textured pulp sandwich

I've finished my contribution in Kim's book
"Fragments, Vestiges and Remains" for

 our Pulp Redux collaboration so the book is now
on its way back to New Zealand.

 As I mentioned in my earlier post, for my part,

I've used the photography of Dorothea Lange to create a piece 
illustrating challenging times of the
midwest migrant farmers of the 1930s...

On the left is a quilt I've assembled using recycled fabrics,
book bindings, vintage brass stencils and found flotsam and jetsam.

The star is a remnant from an 1800s quilt which I've reworked
and I've made a little book in the upper corner that contains a quote.

On the right is an an album I've designed using a pages and posts
from a repurposed album which I've attached into Kim's book.
The pages flip but the album cannot be removed as it is woven
into the pages of the book.

I've torn and aged the stack of pages that Kim has given me to

create depth and a layered effect below the album pages... 

The album progression...

suffering and resilience

 mothers and their children

the struggle to resolve conflict

in a world of human error....

I've included some text and quotes from "The Grapes of Wrath"

by John Steinbeck...a novel based on the lives and struggles 

of a fictional family during these times.

The photo of the steer and the family are mounted on covered

foamcore...when the book is closed they fit together

like puzzle pieces providing an even layer of support.

To follow the Pulp Progression click here

Pulp Fragments

A quick sneak peek at my pulp update...

At this point in our Pulp Redux collaboration, I am furiously working

in Kim's book "Fragments, Vestiges and Remains."

Previous contributions have all

been historical themes from the artist's homeland.

For my pages, I've chosen the midwest migrant farmers 

of the 1930s featuring portraits of 

human despair taken by Dorothea Lange. 

I have long admired Ms. Lange so I welcomed the opportunity to

create a piece incorporating her extraordinary photographs.

Portraying the daily struggle of the dream vs. reality endured by these

farmers during one of the greatest environmental disasters ever...

These pages with photographs of mothers and their children

will be bound together as a book within Kim's book

so as to appear as an album.

more to follow soon...

windswept and tattered

torn and tattered, vintage and recycled, bits of nature,

new made to appear old...elements brought together to create

this wildly layered heart mounted on

a well worn vintage cabinet card.

textiles and vintage haberdashery...menswear fabric,

silk ribbon, hand dyed laces, recycled tea bags,

silk fragments from a Victorian blouse,

tulle, hand sewn glass beads.

curly grapevine and a piece of slate from my roof...

vintage key with fresh water pearls and hematite

rusty found metal and salvaged clock remnants.

now available on Etsy.

1920s bathing beauties

My latest series...

designed to look like a tattered page

torn from an old photograph album.

Lots of tone on tone layers, frayed fabrics,

silk, hand dyed lace, hand stitched details,

tattered bits and bobs...

Available on Etsy.

gift of friends

Hearts, twigs, nests, friends...it's all good!

"A friend is a gift you give yourself"

New collage listed on Etsy

first crocus

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

-Lady Bird Johnson

My Pulp Redux contribution to Through the Looking Glass

the year was 1896...

poor Richard...

but time waits for no man...

did he die of a broken heart...

This is my contribution to the second page in my Pulp Redux progression of

Debrina's amazing book Through the Looking Glass. 

This side tells the story of Maude's husband Richard
and his unfortunate death.
We never know the cause of death...so there's only speculation.
However, after his death, Maude takes her inheritance
and buys herself a much needed eye glass.
She then heads off to meet her lover Damien
in the city of Romance.

A side view shows the underside of my first page of
peeking out and a pocket for the watch.

 These are two sides to a small signature piece I made
as a contribution to a book Deb created. In this book she
designed tiny collages to represent each person in the collaboration.

If you'd like to find out more about the Pulp Redux Collaboration,

you can visit the blog here.