Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

October 1st, 2008

Call for entries: Maternal Legends

Maternal Legends: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Books
December 5, 2008 - January 3, 2009
Entry deadline: October 24, 2008
THEME - Maternal Legends. Mothers, grandmothers, sisters, stories,
histories, legends, legacies. What did we learn from our mothers and
their mothers and their mothers? What are the stories that have been
passed down through the generations? How […]

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September 11th, 2008

Artist Profile: Christy Sobolewski

Artist: Christy Sobolewski (Average American Girl)
Location: Fort Myers, FL, USA
Websites:
Graphic This (digital art only),
Average American Girl (all other art & personal)
Christy, how do you describe your work?
I do not know how to describe my work other than to say it is usually very graphic in format. I am very drawn to shapes […]

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July 31st, 2008

Artist Profile: June Campbell

Altered Playing Cards
Artist: June Campbell
Business name: Scrappbookinging By Design
Location: North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Websites & Blog:
Scrapping by Design
Scrapping by Design blog
Altered Book
June’s videos
How do you describe your work?
I do a variety of paper crafting projects, including scrapbooking, card making, altered books, making mini albums and journals, altered art, mixed media collage, etc. I […]

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June 5th, 2008

Maine College of Art and Portland Public Library: altered books!

Sophia Michahelles: Vanity Fair
MECA and the Portland Public Library have struck!! What a brilliant idea, giving away deaccessioned books from the library to MECA students!
MECA and the Portland Public Library teamed up to present “Long Overdue: Book Renewal.” Starting with books that had been withdrawn from the Portland Public Library as no longer suitable […]

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November 29th, 2007

Found poetry in altered books

Christmas Due Date, by Sheila E Murphy
Logolalia has found poetry posted by a slew of altered book artists. Many of the participants have wonderful websites of their own, too!
Tags: altered-books, Art Communities, Book Arts, found-poetry, Mixed Media, paper arts

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November 15th, 2007

Artist Profile: Valerie Foster

Artist: Valerie Foster
Website & Blog:
Val’s Altered Heart Journey
Val’s Webshots album

How do you describe your work, Val?
I describe it as rather haphazard, or all over the map. I think I have my own style, but it’s hard for me to pin it down. Most of my art is free-style, out of my own head. […]

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November 8th, 2007

Call for entries: At Play in a Field Of Books

At Play in a Field Of Books: altered books in Minnesota
January 12-March 29, 2008
As part of the city wide celebration of altered books, Susan Hensel Gallery and MNARTISTS.ORG invite you to apply to be part of the Minnesota contingent to be exhibited in “SPACE 144,” a display case gallery, at the Minneapolis Central Public Library. […]

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August 17th, 2007

Wonderful art from the ABC_AlteredBookClub

I recently became aware of the wonderful work that was coming out of an online artist community known as the ABC_Alteredbookclub! My friend Elizabeth took the time to give us all an overview of what her group does, and has shared some of the beautiful art! The rest of this post are her words:
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May 15th, 2007

Using tissue paper as a guide

Technique Tuesday!
In this tutorial today, I’m going to show you how to use tissue paper as a tool rather than as an actual art material.

Gather together a picture that you would like to use, a sheet of text, a sheet of tissue paper, a pencil, and an exacto knife.

Find some words on the sheet of […]

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May 11th, 2007

The spring issue of the Bonefolder is online

The Book Arts Web, home of one of the best email lists for book artists, has the newest issue of the e-journal The Bonefolder available online for downloading. Among other things, it includes a behind-the-scenes look at the show One Book, Many Interpretations .
Tags: altered-books, book-art, book-making, bookbinding, Journals, Mixed Media, Paper

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