There are a lot of negative perceptions of the City of Oakland in California. Whenever I tell people that I’m here, they more often than not reply with some variation of “be careful.” While Oakland…
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Greek Gods (thanks to chelidon for Greek help)
When I was cleaning out my office this past weekend, I came across a disk of photos of some of the artist books I've made. Artist books occupy that same area in the world of bookbinding that art quilts occupy in the quilt world. For those engaged in that arena, it's vast and interesting and valuable because each piece is a work of art. The pieces are exhibited in galleries and sold as art. But there's the traditional view, too, where folks who haven't been exposed to this art form are puzzled. "THAT'S a book?!" I heard that again and again. I came around to saying I made sculptural book art, or paper art sculptures... trying different phrases to help people understand what I did. Anyway. I used to make artist books and exhibit them and sell them and teach book-making workshops. And I thought I'd share a few pictures of books I made back then: "City" is a pop-out sort of structure, so that as you open the book, the city unfolds toward you. The cover is made from pages of a telphone books. I love cityscapes and silhouettes. Here's a 3-layer accordion book, called "Sunrise." I also used to teach tunnel book workshops. A tunnel book is one where the book accordions toward you to show an inner world...sort of like a collapsible panorama Easter egg! Here's one called "To the Bridge" which shows the Golden Gate Bridge and SF skyline. I wish I had a picture of this book closed...it's a mailbox, with a red flag that says "The Mailbox is a Museum"... here's a shot of the inside tunnel. I used to teach classes in various sewn bindings, too. Here are some sample books with a sewn tape binding. These make great journals. And, with all my paper scraps, I started making paper quilts that folded up into little boxes. You can probably guess that it wasn't long after this that I got back into quilting! If you're interested in learning more about making books, I can highly recommend a book called Cover to Cover, by my dear friend and mentor Shereen LaPlantz. It's beautiful to look at, has clear instructions, and will give you tons and tons if ideas.
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I have a passion for all things vintage... Regency, Victorian, Medieval - European, Egyptian, Celtic, Russian and on and on. I love reading historical romances and the images of ruffled fashions, enormous draped windows, flounces, ribbons, bows and jewels of all types. I'm also fascinated with a variety of architectural images and elements like ironwork and vintage printers flourishes and ornaments. There are times I can't help but wonder if I was just born in the wrong time period... till I think about how much I would miss things like my computer and certain civilized necessities of life we take for granted today. So since I can't live in another time or place; I like to collect or view things with vintage character. Many of my previous posts are about my antique Victorian paper doll collection. Luckily they do not take up a great deal of space and are easy to duplicate via a scanner, printer or digital computer program. However another of my interests "Toy Theaters" are not easy to collect and therefore I have not been able to house a collection of my own. One of the reasons I wanted to learn Photoshop was so I could create fun digital images that are reminiscent of real Toy Theaters and slowly I've been building a collection of digital images so I could create my own world of these amazing treasures. Example of a lavish Toy Theater Toy Theaters date back to the late 18th century and were the imaginational playground for many affluent children and adults during the height of their popularity. The best examples are large, lavishly created from wood, metal and high quality screen prints that make up the background scenes and cover the theaters themselves. Example of a modest theater For those of more moderate means the theaters were smaller and of more common materials. These un-assembled kits were sold at concession stands at European Opera Houses and Theaters and were usually printed on paperboard sheets. These kits included the theater, several scenes, curtains and the players so you could assemble and re-enact the play or opera at home. The mass produced toy theater kits came as " penny plain" or "two pence coloured". The "penny plain" were black and white images that you could then color yourself. Picture from the Valley Light Opera Website A few of the original makers of these kits are still in business today. Replicas can be purchase in several sizes, with a variety of scenes, curtains and props available. Pollock's Toy Store has been selling these theaters since the 1800's Toy Theaters have also been called Paper Theaters and Model Theaters. There are several companies that produce a variety of items for the toy theater hobbiest and collector. Such as my favorite...Curtains. Unfortunately most of what I have found available are way too large for me to use in my crafting projects or to scan but I hope that one day soon some of these will be available as digital downloads. One of the curtains I'd love to own but is way to large at 17 x 12 inches. (sorry but their website only posts very low quality image of their products) Kanniks Korner Model Theaters Lucky for me there are other great resources on the web where I can acquire bits and parts of stage pieces to craft with. Most recently I've found several great items at PaperWhimsy.com and will be playing and creating with those in the very near future. I hope you drop back by to see what I've created in the spirit of the Toy Theater. Grins and Giggles, Evelyn
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I'm sharing lots of ideas and inspiration on the blog today in regards to tile. Click over to learn how to make subway tile look classic, not basic!
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