_A Million Little… Choices _ Accordion book submitted to Sketchbook 4 - Evertson©09
_The Art House Co-op’s Sketchbook project opens January 29th in Atlanta and will travel to Brooklyn, LA, St. Louis and Chicago.
This is the Co-ops fourth time out of the gate with exhibiting artist sketchbooks. This version differs in that the sketchbooks become part of a permanent library maintained by Art House.
Inside front cover
The library is intended to be searchable by artist, title or subject. Topics were suggested in the blank moleskin books mailed to participating artists. While artists were free to create in their own style the topics do provide another search option for those visiting the collection.
I received my book in November with a suggested theme of “A Million Little….”
The book gives me the opportunity to explore my ongoing work with game play and the grid in yet another format. Tic tac toe or Noughts and Crosses is simply a basic grid on which a simple child’s game is played.
This blog has documented this work in progress from its beginning as hand carved stamp designs to conveying a simple symbolic language with the designs acting as pictographs intended to represent moods or ideas. I introduced the grid on the blog simply as a way to showcase different stamp designs. My way of thinking evolved so that I began to see the grids as fields where the choices we make in life begin to overlap and form our makeup as individuals.
This blog has documented this work in progress from its beginning as hand carved stamp designs to conveying a simple symbolic language with the designs acting as pictographs intended to represent moods or ideas. I introduced the grid on the blog simply as a way to showcase different stamp designs. My way of thinking evolved so that I began to see the grids as fields where the choices we make in life begin to overlap and form our makeup as individuals.
The sketchbook was made from original drawings that I scanned; I added additional drawings and stamps to the scanned work…and rescanned…redrew…and finishing with handstamps and some cutouts.
Finished book is approx. eight feet unfolded
Art in the Mail
_All the way from Brazil; arriving on Christmas eve came a wonderful surprise from Angela Ferrara. Angela sent an example of her Five Maries game box. Angela has also submitted this piece to Fluxhibition 4. Very nicely made and a beautiful piece of Angela's art for my archive.
Five Maries _ A game box by Angela Ferrara
11 comments:
It's always a joy to get something in the mail :) I like your sketchbook, beautifully done.
Wonderful work and a very thought-provoking title.
Wow, well I really can't give you a better compliment on the sketchbook than the High Class Escort above me did...but it is a treat to see how the stamps are evolving. :)
Thanks Jafa and Mineke!!
I was in the process of deleting the High Class Escort post and I don't want anyone to think that Art is referring to Mineke (whose fabulous watercolors have nothing to do with escorts) Grrr.. I haven't wanted to activate the comment moderation but I suppose it was only a matter of time until the pornographers dropped by. Sigh...
Thanks Art and actually I'm doing another variation of this idea at the Mobius gallery in Boston Jan.16th So more on that next post:-)
I really like your process on this moleskine journal. thanks for sharing.
Thanks Caterina, always nice to have you stop by.
lol, I was wondering who art was referring to. I may have to start moderating the yellow springs arts and culture blog for the same reasons, shrug!
Hi Bill - loving the sketchbook. I've just been over to Corrine's blog and her 2nd to last posting was about sketchbooks. Prior to that another blogger whose posts I like to read did a feature on sketchbooks. Now I'm freaking out a bit coz I've been thinking about my own sketchbook and its use (ie I need to use it more) for 2010. Coincidence? Synchronicity? Whatever - I'm getting the hint! Lol.
Anyway - Happy New Year, Bill. I'm glad to have found you! You are so very inspiring and I just love your art.
This sketchbook will make a wonderful addition to the project. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2010!
Hi Debrina - I appreciate your comments. I'm with you on that resolution; somehow those misc.ideas get lost if we don't get them into a sketch book.
Thanks Seth - same to you. Now I need to find time to update my page at the Art House site.
Hi Bill... !
Just wanted to stop by and wish you an excellent New Year... may 2010 be chock full of creativity and successful projects, no matter how success is defined.
The sketchbook looks great here, love the handstamps and grids and notion of choices influencing who we become...
Many thanks for all your visits, I've been a bit absent from the blogs for a while due to holidays and whatnot... but I can see there is always something percolating here...
Stay warm !
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