Artist
At a recent series of bookmaking workshops at Verdugo Hills High School, Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) students in VAPA Art and English classes learned to make their own books which they then shared with others in the school library.
Below is a sampling of their stunning works…
The works speak for themselves, and were astonishing to see. With technical guidance, creative support and a bit of , students learned to create the versatile flag book structure, and then took off with it.
TAG GALLERY Currently Exhibiting:
2019 LA OPEN
My piece “Burning Bush” is in the show.
Tuesday, December 18 – Saturday, January 18
Opening Reception:
Saturday, December 5, 5 – 8 pm
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm
Telephone: 310.829.9556
5458 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Photograph by Debra Disman
Photography except for top image of !8th Street Arts Center by Salvador Ochoa
Studio at 18th Street Arts Center…in process.
Older work…still under scrutiny.
making of the walls leading to the closet a Gallery.
This makes it easy to continue to peruse this work.
Earlier work: handmade books, artists’ books, sculptures.
Supplies, materials, material, samples, readymades, and student clay works, next to, and below.
Air dry clay dries fast in the Studio.
Material world…
and worlds.
From whence we go, denim.
OnWards.
I became a local artist in residence at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica the third week in September, 2018. My posts, while a chronicle of sorts of the experience, won’t necessarily , nor summarily, begin at the beginning.
Works in various states of completion.
Love lots of Light. Let There Be Light in the studio.
A work begun during my studio residency at the Art Lab at 1450 Ocean (in Santa Monica)
Like a book, or any work, this is a process. The beginning, can be seen from many viewpoints.
Canvas, hemp cord, found cord, book board, watercolor paper.
Like life, work ifs filled with loose ends.
Spine
Sometimes these can be beautiful.
Page turner
We turn the page.
Moving through, loose ends, unraveling, stitching, keeping it together.
Something new emerges. just that slightly different then the before.
Moving on.
It has been exciting to lead programs at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, as part of my Artist in Residency there: “We Write the Book“, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, participants created multi-dimensional “Tunnel Books“, theatre-like structures comprised of a backdrop attached to an accordion-folded “spine” on either side.
Makers then added their own “cross-pieces” , cutting out strips in the shapes of mountains and more, and attaching them to the spines so that they traversed the width of the book, creating a place to add figures and other images to create their unfolding story, tableau or diorama.
As usual, attendees wowed with their use of color, shape and materials, imagination and creativity!
It is a materials world.
Families work together.
Attention to detail.
Making is an active sport.
Careful cutting.
Focus.
Sketching out the concept.
Use of feathers animate the image.
Majestic purple…
Showing off the completed book!
Creating a beautiful place to be.
Was this maker hungary? He created an ice-cream shop…
Fun use of materials.
Brilliant colors, black framing and carefully chosen use of select materials make this piece a stunner.
If you are in the area, join us for a Winter Community Celebration at the Granada Hills Branch Library on December 19th from 1:30 – 5PM.
There will be “Envelope Bookmaking”, refreshments, sharing of works, and lots of fun!
