September 2010 Altered Books Round Robin

Aloha,

We had another great Honolulu Altered Books Group meeting last Saturday. Once again, lots of wonderful art work from our very talented members. After three rounds the books are already beginning to take on that "altered book bulge" we all love to see. We have one more round before we have our holiday break. We will be sure to send out the complete round robin assignment list soon (for those who want to work on their art during the holidays).

"The artist is a receptacle for emotions from all over the place: from the

sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."

Pablo Picasso

Rebecca mailed in her Nick Bantock spread.
Dee shows us her art work in the Earth Rhythms and Morphscapes book

Lori shows us her Lines and Angles work of art.


More of Lori's Lines and Angles



Fran uses "B" in her alphabetica "Don't push my Buttons" spread.

Rosemary used Mandalas to create Turtles for the Turtle book.

Sue shows us her wonderful Edward Lear spread with his nonsensical drawings.

Tamera's Moonscapes layout.

Amy explores her own inner circle

Lindsay's explores a personal journey in the Having a great time book.

Lorena made a fantastic Evolution of the Cupcake pop up in the Cupcake Chronicles book

It would be fun to hang out with these cupcakes

Debbie did a Celebrate Pop up in the Celebrate Life book.

Ingrid shares her Joy with us all.

Kathy's To Imagine is Everything Layout.

Kathy lets us in on her Vision of London Paris, Rome and Asia

Laurie doesn't like snakes?

Phobias.

Darrell's cat is hungry for a mouse meal.

Sox explores the wings book.

Pam found some things for her found objects layout.

Here is a Round Three Video Recap

August 2010 Round Robin.

Welcome to the second round of the 2010/2011 Honolulu Altered Books round robin.

We continue to see some amazing art created by our very talented participants. We look forward to the next meeting to see what new techniques and surprises turn up.

The true artist's heart searches not for treasure at rainbow's end;

But is instead content to play upon the colour there-in.

Kaern Sapp

. Lindsay used a great spray paint technique for Moonscapes


Lori did a ink blot of a traveling musician


Darrell made a flying Buffalo in this Buffalo wing page.


Pam did a clever "hide and seek" in the Cat & Mouse book


Pam's Free to Fly


Rebecca used TABS in her found objects layout.


Amy really captured the essence of Nick Bantock.

Lorena's Circle book layout.

What a great technique

This circle book is on a roll.

Sox Visits Marie Antionette in the Cupcake Book.

Ingrid shares her artistic techniques

Ingrid's take on Free to Fly

Debbie has her own "spin" on the Joy book

Seize the day!

Go for a joyful spin.

Lorraine uses humor for celebrate life!

Lorraine says the shoes give her JOY.

Deb Z did a fabulous free hand Mandala

Rosemary explores her personal journey in the Earth Rhythms book

Earth Rhythms and Morphscapes

More Earth Rhythms

Francine Has a few Turtle questions.

Who knew A is for OX? Su did ,and she explains it in Al-pha-bet-i-ca

Stephanie shares her fear of heights.

Please don't let me fall!

Dee explores imagination.

Kathy shows us her layout for Paths & Parallel Universes.

Kathy reminds us to imagine.

Tamara visits Mary Poppins with her intricate art work.

Altered Book Round Robin Meeting July 10, 2010

What a wonderful round robin meeting we had this month. As always

we gathered at Deb Z's Rubber Stamp Plantation for our

monthly meeting. It's just a matter of time before these books are bursting with fantastic art and take on a life of there own.The artwork so far is very inspiring and we can't wait until next month's meeting to come around.

As a reminder to our players who do not live in Hawaii, please be sure to mail your art with plenty of time for the long journey to the islands. Of the nine players who live off island, we only

received art from four players in time for our meeting. We really look forward to sharing all the art during the monthly meeting and getting it posted to the blog.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

This month we celebrated birthdays for Lorena and Pam with some yummy Chocolate and coconut

cupcakes made in Debbie's kitchen.

Please enjoy this month's photos and we are looking forward to the next round.

YUMMY!

Deb Z worked in the Celebrate life book. Beautiful colors

and layers.

Lindsay did a great job in the Vision of London, Paris, & Asia


Tamara shows us a wonderful interpretation of Paths and

Parallel Universes.

Sue created a awesome watercolor for the Turtle book.

Notice the text to her story inside the Turtle.

Dee Designed a fabulous layout in the Phobias book.

Do you fear the color red?

Lorena Posted a perfect example of a Journey with Nick Bantock

Amy created a heartwarming spread about a dear friend in the Found Objects book.

Rebecca incorporated Alice in Wonderland in her interpretation of Cat and Mouse

Sox designed a fantastic layout (with added humor) in the Circles Book.

Debbie used a transfer technique to display her

recent skydiving adventure.

Stephanie took us on a trip to the Victorian Age(The Gilded Age)

Darrell used Zentangles to camouflage text in his twist

on Lines and Angles.

Text is revealed under transparency film.

Fran uses her vivid imagination in the Earth Rhythms and Morphscapes.

Lori dazzled us with her Moonscapes creation.

Mike says..................Nelson Mandela

Howie Mandela

= twisted Mandalas