreads\
-from.html

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8541

From: "CMJ WINKELMAN" <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Fri Sep 9, 2011 7:38 am
Subject: Art journaling tutorial - part one is up!

etac_looc

Hi all,

I'd been promising it for a while on my blog and finally I finished the first part of my three part art journaling tutorial on my blog. It's about easy peasy art journaling, so nothing complicated and time consuming. The first part is all about creating quick backgrounds. Hope you check it out and let me know what you think.

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-peasy-journal-tutorial-part-one.html

The next part of the tutorial will be about decorating the pages with collage and such and will be up next friday.
The friday after that will be all about writing.

I will keep you posted when the other parts are up.

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8542

From: Mary Montedonico <mmonte502@...>
Date: Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:44 pm
Subject: Hi! I'm a newbie!!!

mmonte502...

Hi Everyone,

Thank you so much for your email. I am very excited to be joining this group as my absolute favorite journals are my composition books. I have been creating art all my life - on and off. I especially got into stamping and scrapbooking when my son was born in 1991 and then lost the urge to create anything until probably 2005. But at 52, I am finally having fun with creating art everyday. I hope to contribute and learn from this group and look forward to chatting with everyone.

I got so excited that I was in that I forgot to send this message to the group email and just sent it to Dawn.

---Mary M
Southwest FL USA

#8543

From: "abecedariangallery" <alicia@...>
Date: Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:00 pm
Subject: Visual Journals exhibition

abecedariang...

The Visual Journals exhibition opened at Abecedarian Gallery on September 2 and
remains on display through October 1.

This is the second time that a form of Visual Journals have been on display in
the gallery's Reading Room. It isn't a typical genre for gallery display as the
works are often personal projects, ongoing projects rather than finished works.
And they are not usually for sale. Nonetheless, gallery visitors have flocked to
the Reading Room during these exhibits. It pleases me that I can occassionally
step outside the confines of retail gallery management and offer up these
enticements.

So, what is a Visual Journal? Any form of diary, art journals, travel journals,
scrapbooking, annotated photo albums, sketchbooks, altered books, artists'
books, in short, any form that contains a visual record of some sort. Visual
Journals come in all shapes and sizes, made from a broad range of materials.
Although quite often created as one of a kind works, visual journals can be
(re)produced in a limited edition or as a trade publication. Visual Journals
often start as blank books, sketchbooks, altered books, scroll, used scrapbooks,
antique photo albums or a travel atlas. Visual Journals can also be made from
bits of fabric stitched together, collections of objects housed in a box, a
wallet or vessel filled with notes, drawings and objects; dare I say that the
sky is the limit?

This genre is exciting for gallery visitors to examine, not only because it lets
viewers indulge in a bit of voyeurism or live vicariously through the exploits
of others, but also because so it is a form that really is available to anyone.
Visual Journaling doesn't require bookbinding skills, or that one be a visual
artist or writer, although all three of those areas are often combined in a
visual journal. The approach to engaging with experience by recording
thoughts/images/photos is available to any who are willing to take a little bit
of risk, and spend some time working up pages.

For those unable to visit Abecedarian, there is an online catalog of the
exhibition here: http://bit.ly/oe55M9

and print/PDF versions of the catalog are available here: http://bit.ly/fLPb2X

Thanks

Alicia Bailey
Abecedarian Gallery
910 Santa Fe Dr, #101
Denver, CO  80204 USA
Phone: 720.282.4052 or 303.340.2110
Email: alicia@...

Hours: 1-5pm Thursday/Friday/Saturday
open 'til 8pm 1st & 3rd Fridays

Keep Up With Abecedarian Gallery News
Web site:  www.abecedariangallery.com
Online Store: http://abecedariangallery.com/_wp/
Blog: http://abecedariangallery.wordpress.com/
Facebook fan page:  http://on.fb.me/o7ltzZ
Linked In group: http://bit.ly/qafuje
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/abecedarianbook
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/abecedariangallery/

#8544

From: "CMJ WINKELMAN" <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:07 am
Subject: art journaling tutorial part two is up (and it's a long one!)

etac_looc

As some of you may know I am doing a three part art journaling tutorial on my blog. It's a tutorial meant for people who think art journaling is some complicated mysterious process that only the lucky few can tackle. That's why I called it the Easy Peasy Art Journaling Tutorial. ;-)

Part one was done last week and was about making quick backgrounds.

Now part two is up and it's about decorating pages. This one cost me a lot of time to put together! Hope you take a look and tell me what you think.

