L.K. Ludwig's New Book is Here!!!!
My Journal Cover L.K.'s Book Cover
Oh, wow! Now I know how it feels to have even a little bit of your art on the cover of a published book!! L.K. Ludwig's new book, published by Quarry, has a cover based on my journal cover. Naturally, they used some technology to move things around for the cover but it's still recognizable as my art. I'm so excited. On the cover of LK's book, the area inside the metal slide frame is cut out so that when you open the book, you see that the "Please Sign In" tag is actually on the front endpaper. That's pretty cool - a hole in the cover.
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media is a terrific book. I can tell by just flipping through it. (I just got it. Haven't had time yet to read it!) It is crammed full of images from many, many collaborative journals.
Introduction to the book, pages 9 and 10
Lucky me! My Colour Play journal is featured on
the page facing the introduction to the book. And get this -- see the
little strip of trinkets to the right of the introduction? That is a
picture of a part of my book spine! How clever is that? I think if you
click on the introduction page to get a larger scan, you can probably
read what the book is about.
I tried to show you a larger scan of the spine of my book in the image to the right here. This is a really terrible picture of it because I had to open to covers on the scanner and that made a dip in the middle where the charms don't show and there is no light. Bummer. I didn't have my digital camera then. When I get my book back. I'll try to get a decent photo and replace this one. You will have to click on the image to see the scan at all.
Four of our books from the Arte ed Anima group's Colour Play art journal collaborative were pictured on the page facing the introduction to art journal collaboratives. (Click on the image to see it more clearly.) The books shown here are (left to right, top to bottom) by Lynne Porter, Lou McCulloch, Sally Turlington, and Kim Logan.
In L.K.'s book, the section on art journal collaboratives begins with the Colour Play journal round robin. There is a short article and TEN large pictures of some of the journal pages in that project.
I blogged about the Colour Play project, hostessed by Sue Berry, which traveled from the UK across the United States. The assignment each month specified a different art technique and color palette that had to be used. Each artist made her book and created the pages for January before sending the book on the next artist. You might enjoy seeing those blog posts for 2006: January 22 , February 2, June 2, June 28, and Oct. 8. Since that round robin started before I began my blog, I didn't have blog posts for all the assignments. You can see the the pages I did for the books in my photo album called, Colour Play.
Spreads by Sue Berry (top) and Sally Turlington (bottom)
ALTERED BOOK ROUND ROBINS
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media is a terrific book. I can tell by just flipping through it. (I just got it. Haven't had time yet to read it!) It is crammed full of images from many, many collaborative journals.
Introduction to the book, pages 9 and 10
I tried to show you a larger scan of the spine of my book in the image to the right here. This is a really terrible picture of it because I had to open to covers on the scanner and that made a dip in the middle where the charms don't show and there is no light. Bummer. I didn't have my digital camera then. When I get my book back. I'll try to get a decent photo and replace this one. You will have to click on the image to see the scan at all.
ART JOURNAL COLLABORATIVES
In L.K.'s book, the section on art journal collaboratives begins with the Colour Play journal round robin. There is a short article and TEN large pictures of some of the journal pages in that project.
I blogged about the Colour Play project, hostessed by Sue Berry, which traveled from the UK across the United States. The assignment each month specified a different art technique and color palette that had to be used. Each artist made her book and created the pages for January before sending the book on the next artist. You might enjoy seeing those blog posts for 2006: January 22 , February 2, June 2, June 28, and Oct. 8. Since that round robin started before I began my blog, I didn't have blog posts for all the assignments. You can see the the pages I did for the books in my photo album called, Colour Play.
Spreads by Sue Berry (top) and Sally Turlington (bottom)
ALTERED BOOK ROUND ROBINS
In another section, L.K. talks about altered book round robins. In the introduction to that section, my altered calendar spread was shown on the facing page along with five spreads from other altered books:
The middle spread on the left side is mine. And the strip on the right page, too.
The middle spread on the left side is mine. And the strip on the right page, too.
Did you even notice that the strip they used one this introduction page is from my spread also? They used a strip of images right down the center of my spread (on the left page) - including the tags at the top of the book. I'll show you these two spreads in larger versions so you might see what I'm talking about.
