Honolulu Altered Books Group October 2018

Aloha,

  Well, its almost time for the holiday season to start. In just a couple of weeks we will have goblins and ghosts.  Three weeks after that we'll have gobbles of turkey and thankfulness to toast.

It also means that we only have one more round left in this round robin. Time sure flies when you're having fun, and what a fun round this has been.

   Please enjoy this month's art.

 "Magic is really very simple, all you've

got to do is want something and let

yourself have it."

- Aggie Cromwell

Debbie "arts" her life by being surrounded 

by music, nature & art in the "How

Do You Art Your Life" book.

Carolyn created a school of unique

fish for the "Fishy, Fishy" book.

Rosemary goes all Shimmy, Shimmy Coco Pop on us 

in her "Life Is Full of Ups and Downs, Along With A Few Corkscrews" book.

Clap if you like coastering!

Kim & Keahau's "Festivus" holiday

is Pumpkin Day.

October is the season of the pumpkin!

Alessandra's "Swatches" pages is filled

with some beautiful fabric Swatches 

from around the world.

Hope uses some of her favorite

stencils and techniques in her

"Favorites" pages.

Planning ahead?

Travel, subway stops, good eats.

Anticipation of the trip... plan ahead

and then treasure the moments you

live to embrace.

Pam's "Exploration and Discovery" page explores

new uses for her old art supplies.

Su's "Diary of Madame Blue" pages are inspired 

by graffiti and the artist Bensky. 

It was never meant to be displayed or sold!

In Marcy's "Last Words," she is fearless

(and a mermaid in disguise).

Darrell's "Personal Dreamtime"

follows the vain of creativity based

on Aboriginal beliefs. 

Anna awarded herself "Culture Expert"

in the "Merit Badge" book.

Anna also submitted her "Personal Dreamtime"

layout...lovely watercolors and butterflies.

Honolulu Altered Books Group 5 month roundup.

 Aloha everyone,

   I know it's been a long time since our last Honolulu Altered Books Group posting. But, as the saying goes.. "good things are worth waiting for." You are in for a treat. We have five months of altered art for you to feast your eyes upon. The last few months have brought laughter, tears, reflection, hope and shared techniques to name a few. There are eighty seven photos on this post so please take you time viewing them and feel free to zoom in on them in order to see more detail in the artwork.

Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up.

-Nick Bantock

Alessandra starts us out with her take on

the "How Do You Art Your Life" book. 

She explores the perfection of nature.

Here she paints herself enjoying nature.

Hope's angel fish and devil fish for

the "Fishy, Fishy "book.

Watch out!

Pam's seeing the world upside down and inside out

for the "Life Is Full of Ups and Downs, Along With A Few Corkscrews" book.

Su's  "Awkward Ancestors" and alligators.

Marcy wants a "popcorn for dinner week" as her 

"Festivus" holiday.

Darrell's "Swatches" page explores

swatches galore and cocktails to pour.

Anna's "Favorites" spread.

A garden is a grand teacher.

Debbie's "Exploration and Discovery" page

tells us that all art is a kind of discovery.

She shares all the techniques that she used

to create this page.

Carolyn shares some correspondence to 

Madame Blue for the "Diary of Madame Blue" book.

Two headed sharks!

A truly unusual letter.

more  correspondence.

April 1630

one more entry.

Rosemary's "Last Words" spread.

Rosemary always keeps us laughing! 

Sophia's "Personal Dreamtime" layout.

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

Kim & Kehau's "Merit Badge" 

Kehau, world's best Aunt.

Kim gets the baking award!

June 2018

Marcy shares  her marbling techniques

with us in her "Swatches" page.

Darrell's "Favorites" pages reflect on one of

his favorite things to do: Concert photography.

Lots of sample photos.

Anna's "Exploration and Discovery' spread.

A beautiful hand painted map.

Debbie's "Diary of Madame Blue,"

the Statue of Liberty,

including construction info and dimensions 

of Madame blue. 

Carolyn's "Last Words."

