An Arty Zine - Made from Art-making Surplus

Today's zine was made from cut-up paintings, watercolor-patterned paper experiments, and decorated fiber leaf petals that would otherwise have probably been disposed of -- at some point.

This new zine -- strictly an arty one has all three elements. I'm including a video zine walk-through (no audio) in addition to a photo of it so you can see it even better.

It has been a good challenge (made to myself) to use the color or pattern of the cover abstract art as a jumping off place to guide selections for completing the blank zine pages. Beyond that, it's delightful to see the results of how playing with those selections can create something quite unified even though the parts are disparate!

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Final Wheel-throw Pottery Batch

With this batch, I have 73 successful wheel-thrown pots and bowls...wow! That is aside from the nearly 40 fails. So over four months of classes and practice, I've thrown over 110 vessels. Florian Gadsby would be proud...as I've completed my first 100 throws that he advises getting done as soon as one can! I owe some of my learning to him and his videos (on YouTube), and the rest to the instructors, staff and students at BHC (the place I've done my work at since June). Thank you to all my teachers -- meaning all of you in one way or another!

Fine Art Restoration - video

This is an exceptional video of a fine art restoration...just beautifully done (and the music is lovely too)!

New Project in Progress

I'm working on a new project with multiple layers and shapes of different colored organzas. It is an interpretation of lighting on an ice rink...from a show I recently saw. There is a lot more stitching to do, but I like how its coming along. I'm learning organzas are not easy to work with especially when you layer them and have overlaid edges. The fabric also tends to ravel easily. This post also linked to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com .

Cay Denise

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