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Work-in-progress: building up large collages

If you have a phone book sitting around that's not getting any use, can I have it? Especially the white pages.

This is your chance to help create a new piece of art! I need the pages for visual texture in four larger collages.

Glue down, then rip up and off.  Repeat as necessary. ©Lisa Myers Bulmash

Each collage will be 3 feet tall, 4 feet wide. So yeah, I really do want your phone book, if you're not using it as a booster seat for a toddler.

I bet right now you're saying, "a phone book?! Do those even exist anymore now that you can search online for a number?" Or maybe you're thinking "ha! Are you serious?" The correct answers to both questions is "yes."  Message me if you're nearby...

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Work-in-progress: close to this month's finish line

This year, Presidents' Day holiday is going down in my personal history as the first one in which I found it easier than usual to get into the studio.

I accomplished the above progress in a day, setting aside an earlier image that didn't work for the niche.  It might not look like I got a lot done, but the thing is... I got it done with hardly any interruptions -- while the kids were home, and awake. (I know... I'm still stunned myself)  While they're busy elsewhere, today I have:

  • picked up candleholders from Goodwill for a piece I'll work on next month
  • scoured my usual sources to replace a washboard that was too small (found one on Craigslist)
  • started laundry, which may or may not get folded

Will tomorrow be as productive, after I get home from the day job? Probably not, but I do have some things I can work on that don't require as much running around. And if no artwork happens later tonight... there's always laundry.  

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Making art: Night time is the right time

I've almost finished three altered books during the first month of my Great Mystery Project. And as I expected, I'm back to creating at the end of the day to get things done. 

Back when my kids were babies, late night was the best time to work. They were (thank God) good sleepers. Now that I have a day job, I have to seize the early evening or late afternoons to work. Meanwhile, TwoBoo is at an afterschool program he loves, and The Boy can be trusted to work quietly in another room. I don't go to my studio itself as much. It's a bit creepy going to a mostly-empty building by myself at 9pm, after the kids are in bed.

So I bring smallish tasks home, and wait until the weekend for in-studio time. I'll show you preliminary results of January's work next week -- but it may have to wait until everyone is asleep.

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