altered books

That's Sasha, our teacher, and Kay, another student. I was the youngest person there by at least a decade. Le sigh.

I iz making da bookz!

I took a sweet class at the Urban Craft Center a weekend or two ago, and it was awesome. I'm using the book as a sketchbook/altered book now, so I'll post pictures of it soon. I altered A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. It's a super weird book, but it seemed perfect for the project.

P.S. My craft show is tomorrow, so come visit me, plzkthnx!

old reliable

Some plushies I've recently made, soon to be up in the store.

In a separate, but equally awesome note, I've begun reading Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson. If by some slim chance you haven't read him, I highly suggest any of his books. If you like to travel, but don't have the time, or enjoy reading about the stupid things people say and do, his books are magical. Neither Here Nor There is about his travels in Europe. In a Sunburned Country is equally amazing- it's set in Australia, a place most of us will never ever go. I read it two summers ago whilst abroad in Switzerland. Surprisingly, it reminded me of home. Perhaps because stupid people are global.

He always took the time to speak with me

...And I liked him for that.

Something I started/finished working on today. Originally it was for Illustration Fridays topic "Late" but other than that clock... I don't know how it relates. I haven't had time to draw in my sketchbook much lately, but this weekend has been an exception. I want to finish it by Christmas-ish time, so I best start cracking. I also picked up American Gods and Coraline from the bookstore. It's about time I started reading again.

It's about time I started doing a lot of things again.

the book of stuff and things

Some of the pages/spreads from my first full artist's book in Patrick's class. I made a plush version of the little guys above (in the flames.)

Oh, and this was all in micron ink (line art) and watercolour, handbound, etc etc. The cover is bookcloth (for the quarterbound part) and gray Canson paper, with laquer transfers for all the text/rendered images. Hope you enjoy.

We're starting a 3 volume set of books for our next project. Mines in three different languages, so that should be interesting. Hopefully I can learn some German before this summer.