Some collage artist have difficulty in using original materials. Recently, in my facebook group, Vintage Gluebooks and Pages, someone posted this conflict they had over whether to use vintage materials, such as piano book pages from 1859 (recently purchased very inexpensively). The writer was considering whether she should make copies of her papers and use …
A Junk journal of random papers
A whole year ago, in March 2018, I started a junk journal made from random papers that I folded to make pages. Though what is typically called a “junk journal” is not really made from junk (I really hate that term), this junk journal that I assembled last March really is a journal of junk …
How art saved my life
That’s a bold statement, isn’t it? I’m not sure I can say that art saved my life precisely, but it certainly saved my sanity. Ten years ago my life was in upheaval, and my physical and mental wellbeing were on very shaky ground. What happened? I had a baby. It’s true, that nothing can completely …
How much is too much paper ephemera?
In my Facebook group I received this question about collecting too much vintage paper ephemera: Can you share a few tips on how to judge what’s a good amount of paper and ephemera? I am a minimalist in all aspects of my life except when it comes to the craft room. I can’t live with …
Zine swap – due by end of March 2019
Since the last postcard swap was such a success, I decided to keep a good thing going and create another art exchange. This one is for zines. What’s a zine, you say? Good question. A zine is a self-published mini-book that you create using a single letter-sized, A4 sheet of paper. I made a video …
