Adding the all important finishing touches to these prints…

I am using a handy craft kit (from Arnold Grummer) to make “zig zag” accordian fold books that document some artwork completed over the past 2-3 years. I have just finished my first book, Twig Tangles, creating two copies, documenting my Tangled Twigs series of mixed media works.

I purchased a kit for 12 books, so I plan to design 3 or 4 different books, and print extra copies of each. There are 10 pages per book, on the front & back sides of a 5.5″ by 24″ strip of lightweight pre-folded cardstock, and I am pleased that I can feed this strip (carefully) through my printer.

The front & back book covers provide additional blank space for art: a template is provided to help you create covers for the 24 stiff cardboard rectangles provided in the kit.

The last photo is of an altered book carved & glued to make a box, containing three tiny books printed with images of older drawings.

Another Bone Game

Notes: this piece started as two monotone prints from linoleum cut plates with one continuous design.The hands and all color are added later to the joined prints using colored pencil. This was then scanned, digitally modified to somewhat disguise the join, and the color has been somewhat adjusted.

And then there is always “solarize”:

Twig Tangles VII from start to finish: it has two full size layers, plus later collage additions. As you can see, things changed! I thought it was complete, and even exhibited it, with the “insect” in the center… but it bothered me too much. After the show, I needed to work on it some more, and I used pieces of two brayer work prints to finish this:  the mysterious egg and the red leaf are the late collage additions, and I also tweaked a loop of one twig to fade it back (hard to see in the reduced size online images).

Sorry that the WordPress Gallery full size images are in the wrong order. I don’t think I can re-order these without starting over and uploading each in the order desired (and I am too lazy for that today!)