Elephants

As promised in my last post, the story of the elephant day planner.

This collage book was my way of repurposing a 2020 day planner that was elephant-themed. I put it aside in March of that year, when evereything shut down, with the idea of some day repurposing it. This was a fun learning experience, and I’ll use the mistakes and lessons learned in future collage books. These images are just a sample of the 12 months.

“Soulful”

“Friendly”

And many more pages… but you get the idea. It’s a very fat book!

Roses, mice, turtles and elephants

While trying to prioritize art, I still find there are never enough hours in the day. Recent works has included some meditation cards (all collages, 5×7 inches):

For the birthday of my dear friend Carolyn, who is a Bright Red Mimi.

I was still into roses and red things (note the dew drops, created by dripping clear Gorilla glue)

Mice and beans, except it’s only one mouse, which was created by the late, wonderful artist Nat Quintos Uhing, of the blog The Smallest Forest.

This may be my favorite card. Note the turtle is wearing a jeweled necklace and has a surfer on its back.

The enhanced stitching project I was working on last time is finished. I like the tomato in a tutu.

In my last post I shared a photo of an asymmetrical triangular shawl I was knitting.

Before the axe fell…

And now. I was not happy with it despite its being nearly finished, and it was very satisfying ripping it out. I’m ready to start a again, with a different pattern that will make better use of the beautiful purples (I hope).

The elephant: It’s so extensive I’m going to give it its own post, which I will link to. Watch for it soon.