tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85486947664493183712024-03-13T14:45:22.677-04:00The Creative ProcessMarge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.comBlogger670125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-81560167977547143202015-01-12T21:35:00.000-05:002015-01-13T07:33:06.098-05:00HOUSES, BIKES AND SUN IN CALIFORNIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I put Kittykee in the 1st collage for fun.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/search/label/Kittikee">Kittykee is the main character in the picture story books</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">that my grandchildren created. (on the shelf) </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is with the dark back ground you might wonder? I was asking myself the same thing! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I can say is that I had to get the black and purple out of my creative system on this 1st one. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working off this pile of scraps, I started pulling out the black and purple fabrics. What can I say. I like high contrast of black/purple against hot colors. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stitched the dark fabric background down 'as is' - raw edges. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Worked on first sail this afternoon. </span></span><br />
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Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-89510242787523487552014-04-21T21:47:00.000-04:002014-04-21T21:47:41.168-04:00My Studio: READY FOR CREATING<div style="text-align: center;">
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Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-14457685914780090402014-04-19T07:15:00.000-04:002014-04-19T12:19:02.031-04:00My Studio: ART QUILT AND SKETCH BOOKS <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H4UAm1xK9eM/U1G4LCrmu-I/AAAAAAAALvs/H5BUw5Y1rMY/s1600/sketch_books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H4UAm1xK9eM/U1G4LCrmu-I/AAAAAAAALvs/H5BUw5Y1rMY/s1600/sketch_books.jpg" height="320" width="249" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/search/label/Reorganizing%20My%20Studio">Continuing to reorganize the art studio.</a></b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>(5th of 5 posts)</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moving around the perimeter of the studio...I came to the last shelving unit with a collage book on the top shelf AND all my sketchbooks below! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Groan. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>How come I never stopped to date them!? </i><i>I should really go through them all. But that would take a lot of time!</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So I paged through some. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Hmmm...some good ideas never brought to fruition...maybe I <u>should</u> go through them all!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moving down 2 shelves - an Oaxacan animal sculpture and a stack of art quilt books.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent 10 years in the quilt world - speaking, teaching and exhibiting. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was in some pretty prestigious shows those years. M</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">y quilts did the traveling and not me - all over the US and Japan! Art quilts I created are in each of those books on the shelf. (below)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I continue to design story-telling quilts to use over seas - having found </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that the soft quilt is the most engaging - effective medium for me to use with women. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God used 10 yrs. in the quilt world to prepare me for these last 20 yrs. in missions. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I continued to move around the room reorganizing. Today I reorganized these shelves with plastic containers holding my postcards, painted papers and colored pictures for collage projects, white felt and yards of unpainted canvas, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">paper cutter and at the top, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 art books, <b><u>GEE'S BEND The Architecture of the Quilt</u> and <u>Calder at Home Alexander Calder</u></b>. </span></span><br />
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Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-77969822168128016682014-04-07T18:25:00.002-04:002014-04-07T18:30:23.055-04:00MY STUDIO: SHELVES AND DRAWERS<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QCIvSYj0Cs4/U0Mh3IIEgjI/AAAAAAAALro/P6nnDzgJtsY/s1600/2nd_cabinet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QCIvSYj0Cs4/U0Mh3IIEgjI/AAAAAAAALro/P6nnDzgJtsY/s1600/2nd_cabinet.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The studio organization continued today. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/search/label/Reorganizing%20My%20Studio">Click for all 'Reorganizing My Studio' posts</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I sorted through shelves loaded with fabric scraps; threads; buttons-beads-sequins; quilts; pins and needles; sewing machine parts; and rolled up quilts. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then there were the drawers filled with collaged journals, accordion books and flat art that I went through. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is starting to be organized. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are 6 - 2 with doors and drawers and 4 with open adjustable shelves.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The 6 cabinets rim the walls at one end of the studio and hold books, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">small sculptures, my post cards, sewing notions, fabrics, paints and brushes, papers, sketchbooks, small quilts, small artworks on paper, baskets, on and on. </span></span></span><br />