Rosemary's "Personal Dreamtime"

shows us layers of dreams.

Sophia's "Merit Badge."

May the force be with her!

Kim & Kehau's "How do you Art your Life"

with lovely lei, of course.

Alessandra created this wonderful underwater

collage for the "Fishy, Fishy" book.

Hope's "Life is Full Of Ups and Downs, Along

With a Few Corkscrews" spread. 

Here she celebrates all the ups that she loves.

Pam's "Awkward Ancestors"

They are suffering from split personalities.

lovely outfit!

Su created this wonderful hand painted page,

"Festivus" National Weed your Garden day .

July 2018

Carolyn's "Personal Dreamtime" spread

is inspired by Madame Pele, in recognition 

of recent volcanic activity 

on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Rosemary's "Merit Badge,"

Peace Begins with Me! 

Sophia's  "How Do You Art Your Life" 

shares her love of Pinterest 

as a source of inspiration.

Kim & Kehau's "Fishy, Fishy" spread,

It's A Honu World.

Alessandra's "Life Is Full Of Ups And Downs, Along

With A Few Corkscrews," coasting up and

down in style.

Hope's "Awkward Ancestors" 

Her "phoney" ancestors span the 

many generations of phones.

Grandma was a hard worker.

Su's "Swatches" layout'

Art Day!

Expanding swatches.

Marcy's "Favorites" page includes two of

her favorite things. Glitter and underwater creatures.

Darrell's "Exploration and Discovery" pages

explores the ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs 

discovered on August 16, 2016,

on the leeward coast of Oahu.

Petroglyphs on sandpaper background.

Anna's "Diary of Madame Blue."

"Lead us away from here."

The new colossus.

Debbie's "Last Words"

I am actually a mermaid!

Aug.  2018

Sophia's "Fishy, Fishy" page reports to 

us all that there are plenty of fish in the sea!

Kim & Kehau's "Life is Full of Ups and Downs,

Along With a Few Corkscrews" page explores

the fears and the cheers of life.

Alessandra's "Awkward Ancestor" lived in a penthouse

in New York City with her pet eagle

and goat. 

She also liked to take her pet camel for

walks in central park.

Hope's "Festivus" day is called Rain Day.

Pam got all swatchy on us with her "Swatches" page.

Su has so many "Favorite" things that she needed

five hands, twenty five fingers to list them all. 

Marcy's Exploration and Discovery page takes

us on a Viking journey from Denmark

to Michigan.

Madame Blue writes to Mr. Blue to inform him of her 

upcoming travels, for the "Diary Of Madame Blue" book.

Anna's "Last Words"

Beautiful pop up!

She kicked the oxygen habit!

Debbie's "Personal Dreamtime" spread explores her 

dreams of the sea using aboriginal symbols of water. 

Splish splash.

Carolyn's "Merit Badge" 

reveals her "Master of Hording" justification.

Rosemary's "How Do YOU Art Your Life?"

showing a brain on creativity.

Sept. 2018

Su's "Exploration and Discovery" page

was inspired by her son's adventures on the 

Okeanos, exploring the seas and making

new discoveries.

Marcy's "Diary of Madame Blue".

Darrell's "Last Words" finds him in a pickle.

Hunger got the best of him!

Debbie's "Merit Badge":

List Maker Extraordinaire. 

Carolyn's "How Do You Art Your Life"  

explores finding beauty in the mundane.

Rosemary reels in some classic fish stories

for the "Fishy, Fishy" book.

Sophia follows the yellow brick road with

flats, lifts and kinky boots in the "Life is Full of

Ups and Downs, Along with A Few Corkscrews" book.

Kim & Kehau's Awkward Ancestors.

Should I be lying down for this?

Alessandra's "Festivus" day would replace 

Columbus Day with Geronimo Day.

He was a prominent leader and medicine man 

of the Apache Tribe. 

Hope's "Swatches"

Stitched hand-marbled papers.

Pam's "Favorites" page explores some of

her favorite art techniques.