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-peasy-journal-tutorial-part-two.html

Next friday I will put up part three which will be all about writing in your journal.

Any suggestions for improvement are welcome too of course!

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8545

From: Jo Biasi <hunterrose9@...>
Date: Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:14 pm
Subject: RE: Digest Number 1788

cybernewt2

Caatje,

Thanks so much for the super simple art journal tutorials! Looking forward to the third! Thanks so much!

Jo Biasi

#8546

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:59 pm
Subject: Third and final part of art journaling tutorial is up!

etac_looc

Hi all,

I'm all relieved and a little proud too. Over the past few weeks I've
done a three part art journaling tutorial on my blog on what I call Easy
Peasy Journaling. Just now I uploaded part three. This part is all about
writing in a journal, both about content and about form.  The other
parts were about backgrounds and decorating a page. If you want to I
would love it if you took a look and tell me what you think.

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-peasy-journal-tutorial-part-t\
hree.html

It was a lot of work putting this all together, but I'm so glad I did.
If anybody has any other suggestions for tutorials on my blog I would
love to hear them.

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8547

From: "Nick" <nickalli@...>
Date: Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:37 am
Subject: Re: Third and final part of art journaling tutorial is up!

nickalli

Loved your tutorials ~ perfect blend of printed directions and photo examples!!
~ Nickalli

--- In CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com, Carin Winkelman
<c.m.j.winkelman@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm all relieved and a little proud too. Over the past few weeks I've
> done a three part art journaling tutorial on my blog on what I call Easy
> Peasy Journaling. Just now I uploaded part three. This part is all about
> writing in a journal, both about content and about form.  The other
> parts were about backgrounds and decorating a page. If you want to I
> would love it if you took a look and tell me what you think.
>
>
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-peasy-journal-tutorial-part-t\
hree.html
>
> It was a lot of work putting this all together, but I'm so glad I did.
> If anybody has any other suggestions for tutorials on my blog I would
> love to hear them.
>
> Caatje
> http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com
>

#8548

From: "mrartpainter" <mrartpainter@...>
Date: Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:35 am
Subject: New Mail Art Call 2011/ 2012

mrartpainter

Title:  `Works on Paper'

We invite artists from all over the world to contribute their work in this
exhibition called Works on Paper.

Mail me your `Works on Paper'  on a A4 SIZE PAPER (21 cm X 29.5 cm). For more
info please log on to:

http://www.worksonpaper.paint.at

Deadline: 31 December 2011

Each artwork will be exhibited.

#8549

From: Carin Winkelman <c.m.j.winkelman@...>
Date: Fri Oct 7, 2011 2:10 pm
Subject: Journal giveaway

etac_looc

Hi all,

I just finished making a new journal. It's a journal full of prompts an
butterflies that I dubbed The Butterfly Book of Questions. I had a lot
of fun making it, but because in general I don't really need prompts to
journal myself I thought it would be an excellent giveaway! You can
check out my blog for the details. I hope you like the book enough to
leave a comment!

http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/10/presenting-butterfly-book-of-quest\
ions.html

I really hope someone will be very happy to receive this journal,
because I had such a good time putting it together and I want it to find
a good home.

Caatje
http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com

#8550

From: "mrartpainter" <mrartpainter@...>
Date: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:50 am
Subject: Works on Paper Exhibition

mrartpainter

Works on Paper Exhibition
February 2011
Gallery Aswara, KUALA LUMPUR

For more info please log on to:
www.worksonpaper.paint.at

deadline: 31 Dec. 2011
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List of participants:-
(up date: 18 Oct 2011)
List of participants:

