Got out the jewelry findings and the copper and came up with "Darkling Beetle" It all started with Karen Cole showing us her technique one week-end in New York. Now I have all kinds of stuff I need to use. But one can never have to much stuff.

P.S. Found it!

Found the cable so here's the book...

The finished size of this one is 3 1/2" x 6"

Illumination..Joy's post

Here are some views of the page I did at Lynne Perrella's class on Illuminated Manuscripts. When folded into a book, each section takes on a whole new life of it's own.

The red rosin paper is such a strong and useful substrate for these works.

When I returned home, I had to work on another piece... and here it is....lots of texture and color. These pieces end up being very pliable though, and lend themselves to folding and sewing very easily.

If I can find the cable to my camera to download ( ugh!!) I will post pictures of the folded book. Where is that cable??.........

Tudor wear

Making objects of art from vintage brass findings can be addictive. After spending some time with Jerri, Kathryn and Karen learning Karen's wonderful copper tooling with added findings techniques we then moved on to larger pieces. This is made entirely of brass findings from Metalliferous and junk shops. It is both wired and glued to the bookboard.

"Joy" in Pennsylvania

Taking LK Ludwig's workshop at the awesome studio of Bee Shay was a double delight.  

We got to learn all the things LK had for us......metal resist with patinas, nature printing with colorful dyes and gelatin printing.  This all took place at Bee's studio, a wonderfully creative space.  I wonder how she EVER leaves it.  

Here are a few examples of what we did.  

When all are papers were completed, we then bound them into a book.  

Weekend with Jesse Reno.... Joy's post

Spending the weekend at Carol Parks' incredible home/studio was the best!  

Her home is an art gallery, so if you ever get the chance to attend there...go for it.  

We had a small group and Jesse was a real hands on artist. 

 He painted as he instructed and actually finished twopieces himself over the weekend.  

Watching him work was a lesson in itself.   Learning his techniques brought "am I done yet?" to a new level.  And painting with your hands again gave freedom not found in a long time.  The bird below is Kathryn's .
This weird elephant man is mine.  We painted on cardboard so we had no bond in case something went wrong, but everyone was happy with their work and I'm sure we will all be hanging them somewhere. 
We all named this piece of Kathryn's "sea goat".
This last piece of mine just evolved over three days.  Keep in mind that not a one of our pieces look anything like they did to begin with.  And that was the beauty of it all!  Check out Jesse's work on his website www.jessereno.com.

Work from our trip to New York, the on line class Graffiti Chic and jewelry for the trunk show in April