Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

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Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on June 7, 2011 at 4:26pm

Thanks Cheryl, question answered, and ah, yes, gutter, the word I was lacking. I posted an image of the direction I'm taking on in sneak preview.

Comment by cheryl penn on June 7, 2011 at 1:29pm

I have started a new discussion - Sneak Previews :-) - I hope this answers the binding question? The gutter (middle of the two pages) is where the books will be bound.  BUT this does not mean the information cannot run through there, to right abound the other side.  Asemics - they're a different form of writing, so your handling of the page - that can of course be different too.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on June 7, 2011 at 12:33pm

Question about putting the book together. Should we be mindful "image" placement if there's going to be space taken up by the binding? Not sure this is clear, as I don't have the language of book making.

Comment by cheryl penn on June 6, 2011 at 1:24pm

I have posted the addresses I am able to find and thank you to the few who sent me theirs. Please CHECK that you address is right - if not, tell me, I will correct it.

Comment by cheryl penn on June 5, 2011 at 7:15pm

Hello everyone :-) - prettylily - thanks for tips - Novgorod Codex - yip, its a goodie. Diane - yes, I think so?? Our sketch pads are about 220grm paper?? After the size issue - not sure if the grammage measurements are the same???  Out standard document paper is 80grm (THIN!!!!) 160grm a good weight - do you have that? Bruno - no red eyes - your words - dead blue - that a clue??

Comment by prettylily on June 5, 2011 at 5:37pm

Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement!

 

Gee whiz, don't mean to make you blush, Buno.  I wouldn't mind having one of those little re-blue jewels.  My arm is twistable.

What I meant about magic is I can be thinking of something, go to the PO for my mail, open the mailbox and there is something from Diane.  It's kind if eerie.  Did you see the piece I posted that she sent me last week?  Super fine!

 

Yes, it's wax paper.  Ordinary kind, ironed to remove some of the wax.  Then added ink, added a little Dorland's wax medium to the back and a little Golden's long fiber medium,  There are several sheets, layered.  I also used a plain sheet of wax paper to give it more depth.  The back layer is a piece of vellum that was used to doodle, stamp, test colors, etc.  I never throw anything out!

I was pleased with the results.  Funny how the wax paper photographs when used this way.  Makes me want to touch the regular copy paper to feel the layers. 

 

Cheryl, you never should have introduced me to the Novgorod Codex!  Just kidding......I am so happy you did.

 

I'm do value all of your comments and I'm glad you guys like it.  Before this current book project, I was doing some printing experiments, so this all falls right in line with my personal art voyage.  Some of you have received a few of them.

 

Samuel, your new piece is teriffic.  It's a piece that would lend it self well to hand coloring.  Is that what you did?

 

Some of you are on my IOU list right now, so please forgive me if I am a little slower than usual!   Many thanks to all of you!  It's hard to catch you all on line because of the time difference.

 

  

 

Comment by DKeys on June 5, 2011 at 5:25pm

Cheryl I'm probably posting this in the wrong place, but is standard weight sketch pad/drawing paper okay for the book?

Comment by cheryl penn on June 5, 2011 at 4:17pm

Samuel :-) - FAB!

Comment by Samuel Montalvetti on June 5, 2011 at 4:16pm

Comment by cheryl penn on June 5, 2011 at 3:38pm

Prettylily - FAB work! My word - yes, its weird how aesthetic ideas seems to coalesce within a community. If this is what we can expect for the Asemics Books - WOW - these are gong to be prizes! I am working on my first 16. So far so good. Started out with a printed image on all 8 pages, but each work will be hand colored/worked too. I LIKE original - so I GIVE original :-) X

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