Rabbit Brush and Unkept Hair pinhole projectors

Book Artist: Patti Kirch
                  Coyote Canyon Mammoth Dig
                                      Experimenting with Eclipse Shadows,
                                                      between my fingertips, in my hair and under rabbit brush.
                       Too busy chasing shadows to notice eclipses buzzing about my bonnet!
Thank you Laura for pointing out the obvious, sharp near and fuzzy far shadows.
photo by: Laura Gable

Thank you Gary and Debbie Kleinknecht
for inviting Book Art Tri-Cities to safely view the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse
at the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Dig.
Pictured to the left
Vicki Gerton and Doug and Laura Gable.

Book Artist and photo by: Patti Kirch
99337's zip code 96.8% eclipse, not totality, yet totally in the moment.
Objective Observation conversations, sketching, painting and nibbling on eclipse frosted cookies!

Book Artist: Laura Gable
Opposite view of Solar Eclipse, shadow from a Classy Cowgirl hat, owner Pam Sharp.

Experimental Solar Eclipse pinhole projector stations.
photo by: Patti Kirch

Book Artist and photo by: Patti Kirch
Rabbit Brush pinhole projector, on gator board.

Book Artist and photo by: Patti Kirch
Embracing our Rabbit Brush and Eclipse Shadows

photo and book art challenge by: Patti Kirch
and colander solar eclipse shadow conclusions to be continued
into Book Art content!

Folded, Stitched, Inked and Leathered

Baseball Stitched, Father's Pastime
by Lenore Lynch

Paternal Poetry, Memories in Watercolor
by Lenore Lynch

Folds and pamphlets of Seasons, Fatherly Memoirs
by Lenore Lynch

Collage Covered Healing Journal
by Annette Bouchey

Washtucna whisps of Birch, Basket
by Kris Botino

Monotype Printing, layering Continuum and Leather

Patti Kirch's first layers, pages demanding print, acrylics, inks, rhythm...

Vicki Gerton's previous labyrinth wood block print and layers

Vicki Gerton's botanical dyed paper and fabrics, a base for monotype printing layers

Vicki Gerton's hand bound Leather Journal,
Scrap leather from Bonnie Baker, tooled for beauty and bound for function. 

Monotype Print January at Vicki's Studio

Fabrics, textures, rhythms and layers

papers, acrylics, scrapers, pattern blocks

Inks, flowing inks

Winter White and Monotype Print January day

Safari Tote to classic Hardcover Journals

Safari Tote
hand painted, hand stitched and artist designed
Artist: Barb Sherril

Repurposed envelop transitioned into a multi layered book, including sprayed inks and acrylics, glazed with a gel medium
Artist: Annette Bouchey

House of Women Assemblage
Artist: Annette Bouchey

Karen Schaefer's, Bobi Wilson's, DS Watkin's, Annette Bouchey's and Patti Kirch's (favorite red),  hard covered journals results from Susan Kimmel's workshop held at DS Watkin's Studio.  Susan's Notes outlined tips to smart gluing, exacting measurements, alternative binding, book cloth making, hand saws and hole guide and how to fit everything into one day.

Old Clip Board Inspiration
Karen's ability to post what she likes to look at, techniques she wants to remember, bezels, layers, lace, words, photos inclusive, beautifully all on a clipboard, simply impressive.
I have one question, is it that easy?
Artist: Karen Schaefer

Elemental Book Arts, a collection

Enameled Copper
heated and stitched, hand painted fabrics
 Artist: Barb Sherril

Fire Flower
water soluble shaper, form, diameter, reinforced with stitches gives hints to the artist's work
Artist: Barb Sherril

Raindrops view #1
Artist: Barb Sherril

Raindrops view #2
a dollar sourced box,  a treasure
rocks, beads and hand painted fabric.
A look closer and notice the crystalline agate casper, glass beading
Artist: Barb Sherril 

Two Blank Journals and Content without Covers

Two Journals for two reasons!
A White Elephant gift exchange during a white out and the snow kept piling up.  The journal on the left's pages are wonderfully tantalizing filled with blank hemp for inks and 140# for wets. The Journal on the right, filled with engineering paper, is a gift for an elephant admiring engineer, while recently in Thailand, rode an elephant, with exponential elephants in this story...
Both White Elephant journals are coptic bound with bees waxed hemp, glass seed beads finish off the braided "tail" closure.

Enso, (a Japanese circle) India ink and Cherry Blossoms, watercolor on 140# hot press, are pages of experiments. The upper left circle is a tapestry cartoon for the January Art A Day challenge.  Woven Tapestry techniques can give an impression of illusion and magic, in a dream can I imagine that same magic on paper...
Patti Kirch

Tapestry Scroll, Hanafubuki and Tea for Two

January was far from grey while I wove Hana, (Cherry Blossom) Fubuki, (Snow Blizzard)
Hanafubuki is the proper name for a Cherry Blossom Blizzard!

