Art Every Day Month: November 29

29 November 2009

I was cleaning up my office and put away my sewing machine and ironing board and I know now that I can’t put them away at least for long. I missed them way too much. I have three more little books like this coming together really soon. They are so much fun to make. They’ve come out of AEDM and my mail art postcards.

Art Every Day Month has been such a blessing. I want to make work that I need to make, to connect with it, to find out what it needs, where it wants to be… and it really feels like I’m doing that. I’ve passed the point of no return in many ways. So much of it is just trusting that I’m on that path. Today I was looking for and found some great yarns I had purchased several years ago from Article Pract. They’re going to be used in the other books I’m making. It’s funny how things connect. The scraps of fabric that I’ve had over the years fit right in to the projects I’m working on now.

Erin making book

I had a lot of fun teaching Erin and Dave how to make books. Tom came in and took photos of us. I got a lot of good feedback from them. It’s such an emotional process for me… to teach. I’m quite attached and want things to work out for my students. But at the same time I also know with my own process that classes can be valuable for different reasons in different ways and so often not for the product I produced in the class. So I think more practice teaching and less attachment will help.

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10 Comments

  1. TV
    Posted 29 November 2009 at 10:48 pm | Permalink

    Cool little book. Funny how you are really mixing media – painting, book binding, and sewing

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    • Leah
      Posted 29 November 2009 at 11:09 pm | Permalink

      Thanks! It is funny and it’s interesting how naturally it’s coming.

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  2. susie
    Posted 30 November 2009 at 10:27 am | Permalink

    I love how this turned out. Your binding is art in itself. Thank you for all you have shared.

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  3. Leah - Creative Every Day
    Posted 30 November 2009 at 3:56 pm | Permalink

    yes, you are on the path!!

    and i absolutely love this little book. gorgeous!

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  4. red or gray art
    Posted 30 November 2009 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    such a stunning book…i have enjoyed the journey

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  5. Leah
    Posted 30 November 2009 at 6:51 pm | Permalink

    Susie, Leah and ELK thank you so much for your comments! I really appreciate them.

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  6. Sandy Coleman
    Posted 1 December 2009 at 12:02 pm | Permalink

    Leah,
    You book is wonderful. I love the colors and the originality of it. And I agree ADEM has been a blessing. I have never created so much in my life.

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  7. Leah
    Posted 1 December 2009 at 11:28 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Sandy! So glad to hear you’ve enjoyed AEDM as well.

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  8. Kelly
    Posted 27 February 2010 at 6:22 pm | Permalink

    I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!

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    • Leah
      Posted 27 February 2010 at 10:25 pm | Permalink

      Thanks Kelly! It would be fun to show you how to make it. Maybe I could come out to Florida sometime and teach a class out there. :)

      Reply

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  • Artist statement

    I’m hungry to learn and it’s through my process of creating that I’m ultimately satisfied. I’m curious about different materials and take on the challenge to incorporate what I’m most drawn to into my work. I’m intrigued to discover the resulting patterns and repetition. As I create, I explore my inner landscape. I’m attempting to uncover a stifled sound. It’s my challenge to express this internal voice through my art and ultimately, boldly, out loud.

    My quest to connect my voice with my work has led me to reexamine my personal history. The threads in my bookbinding and in my collage are entwined in my familial roots. Growing up, I remember a quilt frame my dad made, taking up our entire living room. His grandmother taught him to quilt using scraps of clothing. Years later, I began a quilt when a friend was teaching a class on patchwork. To my surprise, cutting up fabric and piecing it back together reminded me of my work with paper collage.

    As a child I would sew with my mom and what I most remember is the guilt I’d feel as I jammed up her machine. Now, when the threads and material bunch up they become useful fodder for my work. In some ways the threads act as a binding element, as in my books, and in other ways they are a reflection of my internal processes.