Rudd Janssen (NETHERLANDS)
Tamara Wyndham (New York/ USA)
Mauro Molinari (ITALY)
Anna Boschi (ITALY)
Chevalier Daniel C. Boyer (USA)
Reid Wood (USA)
John M Bannette (USA)
John Held Jr (USA)
Bernd Reichert (BELGIUM)
Ryosuke Cohen (JAPAN)
Wilhelm Schramm (AUSTRIA)
Giovanni StraDA DA Ravenna (ITALY)
Guido Vermeulen (BELGIUM)
Junanne Peck (USA)
Daniel de Culla (SPAIN)
Katerina Nikoltsou (GREECE)
Clemente Padin (URUGUAY)
Rat Mail (CANADA)
Pal Csaba (HUNGARY)
Nuria C Montoya (ITALY)
Sabela Bana (SPAIN)
Fleur Helsingor (USA)
Simon Warren (ENGLAND)
Herve' ALEXANDRE (FRANCE)
Kazunori Murakami (JAPAN)
Mimi Shapiro (USA)
Giancarlo Pucci (ITALY)
Anthony Caruana (MALTA)
Lutz Beeke (DEUTSCHLAND)
Jarmo Sermila (FINLAND)
Julien Blaine (FRANCE)
Hugo Pontes (BRASIL)
Ana Marta Austin (BRASIL)
Luciato Gian Paolo (ITALY)
Lisa Bhonnet (INDONESIA)
art _guroga (VENEZUELA)
Yeong T. Son (USA)
Giancarlo Pucci (ITALY)
Pedro Bericat (SPAIN)
Mr La Toan Vinh (CANADA)
Fenty Puspitasari  (INDONESIA)
Dewi (CANADA)
J.A. Everaers (NEDERLAND)
Favre Isa (FRANCE)
Marni Zainodin (MALAYSIA)
Valentine Mark Herman (FRANCE)
Wahyu Catoer N (INDONESIA)
Rodni (USA)
Diane Keys (USA)
Stefano Pasquini (ITALY)
Eni Ilis (BRASIL)
Emilio Morandi (ITALY)
Muji Mahali Karyanto (INDONESIA)
Alexandre Lettnin (BRAZIL)
Bridie Knight (AUSTRALIA)
Bryan Hiveley (USA)
jAPEi (FINLAND)
Pascal Minart (FRANCE)
J.B. King (USA)
Anja Mattila-Tolvanen (FINLAND)
Wisnuaji Putu Utama (INDONESIA)
Douglas Galloway (USA)
Prabhinder Lall (INDIA)
Bryan Hiveley (USA)
This Window  (ENGLAND)
Konstantin Kalendaroff (RUSSIA)
Judith A Skolnick (USA)
Mary Nash (USA)
Sarah Jo Pender (USA)
Reinhard Giebelhavsen (GERMANY)

#8551

From: Julie Tooley <julietooley@...>
Date: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:31 pm
Subject: (No subject)

julietooley

..LOL! I have never had so much fun! http://susungasset.co.kr/friends.group.php?ts=58ov9

#8552

From: "kitchenwitch04" <kitchenwitch04@...>
Date: Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:45 pm
Subject: New to group..

kitchenwitch04

Hello everyone!  My name is Tina and I am new to the group and also new to art
journaling.  I am in no way an artist - I just got interested in the whole
concept when I started seeing pages being pinned on Pinterest (which is my
internet obsession).  I like the work of Traci Bunkers and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
(sp?) and I totally adore Zettiology.  I am trying to learn more about it all,
and have just purchased Traci's book about Art Journal Workshop.  I am anxious
to get started!  I did watch her videos on youtube and bought a compostion
notebook which I have layered with phone book pages and applied gesso.  I also
did the collage border on several pages, but am now stuck on putting stuff in
the middle.  I have checked out many of the examples that have been posted to
this group and you are all extremely talented - I am nowhere near being able to
post my stuff as I don't even know what I'm doing yet.  Any ideas or suggestions
for ideas on how to get started with finding inspiration for filling up my
journal would be appreciated.  I am happy to be part of the group and hope to
learn a lot from all you talented people!!  Take care and can't wait to meet
everyone.

#8553

From: "abecedariangallery" <alicia@...>
Date: Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:51 pm
Subject: Artists Book Cornucopia III deadline is January 31

abecedariang...

Artists Book Cornucopia III has become a favorite show at the gallery for both
staff and visitors. As gallery director it gives me an opportunity to see works
by the many artists whose work I am not familiar with and to see new works by
artists I already know.

Artists Book Cornucopia III submissions (whether accepted into the show or not)
are reviewed and remembered as I select work for various curatorial projects,
both at Abecedarian and elsewhere.

The list of special collections who will be offering purchase awards for this
exhibition continues to grow. Once again I will be awarding an exhibition award
(solo Reading Room exhibition in 2013) to one artist in the show.

The exhibition will be held April 20 - June 2, 2012 with an entry deadline of
January 31, 2012.

The full prospectus is available via PDF download from Abecedarian Gallery's
website (www.abecedariangallery.com), or you can email
alicia@... to request a copy.

Abecedarian Gallery is one of only three commercial art galleries with a
full-time commitment to the exhibition of artists' publications in the US. The
continued support of all who are passionate about this genre is appreciated
beyond measure.

