Good dog/Bad dog

Atticus has it down.

Reconstruction

A couple of years ago I found this little Victorian album, which was in pretty bad shape. Like many things (too many things), I bought it with the thought that I would be able to create something with it someday.
I've recently been inspired by a piece that Judy created for a workshop she's teaching in Cortona, Italy, and also by something of Keith Lo Bue's that I saw in this book. AND by this book that I shot a year ago.
So someday arrived this weekend.

I'm still feeling a little cabochon for the middle of the medallion on the spine . . .

Another Thursday, and you know what that means . . .

This is what happens around here when you say the word "garage." Kiran thinks he's going to sit on a motorcycle, and I'm not sure what Atticus thinks.

Another book

This book was made using the same basic technique Judy taught at Bee's studio, but the outside is a little different. It was inspired by her sign-in book. (If you've taken a workshop from Judy, then you've seen the book I'm talking about.)

I can't show you the entire thing, because it's going to be a gift, and I want the book's title to be a surprise.
I was able to save the red ribbon bookmark from the original book and added it to this one as well as some pages.

Armed and Inspired

It happens every time I attend an art workshop: I come home full of new techniques and eager to create.The most recent workshops I took with Judy Wilkenfeld are no different. (Well, maybe I'm a bit more inspired, as she is my creative muse.)These are just a few snippets of a project I'm working on -- techniques I learned this month from Judy. Like embossing velvet.Like turning the things at hand (a box lid) into precious "antiques."This project is far from finished, but I am approaching it armed with a deep well of inspiration.And this is my find of the day. It's an old door handle, and it's huge -- 17 inches tall! It will eventually grace the cover of an equally huge book.

*Do you think this image is up-side-down? Which side is the top of this handle?

Atticus has a day at the spa, or something like that . . .

Nothing like a rain-water wrap to nourish and hydrate . . . . . . before a traditional eastern massage that provides firm pressure with "back walking," stimulating pressure points along the energy meridians. . .. . . followed by a specialized facial that doesn't end with your face."Hey, you are leaving a tip, aren't you?"

Judy, Judy, Judy

I have been a fan of Judy Wilkenfeld's book art since the very first time I saw it.I've followed her blog like a star-struck teenaged girl follows the Jonas Brothers.I don't know if mixed-media artists have groupies, but if they do, I count myself among Judy's.So if you need someone to organize a fan club or anything Judy, just let me know.Because I love your art and the things you've inspired me to create . . . Did anyone else attend your back-to-back U.S. workshops on both the West and East Coasts?
I didn't think so.

xo
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