Calendar pages

It's hard to believe that it's already June.  This will be the sixth month that I've been living with my word of the year: Commit.   In my journal I have a page for a calendar each month.  I have shown some of the pages on the blog during the year.  But as I was preparing the June page I went back through the months and put photos of key events onto the previous calendar pages.

January

February

March

April

May

And ready for June

I have found it quite dificult to photograph the book so I'm sorry about the quality of the images.   The April page is a bit of a mess as well.

If I journal next year I think I will start with white pages!

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

ATG: Seasons

Since last September I have been attending an Art Textile Group at Littleheath Barn run by Liske Johnson.  The theme for the work we were doing was the Seasons.

As you may know I love making books and I love doing collages, so here was the opportunity to combine the two.  We started the sessions working on Summer but having finished the work I have decided to join the book so that it starts with Winter.

The Front Cover
The book is approximately 7" x 6"

For each season I made 3 collages.  At one point each season could have become a panel rather than a zigzag book.

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

The Back Cover

During our time together we tried out various techniques on fabric, the results of which sometimes were included in the book and some pieces have added to my ever-increasing stash.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Lines and more lines

In my blog post about our visit to London I shared a photograph of the masts of the Cutty Sark.  I can't resist sharing all the other photos I took.

It's only as I posted the first photo here that I noticed the white aeroplane trail in the sky.

I have altered this photo to make it a silhouette.  However all the other photos are direct from the camera.

 

I love how the lines are layered because of the three masts.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice