Sep 23
My sister wants to do an art journal exchange with her friend, so I started binding some watercolor paper into signatures. I got some books on bookbinding, so I started reading them to pick up pointers. Previously, I had just been doing everything by looking at books and puzzling out how they were made. What …
Sep 21
For the past year or so, collage has fascinated me. It’s a completely different direction from my usual art. Altered books especially interest me, because it’s 3D art and because it’s recycled. It does take some courage to actually destroy a book, but I consoled myself in that there were other copies for sale at …
Sep 15
My sister sent back my art journal, and now I have to think of the next page. I have a tenative idea, but haven’t started yet. Here’s the page that I did a year ago today.
Sep 08
I went to First Friday downtown last night to peddle mehindi. It was successful in that Windy was good company and the atmosphere was relaxing, but not successful in that I didn’t convince many people to get henna done. Also, I’d brought a lantern, but the children must have left it on all night because …
Sep 05
I was experimenting with a new recipe tonight and wanted to test it out on my arm. My first problem was that the goop was too thin, so I had to add more powder. I worried that the henna had indigo in it again, because it was bright green, but it didn’t. It’s just fresh. …
