Small objects of desire ...

The participants in my class at the University of Southern Queensland, McGregor schools January 2013, will be working on Small Objects of Desire.  We will be working backwards by taking tiny frames like these shadow box frames of 20cm, creating small artworks, propping them up with foam core and mounting them as such. It is a different way of approaching ones work but it has it's benefits ... lower costs and all done in class!

The hands we will explore will be tiny Florentine writing, very small penciled capitals and a touch on the style of poet and artist, David Jones.

The school runs for ten days of class time,

enough time to really get to know each other and our work.

These little frames were custom made for in-class demonstration by the very helpful

Wagner Framemakers!

That Tyvek roll ...

 At Calligraphy Northwest July 2012, we were all given a Tyvek roll.  It is pretty neat stuff. I have used it in the past in bookbinding for covers, painting banners and experimental works. 

Finally I have painted it.

Preparing Noodlers inks & brushes for painting the tyvek roll.

It was messy but great fun.

The roll!

Testing the roll with pen white - don't look too closely at the lettering it is just a trial!
Very happy with the results!

Now I need a really long quote ...

McGregor Schools January 2013

 

McGregor Schools

Please share and promote this information to any music students that you know may be interested. Thanks x gb

In January 2013 the McGregor Summer School music students will have an exciting and busy ten daysfull of excellent music making.

As a McGregor Summer School music student you have the opportunity to -

• participate in many of the major ensembles
• access to private individual lessons
• group tutorials
• one-on one lessons and master classes for your instrument/voice type
• public performances

http://www.usq.edu.au/mcgregor/summer/classes/musthea

In quest of Ampersands

 

Today I bound my book "In Quest of Ampersands".

 

For the toggle I have used a metal ampersand type that I originally bought as a necklace charm.

Playing at the drawing board today.

Thank you card

Partial image of a thank you card commission.

300gsm Arches hotpress paper, gouache ground, lettering with same gouache as ground, 3/4 Brause nib all lettering. Hand made little tissue paper toggles, the tissue used to soak up the coloured ground ... tricky but fun!  Inside hand sewn four double pages for multiple signatures with hand painted logo of the company on each page.

Full size 500mm x 400mm - or there abouts!

Pen rest peace crane says "very interesting little baubles".

Polly's Poppies

Poppies by Polly Woods (another version)

300gsm Arches hotpress paper, Noodlers ink ground, all writing created with a 3/4 Brause with Dr Ph. Martin's Pen White.