Joanne Mattera has a great blog – full of conversation, ideas and suggestions about life as an artist. I popped over there today and quickly read the Do it Yourself – Marketing Monday post. FANTASTIC. Now what am I going to make happen? A solo show? A residency? A gallery? I get to choose. Happy Printing!
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I took a quick trip to the Peabody Essex Museum to see the Shapeshifting exhibit of Native American Art. We timed it right so we could take a tour with one of the docents. 6 exhibit halls with a fantastic range of expression. Truly something for everyone. I am inspired by folk art, primitive art and art that uses found materials. I am taking a group of kids to the exhibit in February and then we will be creating art inspired by the exhibit @ Lynn Arts.
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I made a flyer for the Valentines card making workshop that is coming up on February 1st and I uploaded it to http://freepdfhosting.com/ I wonder why PDF’s need their own type of hosting site. oh well. I think the flyer looks good and I will see if it attracts any local art makers. Happy Printing!
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| ©linda germain 2012 small drum leaf book of gelatin prints |
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| ©linda germain 2012 inside drum leaf book of gelatin prints |
I am going to be teaching a gelatin printing and bookmaking workshop for Maine Craft Association at Haystack Mountain School in May. We will be doing a lot in a short period of time so I am playing with different book forms that highlight the qualities of gelatin prints. I printed up some lightly textured pages and put together this book. The female figure is a screen print. I like this form because the single page print works out to be a page spread in the book. Which means I do not have to plan a lot while laying out the pages. I referenced a great book for this drum leaf form. Book + Art by Dorothy Simpson Krause. I am usually so impatient that I do not wait for the cover and pages to dry completely, so they end up warping. So after I took these pictures I put the book back under pressure. I am going to wait….. really I am.
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I am reminding myself of this through out the day. It feels so go when I can move through the day with this thought in mind. Enjoy!