You should note this was only my second round robin, and i still had no idea what i was doing in an altered book, especially when it came to composition. Welcome to the eleventh round robin of the honolulu altered books group. You can see some of the other pages that i made for the different themed books here, here, and here. As this is a collaborative longterm project that speaks to the very essence of who i am as an artist, i have been blogging about the months theme. The book goes to each individual in the group until it comes back to its original owner, filled with artwork made by the group. It was my first try at an altered book and looking back at it now, i can.
While round robins may differ, depending upon the terms stipulated by the organizer and the members, the activity involves passing a book along to a number of people, each of whom alters one layout or one page. The point of this page is to have a record of the names of the artists who worked in the booka point that many artists forget when creating them. Altered books, collaborative journals, and other adventures in bookmaking holly harrison on. Members participate in round robins, contributing artwork to each others books on a variety of topics.
Back in december, i joined an altered book round robin group. I sent my tea with marie altered book out for a round robin with the girls in my local art group last june. Shes decorating an altered book with scenes, snippets and oneliners from her mothers favorite novel, illustrating the story with papers, tags, charms and embellishments. Her idea is to use flowers to illustrate collage and mixed media techniques. We will laugh, cry, share personal despair and triumphs. I began my first round robin back in june and my book has now made its way back to me after its journey to california, arkansas and south africa. An altered book round robin is created when several individuals come together and exchange books within which to make artwork. I started playing with that claybord rectangle and then made a recessed area for it in my cover. Altered book, my new iphone case lately my daughter and i have been making books and booklets, among other things. Altered book swap nature green revisited it is taking a while longer to complete our 2014 altered book round robin, with the colour theme, due to so many of our members travel schedules. Altered book round robin pt 2 the artists apprentice.
Kathys vintage rr book is so large, the left page is the only one that is mostly all there. As we begin or fifteenth year of altered books in honolulu we are excited to see what the new year will bring. Most books that are sent around in altered book round robins have some sort of artist sign in page. Of the many things we have learned while there is that the library is so much more than a place to borrow books or check email. Part of the bottom and top are cut off, but all is there widthwise. Altered books, collaborative journals, and other adventures in. At the end of 2014, i asked some of the students in my first a year of altered books class if theyd like to do a round robin. I gelli printed directly onto the canvas for the background and cut pieces out of other gelli. As this is a collaborative longterm project that speaks to the very essence of who i am as an artist, i. We are the altered islanders, six artists, most of whom have never met, and scattered from victoria to ucluelet to campbell river.
Flight altered book for round robin begun february 2009homemaingalleryworkshopscontactbutterfly books, altered books, art journals, round robin, collaborative. By participating you can build your art community, make new friends, learn new techniques and share ideas. Handmade book make individual books with keepsakes from each person see more. Heres a fun altered book spread i just completed for the european round robin im currently participating in. This article examines how altered books can be used in art therapy with adolescents. Butterfly books, various collaborations and other projects 2009. Rating is available when the video has been rented. In my first post on the altering of this book you may recall i mentioned that i didnt start with a full plan. This is a short film of pages by artist and art therapist gretchen miller for a round robin altered book project about happiness between six art therapists across the us and canada. Needless to say, the images of each persons page remains their ed property. A roundrobin book exchange is a great way to connect with other artists. Rose ann brought in a cookbook to alter, her theme being women, wisdom and recipes for friendship. Once the cover is completed or put on hold until the end of the project, which is another way to go its time to get inside and start altering.
In my two previous posts about the preparation of my book for the mcba visual journal collectives altered book round robin i talked about selection of a book and the altering of the cover. I was just thrilled with the lovely pages they created. The artist and creator of each page is listed below the picture. There are also a few pages here for a rr i hosted in 2007. An altered book is a published book that has been changed into a new work of visual art through various art. A round robin is different because this is an exchange where something is sent from one person to another to another, and often multiple items are being sent at the same time. Shauna palmer asked me lenna to join a altered book round robin she was hosting through the artezine website.
