Journal Quilts

On September 15 and 16, 2012 I will be teaching a pair of one day workshops at the Fuller Craft Museum.  (More details will be coming later).   One of the workshops is Journal Quilts and since I have been working on my journal wall here and here in my studio, I have been putting together a couple of journals quilts while I work on other things. It helps me through my pondering time as I develop work.

These pieces are around 16" x 20" and the base is canvas with dyes and/or paints for coloring.  They are of course in the works and I will post some more in a bit as they grow.  I will be expanding my journal wall, but until I do, these are sitting on one of my tables to be accessible when the mood hits.

Wrap it Up: journals with style!

For the last few months I have been working at a new journal concept I call Wrap it Up.    The idea sprang from nesting dolls. I collect dolls.  While I have sold most of my collection I kept the funky ones.  My nesting dolls were one of the ones that remains on my shelf.  Always looking for a new way to make a journal I designed these journals to be light weight, portable and have sections that fit into one another.  

The first incarnation came from wanting to use recycled book pages in a new way.  From there I got into all the what ifs? The resulting ebook Wrap it Up: journals with style! was finished yesterday.  Oh - I am not done with the what ifs?  A sequel could be coming up.  I am also working on a book on digital printing all sorts of surfaces.  

Here you will see the table of contents and the introduction here along with a few pictures of what the journals look like with all their sections open and closed.  Closed they all go into one another with each section getting larger as they fit inside of each other.  It’s a plus that you can take just one section and carry it easily. There are plenty of instructions and ideas to create your own unique ideas! 

The Kindle and Nook versions will be ready in the upcoming months.  They have to be designed somewhat differently to flow to the smallest of devices that use the Kindle and Nook apps.  Also there are tons of images in this book that need to be labeled correctly for this type of book.  

Wrap it Up: journals with style is available on my KathyAnneArt site as a download.  If you are a member, sign in first and you will get 20% off.  The price of the book is $9.99. It will be that in the Kindle and Nook versions, so the price will be the same.  Members that gives you a price of $7.99.  Become a member here  for $35.00 a year.  Members get a free mini workshop every month as well as 20% off ebooks and my video/action guide workshops.  Did I also mention there are over 600 royalty free images that members can download for their own use?   There are over 30 mini workshops right now that members can download.  A new mini workshop is posted every month.  FInd the tutorial section here.

Hudson River Valley Art Workshops

Journals are wonderful creation tools.  To me journals embrace a special essence.  They are individual visions of the person constructing them.  Journals come in infinite styles and can be in the art category or the journal writing category. 

In April from the 18th to the 24th, I will be teaching an informative, inspiring workshop in “Digital Mixed Media Fiber Journals”  The workshop will take place at Hudson River Valley Art Workshops in Greenville, New York.  Class description and workshop information is available on the FiberArts Workshops Site.

When I approach journal making, one of the first choices to be made is the type of journal to be created.  The 2 types of journals we will explore for this workshop, will

be either an art journal, or a personal type journal.  Art journals are a way to create a mixed media piece on a subject.  Each page becomes a mini composition.  These journals, or art books are a wonderful way for an artist to express ideas.   Personal journals will be built to be writable so they can evolve over a period of time with written and drawn entries. 

During the 5 day workshop we will create the base for the journal from fabric and/or paper and everything else that will be included.  Each student will print digital images that they can alter and use in the journals as collage or another element.  Complete instructions will be given on how to prepare and print different types of fabric and paper, so printing skills can be used once the workshop is complete.

For questions contact Kathyanne

Journal Examples follow: