I did a great little interview with Aussie, Steve Gray, for his very cool blog entitled Art Re-Source. I really enjoyed doing it, and super enjoyed reading the other interviews and info on his blog. I hope you visit and spend as much time there as I did. It’s worth your time!
Ye Old Etsy Shoppe
lifesaver
Who woulda thought this thing would save my life? ohhhh, but it does! This beautiful, wonderful, life-saving tool has become my new best friend. For this, I hereby love the Dutch, the good people who crafted this amazing apparatus. This tool is an awl guide that makes it possible to punch the holes along the binding of book signatures, magazines, and pamphlets — or a book like the one I am making right now. It is simply a work of art that has made my life a whole lot easier. It’s the best 60 bucks I ever spent!
Yes, I am going to continue to talk about Horsebucket, the handmade book I’ve been working on. Why? Because my whole being has been wrapped around it. I have them on Presale for $79 until tomorrow, and then the holiday sale starts at $99. I will begin sending them out by this weekend. I am still finishing them: still sewing, still typing.
Black Friday Book Launch
Horsebucket, my newest handmade, Artists’ book is here and ready to buy at a Pre-sale price before December 1st for just $79 – yes you read that right! You can read all about it on the page I made here, where you can also click on the button to purchase it through PayPal.
Hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving. 🙂
Horsebucket
My solo show at George Billis has come to an end, but you can still see some of the pieces there in the secret “back room.” I’ve been having those after show blues, while battling an attack of major illness that has kept me pretty horizontal for the past 2 weeks. This hasn’t stop me from sketching out ideas in my trusty little Moleskin book, enough to create a small, hand-bound Artists’ book of simple drawings. I am excited about this.
Interesting how I was forced to make these drawings. I’ve had this annoying tremor in my hand, so while drawing in gauche with the paintbrush, I had to swipe the brush quickly as to not wind up with a wiggly line, and I really love how free-flowing they wound up. I could never ever do this if I wasn’t forced by wiggly lines or at gun point because it goes so against my grain. I’ve wanted to be able to loosen up for so many years, ever since I saw the drawings of MJP’s and James Scott. I owe them both for the inspiration. Since finishing the images, I headed over to my new letterpress printer at Aardvark to begin to process on the covers. I was my first day out in a long time, but I got much accomplished. I also went to see Sandra Bernhard at the Orpheum Theatre which kicked ass – as she always does.
Anyway, my new book will be done very soon, in the next week or 2 so they can be purchased before the stinkin’ holidays. Don’t worry, I’m keeping this one under $150. It is called: “Horsebucket” and this is what I know so far:
5.5 x 8.5 inches closed. 13 laser-printed drawings on acid-free paper, with some original scribbly bits. Text is hand typed by artist on a 1930’s portable Underwood typewriter. Hand sewn binding, Letterpress covers with custom die on Crane’s 100% cotton Lettra paper.
Now for some cool end papers and a box of some sort…
Something to think about while I spend my day inside an MRI machine today. 😛
