Well after that little bit of (unpleasant) excitement, lets get back to the art! I may have mentioned that I'm now working occasionally in a junk journal - literally made from junk in the form of any old flyers, leaflets etc that I could lay my hands on, plus a variety of paper offcuts I've been saving for years "in case they come in handy)!
This is one of the pages - I was feeling my age (60) and as an older woman pretty much invisible and of no value, so this was me standing on a mountain top shouting "hey, I'm here, I've got lots to offer if you'll only listen". It was a bit the same when I was "just somebody's mummy" and not a person in my own right. Nothing more certain to get my feminist hackles rising ... and I tend to growl a bit too.
You can see below that the basic page was a bit of a patchwork with left over bits of paper joined together with washi tape and cut outs from a copy of an old journal page - its fun to do that, recycle your own work. I've got a print/scan/copy printer which makes it easy to do, but its well worth getting copies of your favourite pages. At one stage I'd also collected a lot of vintage collage images, which I don't use much any more, so one of them found its way onto the page as well. Its all junk, right?
And then I'm afraid it turned into a bit of a rant, or possibly even a mega-whinge, according to how you look at it. At least it gets it off your chest and down on the page, which definitely helps.
And this was the finished result - sorry the pictures are a little bit dark, but as you may know, its been that way in the UK for the past few days! Am thinking of building an ark, but then again January is always like that.
This is the page in context showing a bit more of the junk journal, and the picture below shows the spreads overleaf - still works in progress.
You can see that the pages in the journal are all different sizes, depending on the paper available, and I've incorporated fold-outs in places as well. Overall its an attempt to stretch myself and try different things without feeling that I'm "ruining" my main journal. I'm enjoying it, and the freedom to make ugly art without judgement!!
3 comments:
My, that's an intricately drawn page (and the one after it too), and I am alternately squinting up close and tilting my head to enjoy all the different vibrant and interesting bits to them. I am sad to read that you feel invisible as a person for your art is anything but, and just demands a response from the viewer. (I guess I was wondering if there is anything you are putting into your art which could benefit from being put into your everyday life too? Just a very tentative wondering ...)
Love seeing your art as always. Hugs!deb
ULGY ART - seriously? It's as stunning as ever :)
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