First Book!

Yesterday my friend Julie taught me how to make a Lotus Book. I may have added more pages than I was suppose to, and the paper I used for the pages was not ideal.........but, I made a book!

Looking forward to making many more.

Addicted to Paper!

I am addicted to paper. I could easily be accused of being a paper hoarder and would have to plead guilty. I love the stuff! The weight, the smell, the texture, and oh the myriad of colors and patterns. Handmade Italian Marbled Endpapers, Japanese Chiyogami, papers with bits of leaves or grasses in them, and papers with velvety surfaces pristine surfaces longing to be marked upon.

Some of the papers are from exotic places and have exotic names. Some are made in paper mills that have been producing paper for centuries. Some are made by hand.

I love them all and I am greedy for them.

Tomorrow a friend of mine is going to show me how to convert some of my paper into a book. I am hoping this will help reduce the sheets of paper accumulating in my drawer. I fear it will only give credence to my lust for more paper.

Love this Print

"Pretty in Pink"

Embellished and collaged Monoprint

14" x 20"

$395.00

plus shipping

I was looking at this print this morning. I love it. A Monoprint embellished with 23 karat gold leaf and collaged with French and Italian Marbled endpapers on a sheet of French paper that is eggshell with flecks of brown and grey.

 I admit I have a passion for beautifully crafted paper.

I am so tempted to frame it. However once it is framed it make it more difficult to sell as the price goes up and much more difficult to ship. So, at least for the moment it shall remain unframed.

Cards

I have been busy making cards. I love all the different patterns and colours. It's like working with the discarded pieces of a kaleidoscope.

Bird Collage

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Art Walk

This is one of the little collages that will be on display for the First Friday Art Walk at West of the Moon in Flagstaff,Arizona.The Art Walk is from 6:00-9:00 pm,Friday,May 7th.The weather should be nice for this event.Remember,it's spring time in the Rockies,so it might get a bit nippy.