The challenge of beginning…

Here I am looking at this long strip of accordion book pages and feel unsure where to begin. I have gathered gum leaves to print but that does not happen, I make a simple tree silhouette stencil and a roller stamp using adhesive foam. These are definitely delaying...
Accordion book –  a long story

Accordion book project

My Accordion book gift project I am starting to look at this accordion book project that I committed to. It needs to be a book that is close to A5 so it is compact and can travel easily if desired. The question has been about how to begin. I have so many photos but...

Gum tree lino cuts

  Australian gum tree dreaming. Today I started an accordion book. It is for a  gift and is larger than I have done before. I will discu ss the how to process ideas in another post. I know I want to lay down a strong background and have an Australian landscape...
Accordion book –  a long story

The next step…process 2

Continuing my large square mixed media acrylic painting. This is the next stage of the piece. Each stage needs to be added to dry fully before proceeding to the next point. I spend time in developing the detailed layered background from an intuitive playful space...