One Journal Complete, A New One Begun
Last year at this time I took the online class "Remains of the Day" by Mary Ann Moss. I created a fabric art journal and this year filled it with sketches, photos, and ephemera from my art sketchcrawls and projects with one or more of my New York City friends. Five of us gather together regularly (Journal Study Group) to share skills for art on paper and art on fabric, and those are the photos that are included.
This is my very fat, full journal - which represents many fun days between Jan and Dec.
The pages in the journal are made from random printed papers, with lots of other attached decorations. Then more stuff is added. It is hard to explain the multilayered scrapbook quality in photos. But here are a few of the finished pages.
I had so much fun making and keeping this journal, that I decided to make another one for 2012 and to again document my art adventures in New York City. Yesterday I pulled out all of my hand dyed and painted fabrics and made selections for the new cover.
And I added my first pages, including my sketches of caricatures in the Infinite Jeste exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Comments
I love it and plan to do the same on my trip to Venice this month although it is only for 2 nights
Posted by: jill cooper | January 6, 2012 6:39 PM
Love peeking into your journal and seeing your creative cover.
Posted by: Pamela | January 7, 2012 8:16 AM
Shirley, this is SUCH FUN!!
Posted by: Cathy Johnson (Kate) | January 7, 2012 10:28 AM
Your journal is beautiful! Congratulations on its completion.
Posted by: Kim Rae Nugent | January 7, 2012 10:36 AM
Love your journals. There's something so appealing about this journal---I took the class several years ago and didn't leave much room in mine for sketching. But I still had fun writing in it. I put it aside in favor of my sketch journal but now you're tempting me to get it out and start on another one!
Posted by: Carol C | January 7, 2012 10:59 AM
First, I love the name of your blog, and enjoyed looking at the diversity here. I also really like the "Remains of the Day" title- it is ingenious!
Posted by: Altered Amanda | January 7, 2012 11:08 AM
Shirley i love nothing more than seeing a big fat journal full of "living"
i so enjoy seeing sketches in your book!
your group sounds fun.
your 2012 journal looks promising!
the end.
Posted by: Mary Ann Moss | January 7, 2012 12:24 PM
Very cool!!
Posted by: Linda T | January 7, 2012 1:12 PM
ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS!!
Posted by: Sandra Torguson | January 7, 2012 6:03 PM
Beautiful journals Shirley. Happy Blog Anniversary and happy New Year!
Posted by: debra | January 7, 2012 11:28 PM
I just adore the colours of the new sketchbook. Congratulatiions on filling the previous one. I made mine too big and heavy to carry around with me.
Posted by: Wendy | January 8, 2012 3:51 AM
Your journals are amazing! I especially love the new one with the kind of Asian colors and theme. I have just started making my own journals and love it. Haven't tried a fabric one yet, but now I really want to. Yours are beautiful. Thanks for sharing them. :)
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