It's super sneak peek time! I just got my Be-u-ti-ful advance copy (available for pre-order) of:
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media
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Using a variety of formats, collaborative art projects result in wonderfully complex pieces, and often provide the glue between artists within a community. Heavy on visual inspiration, Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Adventures in Mixed Media covers various organizational structures for collaborative art projects, offers instructions and tips for organizing such ventures, and includes interviews with organizers and participants of collaborative projects, as well as a healthy smattering of techniques including how to create books that can be added to as they travel and how to devise various binding structures for different paper projects.
L.K. Ludwig (Zelienople, PA) creates art and chases her three small children around in a Victorian Foursquare in a very small town (pop. 4,023) in Western Pennsylvania. Many weekends are spent in the woods and at the river where family memories and art are made. With a strong belief in creating around what she knows nature, parenting, love, and life these elements seep deeply into L.K.'s artwork. Her work has been featured in a number of books and magazines and shown in various galleries. She is author of True Vision.
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media will be available in June, just in case you were wondering when you would be able to share in all the creativity!
I know you are dying to see the sneak peek, well here ya go:
Click on the image to read all about The Spring Secrets Collaborative project organized by Julie Collings.
This collaborative journal, Sing at the Party, contains work from Lilia Meredith, Julie Collings, and Kari Ramstrom.
And it is where I drew my inspiration for my card,
Rattle The Cage
Here is how I made my applique, stitched and cut paper bird cage card:
First I ironed on some double side iron on adhesive.
I cut the bird out of the fabric before I pealed away the paper, I find this make the cutting easier.
I then pealed the backing paper away and ironed the bird onto the card stock.
I drew the cage onto the card with a light pencil line.
Off to the sewing machine! I set the length to the max-5, and used a universal needle.
Then I chalked the background a bit to make the cage pop.
My final step was to do my ransom style lettering with cut out letters from a magazine.
There you have it!
Let me just say Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media is packed full of some of the most magical art and you will savor every page and, as I did draw inspiration for your own creations.
I have officially put my thinking cap on to figure out what kind of collaborative creative endeavor I can put together with people I know.
That brings me to my question:
What kind of collaborative projects have you been a part of, heard of, or would like to participate in?
Leave a note in the comments and you'll be entered to win a free book!







