tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post1967368577684946104..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Into the unknown...Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-80277291471439766802011-09-28T10:26:50.799+10:002011-09-28T10:26:50.799+10:00Dear all - thanks so much for your thoughts and re...Dear all - thanks so much for your thoughts and responses. They are all so thoughtful and supportive.<br /><br />Liz - thanks, the images are full of hidden meanings and layers, and the books were crying out to be photographed.<br /><br />Jennifer - so true! I love the desire to reach out and touch them; they are very tactile. And aren't the marks left by the stitching remarkable? <br /><br />Thanks Jane - there really is a sense of age and weathering and history in them.<br /><br />Hi Lesley - great phrase "covetable close ups"! "Tip" shops are wonderful things and we laugh at our shopping expeditions -the tip shops nearly always rate the highest! You would have a ball - perhaps we could arrange a few trips if you were ever out this way??<br /><br />Velma - thanks for the tip; I did discover that along the way and took more care as I went along. Thanks too for the compliments - I hope I can do the books justice.<br /><br />Leslie - it is that way isn't it? it's how we are, how we go thru this world...<br /><br />Hi Wanda - glad you love them! I agree - wonderful lovely texture!<br /><br />So true Donna - the process is a wonder, the exploration and the discovery...<br /><br />B - thanks - so much lying hidden, waiting to be revealed and oh what beauty from deconstruction you are right!<br /><br />Thanks Patti - you too would love a 'tip shop'; and I'm glad you like the unlayering, the revealing...<br /><br />Jo - thank you! It's funny that that was what I saw the most - almost harder to stand back and imagine them as a whole piece.<br /><br />G/TT - oh wow! That stopped me in my tracks. A whole new path to ponder and explore - and it resonates, so thank you very much! Who knows what happens next?Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-62263354941988421822011-09-28T03:29:17.884+10:002011-09-28T03:29:17.884+10:00Not that I have a bias or anything as a photograph...Not that I have a bias or anything as a photographer, but I wonder whether these images ARE the artwork meant to come from the dilapidated books? Could you not work with that idea somehow? Perhaps print these images out and work with the sheets...<br /><br />I think of what Barry's been doing lately with his photographic manipulations, such a different medium for him and such amazing results. Sometimes the thing we might not intend or view as art is the real thing. Just sayin...Gisizeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842508709852026701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-57637978608770771022011-09-27T05:01:56.644+10:002011-09-27T05:01:56.644+10:00It takes a very creative eye to do what you have a...It takes a very creative eye to do what you have already done with these books.... made extraordinary photos.Jo Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09025838373008865611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-3877276461366177322011-09-27T04:13:07.062+10:002011-09-27T04:13:07.062+10:00Love the idea of the "tip shops"! More ...Love the idea of the "tip shops"! More than that though, I love the surface, colors and revealed history of these old books....they've found the perfect home!<br />Cheers!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-3539774045044999892011-09-26T20:53:34.026+10:002011-09-26T20:53:34.026+10:00F- uncovering the layers - uncovering the texture ...F- uncovering the layers - uncovering the texture - love what deconstruction can create. BBarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059639215109777537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-41033812103167123752011-09-26T11:12:02.632+10:002011-09-26T11:12:02.632+10:00it is the process... the searching and the discove...it is the process... the searching and the discovery and the possibilities.. that all is what artists want and need.layershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991288165260934778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-42005203388303370902011-09-26T09:44:56.274+10:002011-09-26T09:44:56.274+10:00ESPECIALLY TEXTURAL! LOVE!ESPECIALLY TEXTURAL! LOVE!wandamarie.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527818434337586519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-45807547288295761322011-09-26T07:59:12.891+10:002011-09-26T07:59:12.891+10:00to see. to think. to feel. to create. to live.to see. to think. to feel. to create. to live.Leslie Avon Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235003342775117469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-53469371250151317062011-09-26T01:39:20.001+10:002011-09-26T01:39:20.001+10:00they're lovely. you will do something amazing....they're lovely. you will do something amazing. be careful of the "dust", too. not nice to inhale.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-52704467617524456362011-09-25T22:56:01.006+10:002011-09-25T22:56:01.006+10:00Covetable close ups Fiona. Where will you go next ...Covetable close ups Fiona. Where will you go next with this I wonder? I guess, wherever your creative intuition leads you and that's the great learning experience of it all isn't it? I do so wish we had a 'tip' shop. Nothing like that exists here. Perhaps I could suggest it... I'd be the best customer. Lesley xLAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-18907455769743490472011-09-25T21:52:30.817+10:002011-09-25T21:52:30.817+10:00Fiona, what gorgeous photos! The ancient texture i...Fiona, what gorgeous photos! The ancient texture is lovely.jgrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595976689687828149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-87896071113501915792011-09-25T21:23:00.261+10:002011-09-25T21:23:00.261+10:00The photos are breathtaking. I keep trying to feel...The photos are breathtaking. I keep trying to feel the textures through the computer screen, but it just isn't working. The stitch lines remind me of tracks or roads...journeys. Hmmm...there's a story there.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927317459104273331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-23496997446892654842011-09-25T21:16:30.981+10:002011-09-25T21:16:30.981+10:00These photos are gorgeous, layers of history and m...These photos are gorgeous, layers of history and meaning. The stitching reminds me of the great shots you posted from Glyphs and Moths. Can't wait to see where you go next.Liz Davidson / Artist Notebookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751895300168082933noreply@blogger.com