I'm always a bit slow on the uptake – I've only just realised that artistcareer has released its latest newsletter with arty type blogs included. And yes my little patch was included – but I was so heartened to see fellow book art object folk sara and amanda had their blogs there too – nice!
I had a quick peruse of the list (as you do...) and found a few gems:
I loved finding prophet of bloom as I really adore what india flint gets up to (I love her book eco colour)
...then I fell over sewn earth with more eco fibre work... but I think my favourite find was jay dee - on the face of it jay dee and I share quite a few interests: Slow movement (snap) eco awareness (snap) booky things (big snap) so I'll have to drop by again and see what she is getting up to
there were oodles of blogs to check out (not all were my cup of tea – but you might LOVE them) drop over to the artistcareer site and have fun.
right now – I'm getting ready for the opening of the Meroogal Award at Spiral Gallery tonight (its first port of call in a long tour) I MUST remember to take my camera this time so I can share some pics!
Showing posts with label double elephant. Show all posts
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
karma
phew - it's been a long day - on the computer and NOT in the studio as planned (grrrrrrrr!)
but I've finally made those changes to my bloggy space here muted ages ago... and as a part of my creative flurry I made a little something for the new blog over at book art object
(I'm about to write a little story about the creation of the title design over at Book Art Object)
BUT mostly I wanted to write a quick note to pass on the good karma....
you see a couple of days ago I was startled by Carol of Barnacle Goose Paperworks who mentioned me in her 'karma friends award' post.... goodness! I'm rather clueless and gormless in these things - but as I think I'm meant to pass it on, it does give me a great opportunity to mention one blog and person whose blog has really made a substantial change in my little creek world - so I'm handing on all the love to SCB at Double Elephant and I'll happily tell you why...
In my earliest forays into the blogospere I stumbled over Double Elephant and all the booky goodness it contained. I've been a regular since my first visit for there I sensed a shared passion for all things booky - and I was right! (don't you love those moments!)....
One of the hardest things about working in a regional area is the sense of distance and isolation - sometimes it's so difficult just to track down reliable resources - and here is where I owe SCB a great big bloggy hug - a recent post on Double Elephant lead me to a great supply of bookcloth and all other things booky (wheeeeeee!!!! oh the joy!!!). Via Double Elephant I've discovered a world of lovely booky bloggers - and I'm looking forward to getting to know a few of those a bit better via the book club that has come together as a result of some of that Double Elephant energy and foresight....
and in my books that's a whole lot of good karma floating around in the blogospere - thanks SCB
but I've finally made those changes to my bloggy space here muted ages ago... and as a part of my creative flurry I made a little something for the new blog over at book art object
(I'm about to write a little story about the creation of the title design over at Book Art Object)
BUT mostly I wanted to write a quick note to pass on the good karma....
you see a couple of days ago I was startled by Carol of Barnacle Goose Paperworks who mentioned me in her 'karma friends award' post.... goodness! I'm rather clueless and gormless in these things - but as I think I'm meant to pass it on, it does give me a great opportunity to mention one blog and person whose blog has really made a substantial change in my little creek world - so I'm handing on all the love to SCB at Double Elephant and I'll happily tell you why...
In my earliest forays into the blogospere I stumbled over Double Elephant and all the booky goodness it contained. I've been a regular since my first visit for there I sensed a shared passion for all things booky - and I was right! (don't you love those moments!)....
One of the hardest things about working in a regional area is the sense of distance and isolation - sometimes it's so difficult just to track down reliable resources - and here is where I owe SCB a great big bloggy hug - a recent post on Double Elephant lead me to a great supply of bookcloth and all other things booky (wheeeeeee!!!! oh the joy!!!). Via Double Elephant I've discovered a world of lovely booky bloggers - and I'm looking forward to getting to know a few of those a bit better via the book club that has come together as a result of some of that Double Elephant energy and foresight....
and in my books that's a whole lot of good karma floating around in the blogospere - thanks SCB
Saturday, August 8, 2009
book art object... eeeeek!
A short time back I answered the call of fellow blogger SCB at double elephant to join a 'book club' of sorts.... in this case the club was not so much about sitting around the fire discussing a chosen text as it was about MAKING a booky arty object in response to a chosen text....
well that sounded very interesting and all that to me
so I put my hand up - of course not thinking about time, or texts or anything really except - wouldn't it be nice...
weelllllllllll
as of yesterday it's all systems go - with a dedicated blog: 'book art object'.... a set text: the poem "Learning Absences" by Rosemary Dobson... a deadline (of sorts): earlier December (well maybe not a final deadline).... and eight, count 'em 8, warm bodies who have their hands in the air like me.... (I wonder if they, like me, are now going 'GULP - what have I done?!')
shhhhh don't tell anyone - but I'm actually quite excited about digging my artistic teeth into very very new territory - and a committment to create an edition of 9 (count 'em.... eeeeeeek) books.
stay tuned here or here!
(hope you like the narcissus from the garden here at the creek... an early spring gift)
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