Gelli Printing and Book Art

You may think I'd just vanished into the ethers but not so. In fact I'm just getting into Gelli printing. I hope to use some of the prints as covers for bookbinding projects as well as pages in art journals and collage materials. I made my own gelli printing plate with gelatin and glycerin and water. I can't wait to use it! I just haven't had time to do it justice. I'm trying to clean art space to do it. It is one of those projects where you can create a lot in a short time so you have to have all your ducks in a row before you begin.

I'm also still journaling four or five times a week. I try to write 3 pages each day as well as sketching out ideas. I keep many notebooks, composition books and sketchbooks laying around so there is always one nearby when I get an epiphany. I recently used it to sketch out ideas for knitted pullovers.
Then I tore the page out to make sure it stayed with my knitting project; otherwise I might forget what book I drew it in. I always keep one journal on my bed too.

I have a bunch of those serrated scissors that people use for scrapbooking. I found out I can use them to cut craft foam, and then use those as 'combs' to draw designs on the paint on the gelli printing block. So I picked up some craft foam at the Dollar Tree store. There are some fabulous books out on Gelli Printing. I bought one and then saw another one at Barnes & Noble. Can't buy them all! I wish.

Anyway, don't give up on me. I'll post when I can.

View from my front  yard.

Odd Bird Mini Art Books

I am making two mini art books right now. I'm using hand carved rubber stamps but these mini books can be filled with any type of art that you like to do, from watercolor, to collage, to mixed media to photography.  I wrote about it here: Mini Art Books 
Next I have to stamp and emboss the words in the haiku I wrote for the books. I'm making two books at the same time to make it more efficient.

Watercolors on watercolor paper.

The owl is white embossing powder. The trees and bird are metallic silver

 embossing powder.

Owls and trees in white embossing powder. The stamps were carved on circular plastic erasers.

More Pages From the Book

As the year ends today, many of you will be starting new yearly art journals. I hope you do. Don't forget to use it tomorrow.

Pages From the Book

Today I got photos taken of some of my pages from my art book. Some feature my hand carved rubber stamps. Some I painted. Some I collaged. Mixed media for sure. So much ephemera passes through my hands each day. I try to tuck some of it into my book for future use. So much to do, so little time. I wish I had 6 hands and 2 bodies.

I Found My Art Book

Today I was making a video of things in my room and I found my Art Book and featured some of the pages in this video: So I hope you enjoy it. Yay for Art Journaling.

Collage

I like the way my new collage on wood came out. Maybe I can have the printer put it on postcards. That would be awesome. This is the way it looked last night, but I added more to it today. I'm letting the Mod Podge dry now.

I am sacred

My first page in my new art journal.

Suziblutube talks about art journals.

I have no idea where my art journals have gotten off to but this video reminded me of them.