doing prep work tonight

2010, Uncategorized / /
I am priming and gluing things tonight.  I am going to do 20  seven inch square boxes.  I started the collages on paper so I am gluing a few of them to the boxes and priming some other.  Found a couple more interesting books today while browsing at Michaels Craft store.  Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World’s Most Versatile Medium (Spiral-bound) and Rethinking Acrylic: Radical Solutions For Exploiting The World’s Most Versatile Medium (Spiral-bound).  I am interested in learning more about how to use the different acrylic mediums.

I found a somerset magazine Artful blogging  Interesting too.

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Glue Gun Thermal Binding for artists’ books

2010, artist book / /
I found “Book and Art, Handcrafting Artists’ Books” by Dorothy Simpson Krause, and tried the hot glue gun method of binding this morning.  Of course I quickly read the instructions and jumped right in.  So one binding was upside down and the other off center.  Well they say you have to be willing to make mistakes.  soon I will get it right.
Post by Linda Germain

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What happens when you just keep making art?

2010, Gelatin plate print, handmade books / /
Well I was working on  this accordion book.  It was not falling together.  I finally stopped trying to have all the answers up front and just started making marks and layers.  I said it is okay if it does not work or come out how I wanted it to.  I can always change it.  Paint over it, collage over it, cut it out or something  Yeah!  So just keep making art. 

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Asking for your Voice to be heard

2010, Uncategorized / /

My mom and sister are healthy Breast Cancer Survirors and we think it is important to pass the bill known as the Breast Cancer patient Protection Act.  Please sign the petition or write to your representatives if it is important to you too. More info to sign a petition click here  More info http://www.fightpink.org/legislation/hr-1691-breast-cancer-patient-protection-act-of-2009.html  and to track the Bill http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1691

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