Alicia Bailey
Abecedarian Gallery
910 Santa Fe Dr, #101
Denver, CO  80204 USA
Phone: 720.282.4052 or 303.340.2110
Email: alicia@...

Hours: 1-5pm Thursday/Friday/Saturday
open 'til 8pm 1st & 3rd Fridays

Keep Up With Abecedarian Gallery News
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Twitter:  http://twitter.com/abecedarianbook

#8554

From: jill campbell <jacks_friend_jill@...>
Date: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:02 am
Subject: drawing advice eeded (cross-posted)

jacks_friend...

i am wanting to draw a collection of something (like buttons, beans, or seeds) that are in a pile. my drawing book is laying right next to me on the couch -- just waiting for me to start. it's a gift, so i don't want to have a "goof up" page or two torn out before i get it all figured out!

imagine looking straight down on to the stack or at like a 45 degree angle at the pile of items. would i need to start drawing from the items on the top layer and working my way "out" and "down" through the layers from there? OR, would i start at the outer/lower levels and work my way up and toward the center?

top and down/out seems right to me, but for some reason, i am not finding it in literature on drawing.

i know this seems basic drawing to many/most of you, but i truly can't find a specific instruction and i have never had art classes or lessons.

please feel free to be specific in answer back on this. thank you in advance!

jill

http://mapleleafartistry.blogspot.com -- for artwork

http://wentupthehill.blogspot.com -- for personal pictures and stories

#8555

From: "Beverly Sager" <bes53@...>
Date: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:17 pm
Subject: Re: drawing advice eeded (cross-posted)

bes53913

Hi Jill,

I'm usually a lurker, but would like to offer some suggestions:

First, do a practice drawing on a loose sheet of paper, no detail, just rough
sketch for placement, etc. That will probably tell you whether you need to begin
with the top of the pile or elsewhere. Just draw.

Second, forget "right" and "wrong" from the drawing instruction books. Draw in
the way that seems natural to you. As you draw more, you'll find your own rights
& wrongs. Nothing against proper drawing lessons, etc., but they're not
required. Just draw.

Third, so what if your drawing isn't perfect? Are you expecting them to be? Is
this book for exhibition? Or is it for your own personal journey in drawing? I
think it would be gratifying to look back one day at your first drawings and see
how far you've evolved. Just draw!

Beverly

--- In CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com, jill campbell
<jacks_friend_jill@...> wrote:
>
> i am wanting to draw a collection of something (like buttons, beans, or seeds)
that are in a pile. my drawing book is laying right next to me on the couch --
just waiting for me to start. it's a gift, so i don't want to have a "goof up"
page or two torn out before i get it all figured out!
>
> imagine looking straight down on to the stack or at like a 45 degree angle at
the pile of items. would i need to start drawing from the items on the top layer
and working my way "out" and "down" through the layers from there? OR, would i
start at the outer/lower levels and work my way up and toward the center?
>
> top and down/out seems right to me, but for some reason, i am not finding it
in literature on drawing.
>
> i know this seems basic drawing to many/most of you, but i truly can't find a
specific instruction and i have never had art classes or lessons.
>
> please feel free to be specific in answer back on this. thank you in advance!
> jill
>
> http://mapleleafartistry.blogspot.com -- for artwork
>
> http://wentupthehill.blogspot.com -- for personal pictures and stories
>

#8556

From: "Lindart" <lindart@...>
Date: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:05 pm
Subject: Re: drawing advice eeded (cross-posted)

lindaleecam

I would do top to down if it were me. If you have never done this before, you can't expect perfection right away! You may have to try a few times to get something you like. You can start by gently outlining the general shape of the pile, the outside edges, then gently draw in some other edges that may be important "landmarks". Do all your initial drawing gently and remember they are guidlines, not the final product so you can change them if you need to. Draw the button on the top, and then go from there. The lines you like, draw harder so you know these lines (might) stay. Don't be afraid to change things if they don't look right. It might not all look right, then you can start over. Don't be afraid to do that either. We LEARN from our MISTAKES!!!!

Have fun!

Linda C
****
AKA Lindart
http://www.lindart.blogspot.com
Design Team Member for http://www.AlteredPages.com

AND my very talented mother:
Two Books for the Spirit
http://www.janekarchmar.com

#8557

From: TrishaT52@...
Date: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:35 am
Subject: (No subject)

trishers2000

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