Sneak Peak of Rozelle Sketchbook

Here are some pages from the latest sketchbook event that I am participating in:

You can see more about the project at: http://www.facebook.com/rozelleartistsguild?ref=ts

Journal Art set to music

This is my first "music video" featuring calligraphy from various journals and the song by Norah Jones called "Those sweet words."



And here is a video of me lettering in our class this summer in Chicago, thanks to Hiroko Shimizu:

Second half at Arrowmont

What an intense week! We all worked hard during the day and most of us stayed in the studio til after 9 every night.  Dan was generous with his time, coming back in after hours to help everyone or just hang out with us.  Here are the books that I did, some of Dan's and some of the other students'.

My 4 X 6" book, with papers that I had decorated in advance:

The same book, open from the front, showing the papers:

Cover of my other wooden board book:

Both covers and spine sewing:

Detail of window, covered with mica and tiny brass nails:

Detail of back cover. Notice the crackled wood treatment. I made the tiny scroll myself, including the carved dowels, using an actual power tool!

Detail of the headband sewing, which was one of the most difficult things that we did:

Inside back cover with marbled paper under a circle of mica:

Inside front cover:

The tiny book that I started on the first day, finished off with a headband stitch:

Two covers not attached to a text block yet:

These two books are examples of Dan's. The top one is about 4 X 5" with blank pages. This is a detail of the spine, the stitching, the colorful way that he dyes the covers and the inset with the shells. Most of his books look like this.

This book is a sample showing the kinds of things we could do to the covers ou our books -- the inset windows, the mica shapes sewn in, the little pillow-shaped insets on the bottom right.

Ann's book:

Damon McIntyre's book:

Lynne's book:

Patty's book:

It was a great workshop and I am so glad that I was able to attend.  From a calligrapher's point of view, it was wonderful to understand this structure better.  I can imagine books filled with lettering done this way.  I definitely came away with ideas for future projects.

Twinkling H2Os

The topic of these watercolors came up again on Cyberscribes yesterday and since it they are one of my favorite tools I want to share some samples. It also is relevent since I had students use them in the Neuland class last weekend. Here are some pages from various journals using the twinkling H2Os for lettering and abstract designs: