Thursday, May 29, 2014

moo...




said in my best yoda voice 
 'excited we are'

inside are itty-bitty 
 'carpe diem' moo cards

 
15 different cards 
spanning 2 years of ephemeral gesturing...


and I've made little book page pockets for them...


As soon as I work out a nice online store**

I'll be offering little packets containing 10 random art gesture cards
for folk to purchase (if they feel inclined)

mind you - if you were sweet enough to purchase either


or 


at the blurb store


please drop me a note/pic and I'll pop a origami packet of gestures
 in the post for you as a thank you gift



** I haven't quite decided the who/what/where etc for an online store
so if you have some advice
I'm all ears!


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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

in the background...


more collage



lots of little square collages actually...


of mostly white and black and aged papers adhered to hard boards


and as pleasant as I find the activity
and as carefully as I choose the bits and pieces and arrange them just so
this is just the first step in a project
for these are the grounds (backgrounds) for a series...


an effective background is a neutral background
one that doesn't have a lot of tonal contrast competing for attention

so it's time to add a thin layer of white gesso over the mottled collages


preparing them to become receptive backgrounds


but arctic white is not really my scene

so I brewed up a strong mug of tea


and gave them all a nice drink...



and NOW I'm ready to begin....


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Sunday, May 4, 2014

codex infinitum on blurb...


at loooooong last I can offer everyone
a little slice of my MFA project


codex infinitum the infinite book by Rhonda Ayliffe | Make Your Own Book

codex infinitum - the infinite book
contains modified excerpts from my MFA thesis
and reproductions of artworks from my research project

  all wrapped up in a  little blurb book

and for anyone interested enough to grab a blurb book -
I'll happily send you a PDF version
of my full MFA thesis (minus the images)

just drop me a line

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