One of the best things about them is that you can apply any technique you already know from other creative areas to the bookbut if youre in the mood to try some new things, here are a few lessons. The round robin approach could be a method of working with altered books in art. True colors round robin i am participating in an altered book round robin where we exchange our books and everyone in the group works on all the books. One of the best things about exchanges is they allow you to peek at a fellow artists process. Marie antointette an international round robin incredible altered book. Because of this, there are several mailing deadlines in order to get all of the items sent to everyone in the round robin. Altered book round robin thursday, july 11, 2019 at twiggs gallery, boscawen, nh.
This is part two in a series showing the prepping of my altered book for the mcba visual journal collective altered book round robin. Simply put, an altered book is an art object that has been created from an existing, printed book. Cool journals fabric journals vintage journals fabric books art journals altered book art altered tins scrapbook albums scrapbooking. Paper doll round robin paper dolls, vintage paper dolls. Altered book artists sometimes create an altered book via an activity called a round robin. I love the water and waves and wanted to do a watery theme. This blog is about six artistsfriends who worked together creating art in discarded books. Altered book art journal gallery by ingrid dijkers.
More altered books women and wisdom the artists apprentice. Never decorate my cover until i have finished my altered book, whether it is one im working in myself, or sent on in a round robin. As this is a collaborative longterm project that speaks to the very essence of who i am as an artist, i have been blogging about the months theme and creative process to respond to. The round robin book will be a gift to the pottsville free public library, our partner in this project and many other community endeavors. One thing is for sure, we will get to see some fantastic artwork created by our members in this round. Karol taylor who is the boss of us all by mutual agreement has decreed that we start a round robin altered book project.
Altered book round robin im starting a new altered book for the art therapy and positive psychology group. The honolulu altered books group, which started in 2003, is a multicultural group intent on rescuing obsolete books with the most creative anything goes mixed media techniques. In the early days, when the group started working on art projects together, this was. The owner chose whites, creams and denim as her colors.
I sent out a book called marine mammals of california to four other women who were willing to create pages for this book. I have been hard at work on round 6 of the cbbag altered books round robin. Atc cards card tags greeting cards up book book art book. Ancient egyptian themed round robin book the creative team has been pretty quiet lately. I did a more literal interpretation and encouraged her to sail away from it all. So for altered books, the each of the five artists in the group picked a book and theme, prepared the book and did a few page layouts. Flight altered book for round robin begun february 2009. Also, the item being sent does not have to be an altered book. Altered books archives page 2 of 2 go make something. I know it has been a while since my last post on the cbbag altered books round robin, but i have been taking some time for contemplation of round 7. Secondly, for it to be an altered book, it has a theme. Eventbrite twiggs gallery presents mixed media play day. Its a collaborative effort to create a piece of work, but everyone is not together in one place doing the work.
Then i started thinking about what i really wanted to. Im finally going to show off my favorite altered book page created for the round robin in which i participated. We are seeing some amazing art already and look forward to seein. I found an unwanted kids board book these are my favorite for altering because i have no guilt about altering yucky art and silly text. Round robins are a popular way to share and make altered booksand a.
The book owner had thinned out the book but left various small shapes from the torn pages between the full ones. Altered book round robin incredible art department. This is an amazing group of talented women, and im so happy that ive got standing date with them every month. You could send fabric books, altered calendars, fabric bags, artists books or journals, decos small. Last year a group of us on vancouver island decided to do a altered book round robin.
Paperbag handmade altered book book crafts, paper crafts, arts and crafts, altered books. Many mixed media art techniques can be used to create this artwork, from painting, stamping, journalling and collage. The book is altered through whatever means and media the artist chooses. Even earlier altered book pages ive done can be viewed on my website by clicking here. These are the same mini spiral bound calendars we worked on last year. Altered books are popular with mixed media artists. The latest book i received is a large, shaped, masonite book. We each created our own book with a specific color scheme, a signin. Altered book flower techniques in the second round of our 20 altered book round robin, i worked in zs book which is not so much a theme as a concept. For now, im taking an asian break and working on my friend kathys vintage book. As of 572005bkrenning4 working on none at this time. Artist journalart journal pagesart journalssmash bookaltered booksaltered artmoleskineround robinglue book.
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