Art – Page 4 – red paper boat

The Very Best Word

February 28, 2023 Shelly

C H O N K Y

September 25, 2019 Shelly

8 x 6 1/4 inches
exposed spine sewn on tapes with waxed linen thread
96 pages recycled from old student work
cover recycled from a creepy children’s book

I finished filling this book with gluebook collage, and even after removing a bunch of pages, it’s heckin chonky. Oops!

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Comet

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Shelly

Hark! A tiny painting!

gouache on paper
4 x 6 inches

Art, Doodles

Staff Meeting Doodle

August 20, 2019 Shelly

ink on paper

Art, Paintings

I found a really ugly painting at Goodwill. The stretcher was nice, though, so I bought it with the intention of recycling it. I removed the loose strings and primed the canvas with gesso, before painting.

Andromeda
mixed media (acrylic, cotton string, beads, pottery shards, and glass) on canvas

Art, Bookarts

Circus Book

July 31, 2019 Shelly

Working

Makeshift punching cradle

Circus Book
single-needle coptic binding with waxed linen thread, using repurposed book boards and card stock pages

I used spacers so there would be room to add collage work without stressing the binding. Some people like fat books that won’t close, but I’m not one of those people.

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Tacket Binding and Photo Albums

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Shelly

Tacket binding using a recycled encyclopedia cover. I’m planning on doing more of these, using the same encyclopedia set.

I also spent the weekend sorting photos and getting a start on putting them into albums. Just when I thought I was finished sorting, I found another box of photos. And then I realized I’m still missing a stash, but I have no idea where they are.

Art, Journals

Found Photo Project

July 6, 2019 Shelly

I finished the found photo paint sketch project I started a couple of weeks ago. I got a really nice hard-bound scrapbook at Goodwill, as well as an old magnetic photo album full of someone’s vacation photos from Hawaii.

I separated out the seascapes and landscapes and did paint sketches from them in the scrapbook, using gouache and watercolor. There are 29 paint sketches in all.

Now I can spend tomorrow playing with collage.

Art, Paintings

Five Minute Watercolor Sketch

July 5, 2019 Shelly

watercolor on cold press paper

I only have a few more of these little paintings left before the book is full. I was tired of painting on cardstock though, so I did this one on watercolor paper.

Art, Paintings, Photography