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Su Blackwell--Book Sculpture Artist

8/31/2013

 
Sue Blackwell's The Raven
Su Blackwell's The Raven
I came across Su Blackwell's amazing book sculptures while perusing the July 2013 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.  And then, I had to find out more.

She takes old books and with a few scissor snips here and a few scissor snips there, magically renders them into fairy-tale scenes, butterflies soaring out of a book, enchanted forests, and highly expressive trees.

So stop reading and go take a look!

* Su Blackwell building a paper cabin video.
* Su Blackwell as a set designer.
* Su Blackwell's portfolio (not to be missed!)
* Su Blackwell's book, The Fairy-Tale Princess: Seven Classic Stories from the Enchanted Forest.  Click on the book cover below (affiliate link).
Gotta have more?  Check out a May 2013 article on the 15+ most innovative and creative book sculptures.  Be sure to scroll through all the images.  The 3D Karken Book Sculpture is a must see.

Crafting Fun--Old Sweaters to Wristlets!

8/23/2013

 
Wristlet by Kathryn V. White--www.kathrynVwhite.com
Pom-Pom Wristlet by Kathryn V. White
I recently enjoyed a crafting workshop sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum and led by Mandy Greer, a Seattle-based fiber artist. Materials such as yarn, old sweaters, boiled wool pieces, pom-pom templates, large needles, and scissors (be sure to use sharp ones) were provided.  

I made a few pom-poms and two wristlets (which are pictured on this blog).

So easy to do!  I bet you have a sweater that's ready to be repurposed into funky wristlets or perhaps a cool hat! 
Heart Wristlet by Kathryn V. White
Heart Wristlet by Kathryn V. White

It's Kind of a Funny Story

8/16/2013

 
Craig is a stressed out NY teenager who gets himself admitted to a mental health clinic.

At the same time he checks out from his normal day-to-day existence, he checks into a world that widens his understanding of his own life and the challenges others face.

A sweet, kind story that reminds you that you can make a difference in others' lives in small, yet powerful ways.

Click on the DVD cover to the left to enjoy this coming-of-age comedy.  (Affiliate link)



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Photographic Revelations

8/6/2013

 
Dorothea Lange photograph from www.loc.gov
Dorothea Lange's photograph of a migrant mother & her daughters
And now a brief summary of what I learned in my online art class regarding the development of portraiture...

Before the advent of photography, statues, busts, and paintings were the means of sharing your image with others.  During the Renaissance, portraits by Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael, and Titian were popular amongst wealthy Europeans.  The famous and powerful relied on portraits to capture their accomplishments and the likenesses of family and friends.

During the 1700s, less expensive options of self display came into being. These included miniature portraits which could be carried as pocket keepsakes as well as silhouette portraits. 

Silhouettes were made by projecting light behind a sheet of white paper, carefully tracking the shadow cast by the sitter onto black paper, deftly cutting it out, and then pasting it on cardstock to make it a bit sturdier.

Then in the 1800s, photography was invented and nothing has
been the same since.  

(Something we find strange today that was common in the 1800s
was to dress dead family members in their best clothes and pose them in front of the camera for a final photograph.  These were called postmortems. Check out the movie, The Others, with Nicole Kidman for a freaky feel of this.)

Two early forms of photography included straight photography (recording events and exploring the essence of people via their
facial and body expressions) and pictorialism (manipulating photos to achieve a painterly, impressionistic effect).  Alfred Stieglitz did both.  His photographs of Georgia O’Keefe are particularly well-known.

Dorothea Lange did straight photography.  She documented the suffering of Japanese-Americans at internment camps, farm workers and their struggles during the depression, and other people caught in injustice.  The image included on this blog is a copy of one of her most famous photographs.

Other photographers include Diane Arbus (photographs include the “outcasts” of society), Roy DeCarava (photographed the lives of ordinary people as well as jazz legends in Harlem), Cindy Sherman (uses herself in her photographs to reveal stereotypes of femininity) and Sebastian Salgado (a Brazilian photojournalist who has dedicated himself to documenting the lives of people around the world).


What is the name of one of your favorite artists who does portraits?

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    Kathryn V. White is an author and artist who dreams of rousingly playing a djembe in a drum circle.  

    Two of my books are finalists in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards!  Click on the below book covers to learn more.
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    Rumble Tumble Joy book reviews: San Francisco Book Review (4 star) & Story Circle Book Reviews (4 star).
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    2020 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State History Museum 
    Kathryn's collage, "Resonating Truth" has been juried into a show at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The exhibit runs from April 9 to August 20, 2020.

    2019 - 2020 Juried Traveling Art Exhibit in Virginia

    Kathryn's papercutting plus collage  "Summer Interlude" has been juried into a traveling show.  The exhibit runs September 9, 2019 to December 8, 2019 at Gallery 3700 in Arlington, Virginia and from December 17, 2019 to February 18, 2020 at Westover Library in Arlington, Virginia.
    2019 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State Convention Center
    Kathryn's large collage "When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?" has been juried into a show at the Washington State Convention Center's Phyllis Lamphere Gallery.  The exhibit runs January 12, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
    Poetry On Buses 
    Kathryn's poem, The Sound Soothes, was selected for the ​2017 Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water Program and is a part of the online collection! Click here to read it!

    2018 Juried Exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center

    ​*Three of Kathryn's collages have been juried into an exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA from April 3 through June 24, 2018. "Phoenix" won the Northwest Collage Society's prestigious Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award.

    2017 SOLO SHOW at the University Business Center

    *20 of Kathryn's artworks were on exhibit in a solo show from October 16 through December 7, 2017 at the University Business Center's Gallery 4500 in Seattle's U-District.
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle City Hall 
    ​Kathryn's collage, "Welcome to My Universe" was juried into the exhibit, "Hot Town: Summer in the City" at the Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle that ran from July 7 through August 30, 2017.
     
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle University  
    ​Kathryn had a large collage, "Broadway at Times Square" juried into the 2017 Search for Meaning Art Exhibition (part of the Search for Meaning Book Festival) from February  16 to 25, 2017 at Seattle University's Vachon Gallery. 
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Cascadia Art Museum  
    ​Kathryn had a collage, "Indra's Net" juried into the exhibit, "Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene 1930 to 1950" that ran January 19 to March 26, 2017 at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA.
    2017 Exhibit at Dreamclinic 
    ​Kathryn had 10 artworks exhibited from January through April 12, 2017 at Dreamclinic in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood.
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