Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts

Sunday, April 27, 2008

interlace



started a new little postcard series called, "interlace". I weave paper together to create words. i have made two as gifts this year and thought they were really beautiful so i am going to make some more. these are a bit sloppy, but they are just for messing around. i have been finding really beautiful advertisements for events in bold colors on cardstock and immediately wanted to make interlaces out of them, but the card stock is really difficult to weave with on a small scale. JA is the size of a standard postcard and I LIKE TO WATCH SHIPS PASSING BY is 7 3/4" x 5 3/4". I was really excited about Ships Passing but since the cardstock was so stiff it was really challenging and i got frustrated and stopped. but, now that i have taken a picture of it, it actually looks pretty cool. maybe i will salvage it. i think i might do a Copenhagen Alphabet. we'll see.

Oh, and have any of you heard of Viktor IV? I just discovered him at the Royal Library bookstore in the Black Diamond. Artist wanderer who made daily logs in his boat logbook out of letters, envelopes and other found objects. there is a show about him at Galleri Tavi at the northernmost tip of Denmark, SKAGEN, and i might try and make it up there, visit Mark's parents in Aalborg and reach the tippy top.

Friday, April 18, 2008

found book


pieces of this will certainly be appearing in postcards and collages. it was really wet when i found it, so i had to dry it out on the heater for several days. as a result the pages are very warped. i found out on a walk and it's funny how mundane things like this will strike you. i just wanted to take it home. oh and the poems are in Swedish.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

doubletich



the laundry room in my building is an inspiration. bold colors and rolling baskets, and on top of the machines there are signs that say FRI (free) and occupied (don't remember the word) and that is how above post card was born. and below are more from the same laundry session.




Saturday, April 5, 2008

louisiana art museum


today i went to the louisiana museum for modern art in a suburb of copenhagen.
you can't take pics inside, but here is a little quad of the day.

get busy on your bike