It's good luck when a Cherry Blossom lands in one's cup of tea.

Ha! foreshadowing occurs in photography very well, and also note that this tapestry is finished on both sides, you are viewing the backside of this tapestry.

Tapestry Scroll, Hanafubuki and Tea for Two, 5 3/4" x 33"
woven January 2016
Patti Kirch

Leather Scraps Journal Challenge

Well, can one call it a challenge if I am the only participant?   I could not wait for our monthly meeting to happen, so I invented a one person challenge!  lol
The signatures are tri-folded #140 water colour paper and reinforced with naturally colored rice paper.  Hand stitched with waxed linen, seed beads and a book ribbon for the closure.
Next challenge, hmm, oh yes, to sketch!!!
Kriss, you should post your "Love-Peace" scroll and your Copper Concertina;
Annette, please post your latest stitched-finds-button bound journal;
Vicki, please post the latest on the update of your "the ultimate contents" family project.
Thelma, thank you for sharing some of your treasures too!
Patti Kirch

Book Arts Show: Visually Speaking - Creatively Read

We had the great pleasure of having our Book Arts show featured on KVEW's Spotlight on the Arts Section. The movie below features Barbara Sherrill, as well as a variety of our pieces being displayed.

Our show at the Allied Arts Gallery, continues through this Friday the 29th of May. Please don't miss this opportunity to view the show.

Spotlight on the Arts Courtesy of KVEW-TV

Kriss Bottino's Alphabet Books on display at the Allied Arts Gallery

Vicki Gerton's 11-12-13 book

Reposting this entry from December 2013, of a book created by Vicki Gerton. This book will be on display through May 29th at the Allied Arts Gallery in Richland, WA. This was originally posted in December 2013.

The book arts show, Visually Speaking: Creatively Read, by the Tri-City Book Artists is up at the Allied Arts Gallery, 89 Lee Blvd in Richland. Fourteen book artists have 113 pieces of art in the show. The gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday and hours are T-F 10-5:30, and Sat 10-5. Reception is this Sunday the 10th from 1-3p.m. and the show runs through May 29th. Members will be present as docents during the show to aid in viewing the books and answering questions.

"Landscape" book by Laura Gable

Being primarily a painter, the Book Arts Group provides me with an opportunity to repurpose my paintings into a different, more intimate form. Here is "Landscape" which was developed from a watercolor painting I did several years ago while taking a class from Don Getz. It was painted on Strathmore Aquarius paper that had been primed with gesso, then once completed, the painting fixed with Blair fixative. It was an interesting process.

Much time passed and one day a dramatic idea arrived. This painting might be better served as a book and I needed to tear it into 16 equal sections. So it became a postcard book. I wrote prose at the bottom of each page, which describes our terrain in a voice reminiscent of John Muir (though not nearly as eloquent). It's housed in a box built from davey board, recycled wall paper, an antique frame, a reproduction of the painting, gold ink and ribbon. It all tucks away rather neatly.

The original painting, torn into equal sized "post cards" is assembled in book form on the right, while a reproduction of the complete painting is mounted in an antique frame on the top of the French Box that I built to house the book. 

The book is tucked away in it's hand built box, made from Davey Board,
wall paper remnants, archival paper, ribbon, antique frame, gold ink, and cold wax finish.

Another view of the book and it's box

"Ephemera Collector" by Laura Gable [reposting]

This book is in the current show at the Allied Arts Gallery through May 30th, so I am reposting this previous entry.

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Crow / Ephemera Collector was inspired by my book artist friends. It evolved from being a simple small oil painting on the back of a bamboo box. Inside it has a few small "found objects' that I've collected along the street, much like a crow would do. The companion handmade book with pamphlet stitch is tucked inside-- it includes hand written prose which praises the worthiness of this magical, curious creature.

"Ephemera Collector"
original oil painting on bamboo box, handmade mini book, and collected ephemera;
©Laura Gable

Allied Arts, May 2015: Visually Speaking: Creatively Read

The Book Artists' of the Tri - Cities will be displaying their recent book creations at Allied Arts, Richland, WA. for the month of May.  Here's a sneak preview of what an observer will experience.....

                                                 Visually Speaking: Creatively Read  

"A Gathering of the Obsolete Generation"
Vicki Gerton's,  wood sculptured books

Barb Sherrill's fabric and multi medium sculpted books

Felicia Follum's recycled and inked concertina books

Kriss Bottino's "French Fries" book

Vintage Automobiles

This collage was done using an old dictionary cover as the substrate.  I used the spine in part of the picture and a photo of my mother and grandmother taken around 1930.  I also used pictures from an old card game my brothers and I used to play.  It's a gift for my son-in-law.