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Today I finished sorting through piles of fabric and repositioned it all back into the cabinet as the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>3</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> pictures show.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-70663860716741275992014-04-04T18:33:00.003-04:002014-04-06T19:32:23.099-04:00MY STUDIO: NEAT REORGANIZED SPACES<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkFp-loRUk8/Uz8vjwcJwEI/AAAAAAAALqE/-51mM8jwzrw/s1600/shelves_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkFp-loRUk8/Uz8vjwcJwEI/AAAAAAAALqE/-51mM8jwzrw/s1600/shelves_full.jpg" height="320" width="189" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">We received word that our latest children's book,</span> <a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/search/label/Snow%20pages"><b>The Scary Tracks</b></a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">has been published and shipped. We'll see it next week. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Now it's time for the big clean-out: closets, drawers and shelves. All activity leading to neat reorganized spaces and a fresh creative environment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Worked on shelves in my studio yesterday - now neatly refilled with books and memories. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>all posts: <a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/search/label/Reorganizing%20My%20Studio">reorganizing my studio</a></b></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IEdUsHezrUA/Uz8vjyhikQI/AAAAAAAALqI/46u_gZs7PPg/s1600/shelves_close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IEdUsHezrUA/Uz8vjyhikQI/AAAAAAAALqI/46u_gZs7PPg/s1600/shelves_close.jpg" /></a>Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-8926997780569326582014-03-31T08:07:00.001-04:002014-03-31T10:57:31.663-04:00THE SCARY TRACKS - OFF TO THE PUBLISHER<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>We took a close look through the <i>'book preview' </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(top)</span><i> </i>feature of the BookSmart program - where there are no editing features <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(bottom photo</span>-editing mode). </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Then with a click, we ordered 2 copies from Blurb, one for ourselves and one for our grandkids-the 3 artists.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only one of our 3 grandkid's work could be on the <a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/2014/03/cover-of-new-blurb-book.html">cover</a> but there are 2 other pages in the front of the book to give the other young 2 artists an important place. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here they are - the title page </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(above)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and the intro page </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(at right)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-57250345171166607242014-03-19T18:00:00.000-04:002014-03-19T18:00:56.084-04:009 BACK PAGES<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DWkfSq8wGeE/UyoRIYC0JnI/AAAAAAAALhw/uM5KaR1xXNY/s1600/Scary+Tracks_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DWkfSq8wGeE/UyoRIYC0JnI/AAAAAAAALhw/uM5KaR1xXNY/s1600/Scary+Tracks_cover.jpg" height="182" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost ready for publication - the latest Kittykee adventure: <b><i>The Scary Tracks</i></b>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 9 extra pages in the back of the book that I'm using to show the art by each of the 4 illustrators (my grandchildren and myself), photos of the creative process and other shots. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below is a 2 page photo spread about Nelson and I putting the book together and the illustrations that I did to fill in the story gaps.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>(click on cover at right to enlarge) </b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Martha came for the weekend. There we both are - working in the studio, Martha cutting squares for collage surfaces and me diving in a big box, looking for interesting glossy pictures to be cut up and collaged onto the squares. <a href="http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/2014/02/preparing-to-make-story-tags-in-greece.html">Last time she came, we painted papers.</a> Martha will be going to Greece next month, where she'll be using the materials we've been gathering for teaching storytelling collage processes to teens at a conference. She'll teaching cross collages and story tags. Fun in the Aegean sun ahead! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the cover of our new children's picture book. This one is a joint effort as you see on the cover. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted the cover design to wrap around the book edges and a picture that had space for the title. These design requirements narrowed the options of which pictures would work. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keying in text across from our grandson's picture page.</span></div>
Marge Malwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613110544288355039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548694766449318371.post-19831514864318979602014-03-11T20:07:00.000-04:002014-03-12T08:02:29.416-04:00GETTING THE SNOW PAGES READY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUBmzlLJH0c/UyBJaJUisNI/AAAAAAAALbo/KC4B2IE9Wzs/s1600/B&S_dng_tbl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUBmzlLJH0c/UyBJaJUisNI/AAAAAAAALbo/KC4B2IE9Wzs/s1600/B&S_dng_tbl.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Moving toward publishing our 13th children's picture book, I put the fourteen dummy spreads on the dining room table. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Snow art pages are scanned into the laptop. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">click on photo to enlarge</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">All 14 snow pages, made by the grandkids and myself, need to be tweaked and sized before they are put into the BookSmart program. Nelson is brilliant at photoshop - which he uses at this step. With great finesse he 'cuts and pastes' the snow image parts to get them just right, before loading them into the BookSmart program. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nelson at work this morning in the 'book-making' studio - now on the dining room table.</span><br />
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