More Arty/Abstract Zine-making

The paper for my last five zines and this one were pre-folded and had a cover with recycled art from unsuccessful work that had been cut-up.

This piece has an orange cover (lower right). There is yellow and/or orange in each one of the abstract pages though there is more experimentation in the range of color and element use. In fact, this one has one abstract that is a paper 'weave', another has a collage bit/watercolor combination, and some pages have rings of glitter glue added for zing.

It is really clear after five zines that circles are the shape I prefer using in my work.

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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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