Tomorrow is the ONE auction! All details and previews can be found here
100% of the proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.
Remember, it is a one day only event.
thanks for supporting the cause.
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a ONE day event!
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011seems like only yesterday
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Two more for ONE.
I made and donated five collages for this fundraiser. The auction will take place February 16, the day after my dear Michael’s birthday. This cause is becoming very personal for many of the artists, self included.
Here are the last two of my five images.
“little rooms: hidden” “little rooms: two lane highway”
For details and for a preview, please visit
http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/ONEFundraiserPreview.html
You can read Virginia’s interview with me at
http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/archives/5943
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January is winding down but it seems just a little while ago that it was a new month, the last post went up, plans were being made for so many things… what is there to say. I had good intentions but not as much discretionary time/energy as anticipated.
It has been cold and dismal and also very busy. Life is about to get busier yet. On Monday I head to Iowa for my annual workshop retreat. I am not packed but am very excited. It is a great core group. We’ve been working together for 4 or 5, perhaps 6 years, depending on where we start to count. This year the experimental focus will be on integrating acrylic mediums and gels with fiber and mixed media… fun stuff! The studio focus will be on what the participants are exploring. I can’t wait to see what has been happening this last while.
The Sketchbook Challenge is becoming an amazing experience! Are you participating?
My theme goes up February 1, along with random thoughts and suggestions. I do hope you will join us.
It does not seem right to sign off without giveing the four leggeds their space.
Beau and Sam, last week on a morning walk, the river, the Apsaroka Range.
more for ONE
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011Instead of responding to all your comments, I’ll post. Thanks for stopping in! thank you for the wonderful response to the collages! The “maps” are from a book of nautical references and star charts, copied onto card stock or lutradur, then used in the collages. The paper in the book is wonderful. perhaps I’ ll start using it soon, meanwhile I am still squeamish about altering a book. Silly but true.
here’s another of my collages for ONE:
little rooms: passage
ONE
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
“ONE” FUNDRAISER
One Cause, One Wednesday, One Hundred Collages
One Cause – The Fight Against Cancer.
One Wednesday – February 16, 2011.
One Hundred Collages
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Here are two of the five collages I made for ONE: Each is mixed media/fiber, about 7″x 5″, mounted to 10×8
little rooms: lost maps
little rooms: heading north
**It is a Monday, the first of the New Year and it will be a busy day. All sorts of mundane tasks, but also work for the Sketchbook Project, new large work on the wall, and more…
paper
Sunday, December 12th, 2010There’s too much of it! I love paper, don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing like good rag paper, the feel of a mark inscribing a surface, the response of surface to implement. But that’s the wonderful feedback loop of writing and drawing and painting.
Beautifully printed books, with wonderful pages and nice bindings and excellent layout design, are a sheer pleasure. It’s difficult to justify buying a book with poorly cut pages or one that is printed on cheapo pulp paper. Where’s the joy in handling that sort of object?
The “too much paper” I am commenting on today has to do with my office and files and recycle bins.
They overflow.
It is time to be ruthless. Earlier in the year a lot of my old notebooks were disposed of. Earlier this month I cleared out reams of misprints, old class handouts, first drafts and more. Multitudes of books have found their way into the re-home loop. There is still too much stuff cluttering my small spaces. My choice: either work on this today or spend the rest of the day in studio finishing my collages for “ONE”.
The last of my printed workbooks have sold. Both are now available only as e-books. This is great! Automatic and fast delivery to you, less opportunity for more paper clutter on this end <G>. (see my shop page for details)
In other news, I am participating in the Sketchbook Challenge. It officially begins January 1 but the blog is up and running. Join in the fun!
and now – off to walk with Beau? or work on the collages? or clear a shelf of paper debris? Maybe a little of each.