book arts

Simple book for fun

2010, book arts / /
Simple book with flaps and folded pages
© 2011 linda germain
© linda germain
approx 2.5″ by 3.5″ when all folded up
After working on the farm on this rainy day, I get to the studio and check my email and blog and happily find a post by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord She has a great webstite Making books with Children and has several books on the subject.  So I just had to try this folded flap book she calls the I am….book.  I grabbed some papers and followed her great instructions and discovered why I might be working with birds in my latest series.  Fun Fun Fun.

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Three great things about Haystack

2010, book arts, handmade books, haystack / /
Three things that were great about Haystack – the people, the place and the project.  It was still 90 degrees all week but I had the crystal clear ocean to cool down in.
My routine was
  • get up when I woke up,
  • do morning pages by the shore or in the woods,
  • breakfast at 8:00 – wonderfully prepared for us
  • in the studio by 9 AM to noon for demos, sharing, instruction or artmaking
  • noon Lovely lunch –  which I ate fast so I could get in a
  • walk to the point and a refreshing swim in the ocean
  • 1:30 – 4:30  More studio time with classmates and instructors
  • 5:00-8:00 my work study duties in the kitchen (with time off in the middle to eat)
  • 8:00-9:00 Artist’s talks
  • After that either crash or work in the studio
It was a busy week and next time I would try to go for 2 weeks.  I had just got settled in to the routine and was able to work until 2 AM and it was thursday and I had to think about leaving in 2 days.
dining hall at Haystack

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