6 YEARS OLD & 2 PUBLISHED BOOKS!

our grandson's second book

Kittykee's Party

front & back covers

Click to see Zach creating Kittykee's Party

Click here to see Zach making Kittykee.

3 BACK PAGES

working on snow book

back 3 pages

inspired by winter

photo images

outside

inside

Blurb BookSmart screen shot as I'm working.

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CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THE KING!

Merry Christmas !

Celebrate the Birth of the King!

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mixed media collage

paper

fabric

painted papers

metallic threads

sequins

machine stitching

click for all collages in Advent Series

PAINTING PAPERS AGAIN

1 to 1 & small group workshops coming up - getting ready.

materials for painting papers

watercolor paper

brushes

acrylics

carpet scraps

corrugated cardboard

paper plate palettes

sequin waste

PAGES FROM ZACH'S NEW BOOK

2 page spread from Zach's new book, Kittykee's Party.

art & story by Zach.

Click on image to enlarge.

for creative process of making Kittykee's Party: click here

MULTIPLE BOOK OPTIONS

I'm back working on the snow book - along with the latest Kittykee book.

Going to design the snow book 2 different ways. One for my grandkids, writing a Kittykee story and another with snow words and images connected & flowing across the pages.

Lots of ways to do this when designing a book on blurb.

• page from snow book.

• snow book pages on the work table.

BookSmart @ The Cape

A great place to work on Zach's 2nd book, Kittykee's Party.

Putting it into BookSmart.

Nelson's working on the original scans for cover picture.

Cape Cod Bay out the windows.

Click for pictures of Zach creating.

Creating Together

It's been working out that once a year my friends join me for a week of art-making in studio.

Going through aperture, I'm remembering our creative week back in the spring.

Pat from Atlanta, Marcia from Seattle & Martha from Hartford, all working on different projects.

FINAL PAGES

I am back in CT now. Brought the little artist's newest Kittykee book home to get it into Blurb.

Our grandson was a bit distracted by his siblings at the end of the book. Those final pages are not as filled up as his favorite page in the beginning of the book.

But no matter! The book looks great!

Scroll back to see more of the creative process, making this book.

LOTS OF CATS!

Not much time for working on the book.

The little artist has homework and sports after school.

But here's a few new pages.

Maybe the kitties are going to Kittykee's party?

KITTYKEE SERIES?

My grandson began his 2nd Kittykee book. This time we are working at his house. Here are the first couple of pages.

Will the story continue where the last book left off?

Will there finally be a kitty party?

Check back!

click for 1st Kittykee book

GREAT IDEA FOR AN EXHIBIT!

STILL RIVER EDITIONS

Fine Art Printing at Connecticut Photographics

The great people who do my prints. came up with a very good idea for an exhibit. My print, Painted Dye Vats*, is in the show. All prints are 16"x20" & will be available for sale at $100.

Affordable Art Print & Sale

Group Exhibition & Sale of fine art giclee prints - Nov. 1 - Dec.23, 2011

Opening reception: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. I'll be there.

*top row - 4th across

Still River Edtions-Connecticut Photographics, 128 East Liberty Street Danbury, Connecticut 06810

203-791-1474 • 800-287-4686

KITTYKEE PUBLISHED

Our grandson's picture book, Kittykee.

1st published hardback edition. Story and illustrations are all his.

Zach's copy arrived in the mail on Friday. We hear he's very proud of it & has been carrying it around ever since!

Click here to see the process of Zach creating Kittykee in his grandma's art studio.

SKIFFS AT DOCK

Rockport Dock

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photo collage

fall colors

AUTUMN IN ROCKPORT

Rockport Autumn

shed

traps

buoys

skiffs

colors

salt water

"Wish I were there."

SEA GLASS

treasures

washed up

softened edges

like jewels

in the sand

minimal

2 pictures

put together

on a page

IN THE DISTANCE

sunrise
outermost house

biking

moors

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collage

mixed media

minimal

'HOME' WEB PAGE

One of several houses that randomly come up on my website home page.

This one looks like fall.

© M.Malwitz

house collage

painted papers

glossy pictures

Click for My website.

BACK TO THE CAPE

Cape on Horizon

collage page in

The Outermost House.

Kolo journal

glossy pictures

painted papers

fabric

HAPPY HOUSES 5 - 7

Plus 3 makes 7 Happy Houses.

HAPPY HOUSES 1-4

7 Happy Houses

first 4

finishing up some projects

this is one of them

CAMBODIAN STORY ROPES

There's Marcia in Cambodia teaching the story ropes this past week!

