Category Archives: Art

For all of my Puget Sound (Washington State) area friends…a wonderful concert is coming up next week – 2 performances of the Candlelight Concerts, conducted by Maestro Arthur Shaw.  I’ll be there! Larry is playing viola in this select orchestra, … Continue reading →

This afternoon’s play – an ATC  ‘trade’ for a friend in Eugene.  Hope she likes it! The image is  from Ten Two Studios. I used a stiff plastic backing (which was sent in an envelope from France for packaging of … Continue reading →

THIS JOURNAL IS SOLD I’ve been working on this journal most of this week.  I adore vintage buttons, as you know, and had ordered some lovely pastel buttons with a tiny bit of ‘bling’ from a shop on Etsy.  The … Continue reading →

…from Ten Two Studios!  Don’t forget to check it out!

I had a great time making my version of the Dan Brown “DaVinci Code” cryptex. Here are the images – and you can read about it HERE.  I used a “Republic of Tea” cylindrical tin, with a second tin lid, … Continue reading →

This spread is for Laurie’s book in the  Hawaii Altered BookRound Robin.  Laurie had no instructions, so I went with my own thing.  I made this Tip-in spread using pages from a facsimile catalog of the Great London Exhibition of … Continue reading →

It was time for me to put a new foil liner on my palette…I use the ‘non-stick’ foil, which defies being glued to anything – I also don’t like wasting pretty palette paint blobs.  So- I popped off all the … Continue reading →

Here I am again.    This spread was fun, because I love the crackled paint look. I chose my ‘found text’ and highlighted it with fluid acrylic paint. I then painted over the pages with an opaque ‘mauve’ acrylic paint, … Continue reading →

Is it cheating to do more than I set out to do? Of course not.  Here are today’s 2 AB spreads. Napkin collage, spray washes, marker on the first; acrylic paint, found text, Italian newsprint, scrapping border paper, sponge stamp … Continue reading →

A sign of the times…… Rubber stamps, black gesso, acrylic paint, alcohol inks, Pitt artist pen, white marker pen.

If you know the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”, then you know who Hal is…and if you aren’t familiar with the movie, then just enjoy viewing the page. After I had made all the circles with the red dot centers, … Continue reading →

Day 4 of my altered book page-a-day thing.  I used black gesso, fluid acrylics,  Ranger’s Adirondack color wash, collage image from Ten Two studios , stamped word, stamped image from a ten-yr.-old PostModern Design rubber stamp I have, sign language … Continue reading →

My AB spread for the day.  The dragon image I cut from a book called “Dragons: A Natural History”- it was my mom’s – the girls are an image from Ten Two Studios, and the circus label I received from … Continue reading →

This is my altered book (Codes and Ciphers) effort for today. Napkin collage with old book image of bat, and Halloween image from Ten Two Studios, acrylic paint and black Bic marker.

This evening I fell into a muse- and decided to combine the October Challenge on the Yahoo Altered Books Group  and start altering a book, perhaps altering a page every day- though in my heart I know myself too well … Continue reading →

Techno Kitty thanks you for your innovative genius and contributions to the world of IT.  She especially thanks you for her iPhone!

I created this 2-page spread for Su’s book- she had sent the book pages (for those of us on the mainland) to alter.  When open, this spread is 9″H X 16″ W.  Su’s theme is “Earth Rhythms and Morphscapes”.  My … Continue reading →

I first got this suitcase in 1956, to take to summer camp.  It is 21″ long X 13″ wide X 7″ deep.  It was THE ugliest brown fake-fabric-covered thing (the plastic handle is original and UNaltered .)  Ever since that … Continue reading →

Linda B. posted today- she  guessed  the title of the book sculpture correctly – it is…….. ta daaa….   “DEAD ‘C’ SCROLLS”.     I know- baaad pun- I couldn’t help myself!