Laura and Tina’s shared book of creative works sent through the United States Postal Service.
Dear Laura, I have been invited to exhibit our collaborative book this Sunday at Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston SC from 2-5. I am thrilled to get this book out into the public eye because I feel it is some of our strongest work. As many of you know it took us two… Read More
Dear Friends, The next two weeks we will be resting and enjoying our time with friends and family. Our regular posts will be here and there, but mostly eased up as we put our feet up and celebrate all we have accomplished in 2010. We thought we would do a little review of our year,… Read More
Four years ago Laura and I began sending artwork to one another through the United States Postal Service. These were in the form of a simple postcard and served as a tactile way to communicate what we were doing in our studios. Two years ago we began a book exchange to consolidate many of the… Read More
Dear Laura and Friends, You know, sometimes I look around at all the things I collect for my studio practice and wonder why I have all this “junk”. Then this week I found the perfect item (photo below) for our latest ‘BOOK EXCHANGE‘ page, and I am reminded why I keep it all. I have… Read More
Hello Sweet T~ Do you have ANY idea how close we art to finishing our book?!?!? How long have we been working on it? I have to admit I did peak at your last post, you made it entirely too tempting! Seeing it allowed me to have time to think about it before it arrived.… Read More
Dear Tina~ After seeing the next page of our book I realized I only gave you and our friends a “tease” of my last page of our book so I thought I would share some of my thoughts with you. Tina, on your last page you left me with a map, a moon and the… Read More
*Don’t forget to leave a comment on our post “You Made It! Welcome” to enter our drawing for FREE ART. Read the details on that February 14th post. We look forward to hearing from you. Dear Laura- I was going to write my post last night, but watching the Olympics was too much of a… Read More
Dear Friends and Laura, Today I wanted to highlight a project Laura and I have been working on for almost two years. Below is how we have described this project on our newly designed blog (4 days until we reveal it!): Laura and Tina take turns adding to the book page by page. It is… Read More
Hello my Sweet T~ How are you? I am sending you a little snippet from the next book page that is on it’s way to you. I will post the full spread along with my thoughts when I know you have received it. Until then I will leave you riddled with wonder…xoLaura
Laura, The collaborative book we have been trading through the mail is coming with me on the airplane on Thursday. I will have a new page completed and will leave it with you to work on next. This book is packed full of conversation, innovative art techniques, images, words, and stories. I can’t wait to… Read More
Were you on the edge of your seats? I always am whenever I get the book in the mail from Tina. It usually takes me a few days (sometimes longer) to figure out how to respond visually to her image. I was thinking about the two of us together in our journey as artists, friends… Read More
Here is a sneak peek of our latest traveling book collaboration. I will reveal our spirited two page spread tomorrow and leave you all on the edge of your seats with anticipation…xoLaura
Hello my friend! I am FINALLY responding to our book which has been sadly sitting in my studio waiting for some attention. I loved your last page with all of the stamps and layers~so colorful and alive! For whatever reason I felt stuck not knowing what to do next. It was like I wanted to… Read More
Well, our book made it to my studio after a little delay at the post office. Somehow the book got sassy on us and “required a signature” to have it picked up. It ended up being MIA for awhile so you can imagine my “EXCITEMENT” to know it wasn’t lost in the mail. I am… Read More
Dear Laura, The collaborative book is on it’s way to you in the mail. Let me know when you get it. Hope you are having a great time up at Squam Art Retreat! Tina
LOVE IT LAURA! Now it is my turn ~Tina
Tina, Here is a little, bitty peak of my new book page. You had left me with the word “begin” along with a simple black and white leaf to embellish and add to. See our previous post HERE. I have been pondering this thought. Where do we begin? I guess you will have to wait… Read More
Tina~ Here is the book with your full image posted. Girl, you really make me want to get busy experimenting with transfers! This piece has such a unique feeling that you just can’t get with a photograph alone. It is worth the time and effort you take to create it. We have grasses here in… Read More
Laura, I have sent out the collaborative book in the mail a few days ago. The picture posted below is just a hint of what I created. I wanted it to be a surprise when you opened the box. I created a photo transfer for this piece. I scanned in the beach grass (seeds in… Read More
Dear Tina- While working on the book I felt the hopeful wishes you have for your children. You are always ever present in their worlds and reflecting, which reminds me of the playfulness in life. A lot can be learned from allowing your imagination to win over your fears. Your boys imaginative game with the… Read More
Hello Sweet T, The book arrived with much excitement as always, yet my attention was directed toward the final touches I was putting towards my art show. Only now do I have the quiet time I was craving in order to fully engage with the transformative journey of the book. I am posting the book… Read More
I was listening to a podcast put out by “To The Best of Our Knowledge” by Public Radio International and thought of you. It is titled “Sense of Place” http://www.wpr.org/book/090524A.cfm Terry Tempest Williams is one of my favorite authors who writes about her sense of place and is interviewed on the show. I enjoyed her… Read More
I received our collaborative book today and feel that our visual conversation is really exciting. How two different artists can speak to each other through art materials is not only genuine to who we are as individual artists, but also genuine to the larger community we are speaking to. The more global everyone’s lives become… Read More
I loved what you wrote in the last entry of our book. Yes, you are right in noting how the birds have maintained a subconcious presence in our imagery for the last few exchanges. I agree, they are a great metaphor for the improvisation of a journey. My mind wistfully drifts to past expeditions, allowing… Read More
Today I worked on our collaborative book. Here are the new pictures fresh out of the studio… Tina
