STAMPED THE STORY

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

The story of all the rain is summed up on this page. Added the sun considering it had never ever rained. Fitting words on page was a challenge. Worked on spacing w/stamped words on scrap paper. Then printed on the painted paper.

I always use fabric screen printing ink for better images.

STORY SETTING

Sketchbook Project 2011

Worked on getting story page ready.Tomorrow will rubber stamp short account of Noah & the Flood which inspired RAIN.

Cut and pasted title page, leaving space to sign & date.

TITLE & ENDING

Sketchbook Project 2011

Working on title page.

Completed final spread.

ARK FLOATS INTO THE STORY

Sketchbook Project 2011

Working on final spread. The flooding has stopped, ark floats into the story & there's HOPE for all aboard.

COVER OF CLOUD

Yes-this is the quilt (a closeup section) featured in the heading above. It's framed below (bottom row/center frame) along side the paper collage of the same title, shown in yesterday's blog post.

This is an exhibit I did at our home in 2009. Beach Poetry series exhibited in studio. Rest of the exhibit, on the main floor, is a great photo story for another post.

I'll be taking a couple days off from blogging. Check back next week.

CAPE CLOUDS

Still thinking about the panarama of sky and sea outside our beach cottage. Reminds me of 2 pieces I designed several years ago, titled Cover of Cloud. This is the 1st collage done on paper. Tomorrow posting the 2nd.

Below is a shot of our Cape Cod vista with tide going out & cloud cover.

BEACH STUDIO ALL PACKED

Yesterday. Dawn. Creating@Cape over. Heading back. Continue Outermost House series at home or wait til next trip to Cape? Probably next trip out.

INFLUENCING THE PROCESS

I was wondering today why I've been making the Outermost House so small, tiny even, in these collages? I realized it's the influence of the Sketchbook Project 2011 process & the tiny ark on the final page. (photo)

The mood & sense of the piece changes quite a bit when the house is minimized in the composition. Interesting. I'm bent toward playing that out in these collages. The process is pulling me in that direction. Worked on these today.

RED SKY

"Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors warning.”

Worked on Outermost House collages 4, 5 & 6. 1965 photo, "Low Tide," by Debora Rosen of the 1925 beach cottage in which naturalist Henry Beston lived for 1yr. Later he wrote the classic, The Outermost House.

LET-IT-GO IMPERFECT

My collages are brief, rough, slight, playful & let-it-go imperfect! I'm just plain having fun.

The Outermost House no.3

©marge malwitz

HAVING FUN WITH COLOR

In my orange Kolo journal today...

Outermost House no.2

©marge malwitz

painted papers

fabric

DINING ROOM TABLE STUDIO

@Brewster, Cape Cod, MA.

Dining Rm turned studio. Eating on deck. Rearranged Kolo journal. Long story. Postcard of Henry Beston's inspiring historic Cape Cod cottage - inside cover.

Outermost House no.1

completed. Maybe.

No.2 - bring on the color

& get more abstract!

GRAY TIDES

this am

gray seascape

tide going out

Tides from the Knotty Pine Room

©marge malwitz

painted paper

fabric

Cape pics

CAPE ARCHITECTURE

Inspiration for the week: The Outermost House - Henry Beston's home in 1926 where he spend a year on a Cape Cod beach. Collages inspired by photos of his house before it was swept out to sea during a massive winter storm in 1978. Working in an orange Kolo journal.

SCRAPPED IDEA

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

Ripped out sky & scrapped wording. Came up with new beginning and ending. Works better.

But working on sketchbook has to wait. Need to let the tacky pages dry for a couple days.

It's almost done-end is in sight.

Starting something new tomorrow. I'm excited about it.

SAFE & FLOATING

Sketchbook Project 2011 a record year of rainfall

Coming in the home stretch. 2 more spreads finished today. Now on to final spread - a sunrise with ark safe & floating on horizon. Then back to figure out page 1- the title/introduction.

PACKED & UNPACKED x3

Ports of Color

@Windows Cafe

Surprise!

Space not ready.

It's not happening.

Haul it all home.

Whatever.

THE REAL THING OR.....?

Ports of Color @ Windows Cafe My Jeep is packed with art, graphics & tool box. Two friends will meet me at Walnut Hill at 9am tomorrow to hang the show.

Pictured below are my 4 pieces inspired by the dye vats of North Africa. The originals are being framed for their new owners. These are actually giclee prints of the originals. The quality of these giclees never fail to amaze me! The original gouache Painted Dye Vats was painted on a gessoed brown paper bag. The giclee print of Painted Dye Vats (at right) challenges reality!

I love this piece. Maybe I am a painter after all!

EXHIBIT GRAPHICS

PORTS OF COLOR

@Walnut Hill

Prep continues. Graphics ready to go from earlier exhibit. Photos of 3 artists w/interview questions & inspiration behind artwork.

FRAMING FRIENDS

Prepping to hang our Ports of Color@Walnut Hill Wed. Mounting lino prints/collages by Martha Campbell (top) & Pat Butler (lower) in IKEA frames. Martha's are ready for the frames. Still working on Pat's. More tomorrow.

PAT'S STUNNING LINOS

Set aside the Sketchbook Project 2011.

Organizing for hanging Ports of Color at the Windows Cafe @Walnut Hill, Bethel, CT w/art by Pat Butler, Martha Campbell & myself. Framing in progress floating Pat's lino prints, Veiled Eyes, inspired by wrought iron window grillwork in the Mediterranean's Gilbraltar area.

PATCHED

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

Did not work today on sketchbook. Carried it along to share with a friend. Still keeping freezer paper between the pages when I have to close the book. It's pretty thick and doesn't close flat. Working on solution. (Below) Did patch the torn page yesterday.

TWEEKING & SOLVING

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year for rainfall

Continued tweeking the pages to completion. Still a work in progress. Every page is fIlled with exception of first page/both sides-saving for title/introduction & final back page. (Bottom photo) Problem solving the tearing of the perforated pages by reinforcing with addtional fabric used in the collage-both sides of tear.