Amazing seeing what started in Rwanda, is now going to the nations!

Once I get the stories I'll be posting Marcia's Cambodian experience on Our Stories, my other blog.

Click Our Stories for 'why' and 'how' of story ropes.

SIX PEARS

My friend, AJ Picard, exhibited 2 of his beautiful pear pastels in an open house art exhibit we had a few years ago.

I enjoyed his work so much that week, hanging in my kitchen.

During the week I noted that 3 'real' pears I had in a basket, had ripened to the same coloring as those in the painting. I could not resist setting up this shot.

This summer AJ had the honor of demonstrating portraiture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

INVESTING IN MARCIA

This past year Marcia came for a week to study with me. I taught her every story-telling technique I know. She made a story rope, accordion books, collages & gospel tags.

I invested a week in Marcia, confident that God would use her life story, shared in creative ways.

From here she went to Nicaragua & Hungary doing storying techniques with multiple groups.

Now she's in Cambodia. Her pictures are streaming in on FB. I do see Gospel tags. The stories will come later. (photos)

YES! She has taken everything she's learned & run with it & she does it all better than me!

Click here for the story of Marcia's week in my studio.

SIGN OF THE SEASON

We passed some of these when we were out today.

Pumpkins at the Farm

collage by m.malwitz

photos

fabric

painted papers

sequins

buttons

stitching

YOU SEE SO MUCH

You see so much on these cross-cultural trips. I'm thinking about that as my friend, Marcia, sends pictures back from S.E. Asia, where she is multiplying over and over what she learned in my art studio.

I was remembering something I saw on one of my own trips.

The orphanage was filled with throw away children. I will never forget the small boy, laying on his back, staring at the ceiling, with two tears running down his cheek. I felt so helpless standing beside him. My friend said, "Their little bodies are like prisons."

Silent Tears Silent Suffering m.malwitz

FALL AT STORM KING

Sometimes it's good to get out of the studio & go someplace inspiring - a time to refresh body & spirit.

Storm King is that kind of place. An amazing sculpture park about an hour from where we live.

It's pretty mind-bending to see monumental sculptures generously spaced out over 500 acres - artists' work living in the Creators' world.

I took these photos a couple fall seasons ago.

2 pics: sculptures by

Mark di Suvero

lower pic: sculpture wall by

Andy Goldsworthy

Click for Storm King & go on video tour of the sculpture park.

THE OLD JALOUSIE WINDOW

Our season of beauty begins.

Old Jalousie Window

mixed media collage

fabric

photos

fabrics

machine stitching

TELLING THE STORY

After the little artist completed his book, it was time to tell us the story.

We took 2 videos (photo/1 frame) & wrote down a hard copy as he told his story 3x, pointing page to page.

I've edited the story, combining all three stories (slight variations) into one. It is totally our grandson's wording and story. I resisted making any changes. I am wowed by how his book pages look & story reads in Blurb's SmartBook program.

Click here for posts on the process of making this book.

THE LITTLE ARTIST'S BOOK

Working on the little artist's book. All his own - pictures and story.

He created it here last summer. Click to see.

Putting in story next.

Blurb

HAPPY HOUSES

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Creating again. Painted scraps are on the table.

Started 3"x21" accordion book in the summer with bright grass & sunny sky.

Today adding houses & trees.

I think the houses look happy.

THE CASTLE

Always inspiring for me to look back at earlier work.

The Castle

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collage of

fabric

painted papers

pictures

CREATING AHEAD

Time to get back to creating!

Maybe I'll even cut up the paper paint palettes!

It sure is good to be home!

Great Africa trip.

Those 8 posts below.

THE FLOW OF SHARING Africa no.8

On from Abuja, we traveled to Ibadan where I would do the story ropes on Saturday at my friend, Bisi's church. (top photo)

But the flow was not in the meeting as it always is. Why was that? Just a few made story ropes & shared, like the young woman in the bottom photo.

As I had some distance from the event, I realized why. I failed to send the guidelines that I set up for venues in Rwanda that worked wonderfully. I never thought about it being a large group.

So here is a teaching moment:

1. Limit the group to 12-15 women.

2. Seat everyone in a circle or around a table.

3. No taping or videoing of the session.

I learned something else on this trip. When using highly patterned African fabrics, it's good to add in colored ribbons. Also make a story rope of my life using the same materials I am providing for them.

Once again, my experience was a learning experience. There is always something to learn.

The joyful woman in this photo, came up to me after the story rope session,

"This was meant just for me.

You are here because of the Holy Spirit."

Maybe she was right.

Flow or no flow,

I was there for just for her.