See? All except the top red part of the strip came from the right-most edge of this page. (You will probably have to click on these images to see larger versions of them.)
This is the other page shown in the spread they have in the book . . . although, the two pages were not opposite each other in the actual altered calendars -- more technology on Quarry's part. I don't mind. I'm just thrilled to have art in the book.
See? All except the top red part of the strip came from the right-most edge of this page. (You will probably have to click on these images to see larger versions of them.)
This is the other page shown in the spread they have in the book . . . although, the two pages were not opposite each other in the actual altered calendars -- more technology on Quarry's part. I don't mind. I'm just thrilled to have art in the book.
The section in L.K.'s book about altered books starts with our Altered Calendar round robin hosted by Kathy Wasilewski. There is a short article about the round robin and 14 large pictures of spreads in the various altered appointment calendars.
My spread is the one on top here.
Here is a better look at those two pages I was happy to get into this luscious book:
Birthday and Saturday's Child, mixed media spread in altered calendar
(Click on the image to get a look at some of the writing.)
My spread is the one on top here.
Birthday and Saturday's Child, mixed media spread in altered calendar
(Click on the image to get a look at some of the writing.)
My contributions were small but - hey, I'm thrilled. This is a super book just crammed with fantastic artists other than the ones I've already mentioned -- Keely Barham, Randi Feuerhelm-Watts, Rande Hanson, Katie Kendrick, Majia Lepore, Deb Lewis, Sandra McCall, Melissa McCobb Hubbell, Lou McCulloch, Laurie Mika, Carol Parks, DJ Pettitt, Joanna Pierotti, Ruth Rae, Kristen Robinson, Claudia Roulier, Red Scott, Kelly Snelling, Helga Strauss, Judy Wise, Catherine Witherell, and ONE HUNDRED NINETY others including my friends from the two swaps I participated in - Sue Berry, Marci Glenn, Cece Grimes, Lynne Howe, Lynn Porter, Kim Logan, Caren McNee, Jennifer Rowland, and Liz Smith. Whew! What a talented crew.
Assemblage and Jewelry Collaboration by Deryn Mentock and Jen Worden
My good friend, Deryn Mentock and her collaborator, Jen Worden, have a featured article about an assemblage, sculpture, and jewelry piece they created called Midnight in the Valley of the Bones.
Assemblage and Jewelry colaboration by Deryn Mentock and Jen Worden
COLLABORATIVE MIXED MEDIA EXCHANGES
Assemblage and Jewelry Collaboration by Deryn Mentock and Jen Worden
My good friend, Deryn Mentock and her collaborator, Jen Worden, have a featured article about an assemblage, sculpture, and jewelry piece they created called Midnight in the Valley of the Bones.
Assemblage and Jewelry colaboration by Deryn Mentock and Jen Worden
This is an awesome piece with a detachable necklace. It is based on the story about Ezekiel when he came upon a valley of dry bones where God commanded him to speak to the bones. God breathed into the bones and brought them to life! (Great story -- read it n Ezekiel Chapter 37.) Jen's assemblage is facinating and Deryn's accompanying necklace is no less a marvel, as her jewelry usually is.
Get this hot-off-the-press book and check all the newest things out for yourself. And be sure sure to check the blogs of some of the artists I've mentioned. Undoubtedly, they will have blog posts about the behind-the-scenes goings-on!!
Don't let the cover picture at Amazon fool you, they used a "working" cover picture. If you click to "see inside" the book, you'll get the right cover picture. Every time I see this one, my tummy flips like when you see an old friend! That journal cover is an old friend for sure.
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Get this hot-off-the-press book and check all the newest things out for yourself. And be sure sure to check the blogs of some of the artists I've mentioned. Undoubtedly, they will have blog posts about the behind-the-scenes goings-on!!
Don't let the cover picture at Amazon fool you, they used a "working" cover picture. If you click to "see inside" the book, you'll get the right cover picture. Every time I see this one, my tummy flips like when you see an old friend! That journal cover is an old friend for sure.
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God is good!
