This month the Melange Team on Etsy and Illustration Friday had the same word as a challenge! At first I thought it would be great because I had a ghost girl collage that would be perfect for the word. I entered it for the Melange challenge but alas, I had already entered for a previous Illustration Friday. So I've done another little ghost girl for IF. It's not really ectoplasm that she's made of, it's gesso; that most versatile paint product.
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Look for Art Every now and then, when I'm clicking around on the internet, I come across an artist who's work makes my jaw drop. I have recently been using black ink on altered book pages. It is a very cool technique. Will Ashford uses this technique and takes it to a whole new level. All of a sudden the possibilities seem endless. In his artist's statement he says,"Like an archeologist I hunt for the words that speak to me with new meaning. Intuitively, one word at a time, they turn into a kind of haiku or philosophical poetry that I can call my own." I love the image of the archeologist digging for words and meaning. I had much fun with the words in my last altered book, "The Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory". Treasure hunting for words is kind of addictive. I wouldn't want to reveal exactly how many books have been speaking to me at garage sales and recycling depots. Let's just say that I'm going to be working on altered books for a long time. Click on the Artist's Statement link above the enjoy some of Will Ashford's art. There are even slide shows! So grab your beverage, sit back and enjoy! Poor Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. She married him when she was just 19 and he was thirty years older. Young and pretty, naive in the ways of the court, she had little chance of survival. She was beheaded on February 13th 1542 at the Tower of London and is said to haunt it to this day.
Creating a "Spooky" mixed media piece is the challenge for the Melange Team this month and so here is my spooky image of the ghost of Catherine Howard. You can see more wonderful and spooky art at the Melange Team Blog! |
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