Honolulu Altered Books Group March 2012

 Aloha,

We had another great meeting of the Honolulu Altered Books Group last week. It was so much fun seeing every body's art work and hearing the funny stories about there success's as well as their challenges.

We also want to thank Deb Z once again for letting us meet at Rubber Stamp Plantation and being so generous with her time and space.

For our Mainland members, we continue to be amazed at the art we receive each month and just wish you could all be here to enjoy the meetings. Pam Yee is still here from Michigan and we just want her to move here.

Let's all send prayers to Fran Yee. We will be thinking about you and hope to see you at the May Meeting.

Being an artist
means, not reckoning and counting,
but ripening like the tree

which does not force its sap
and stands confident
in the storms of spring

without the fear that after them
may come no summer." Rainer Maria Rilke

Deb Z went for a little walk and this is what she found

for the found objects book. It goes to show you that art is all around us!

 Amy created quite a spread for the Visions of London,Paris,Rome & Asia.

 Ooh la la

 Amy's Paris

 Oui! Oui!

 Lori shows us her letter T for torso in the Alphabetica Book.

 Dee shows us three beautiful Mandalas for the Mandala Book.

Dee's pouch to hold her Mandalas.

 Rosemary went circle crazy in her Circle book layout.

 Page 2 of Rosemary's Circle layout.

 Pam's To Imagine is Everything spread.

 Pam's second page for To Imagine is Everything.

 Lorena's tongue in cheek Moonscapes layout.

 Tamara explores Earth Rhythms one dot at a time.

Fran was cooking up some cupcakes for the Cupcake Book.

 Debbie created a pop up butterfly for the wings book.

 Close up of Debbie's zentangled butterfly.

 Darrell explores his first hand phobia of clowns. (on the giving end)

  Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns. for the phobia Book.

Sox says call 911 on her Wish You Were Here layout.

 Page 2 of Sox's Wish You Were Here layout.

 Jessica's creative Nick Bantock spread.

 Stephanie's Free to fly layout (Nov 11) 

 Ingrid displays this quote by Jean Paul Sartre for

the Lines and Angles Book.

 Lorraine's cat shows us how to Google in hopes of

catching a mouse.

 Lindsay shows us her Turtle spread.

Honolulu Altered Books Group Feb. 2012

 Aloha and welcome back to the Honolulu Altered Books Group Blog.

We hope everybody had a happy and healthful holiday season.

We had quite a turn out of very high caliber art for this month's meeting.It was good to see all of our local artist as well as our Island girl Pam Yee, here for her annual visit to our beautiful island.

We have a lot of art for your viewing pleasure so go get a cold drink (west coast) or a hot beverage (east coast) and enjoy this collection of altered art.

Art is made to disturb. Science reassures. There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.

                                                                                                                              Georges Braque

 Lorena takes us to the Twilight zone of Lines and Angles. (Nov. 2011)

 Lindsay plays a game of Cat and Mouse. (Feb 2012)

 Amy takes us on a journey of Paths and Parallel Universes. (Feb 2012)

 More Paths

 More paths.

 Lorena fashions up a very nice layout for the Vision of London,Paris book (Feb 2012)

 Su took the term Cupcake literally. (Feb 2012)

 Pam's Phobia's layout. (Feb 2012)

 Lori Takes us on a Turtle adventure. (Feb 2012)

 Dee displays her found objects in the found objects book (Feb 2012)

 Who else but Deb Z would think of a Mouseternity ward for the

Cat and Mouse book. (Feb 2012)

 Too Funny!

 Lorraine shows us her vision of wings for the Wings Book. (Feb 2012)

 Rosemary takes us on a Journey with Nick Bantock. (Feb 2012)

 Stephanie shares her Joy in the Joy Book. (Feb 2012)

 Fran created a beautiful butterfly page for the Imagine book.

 Rebecca shows us her EYE Phobia. (Nov. 2011)

 Rebecca created a paper doll for this layout for the Victorian Era. (Oct. 2011)

 Rebecca explores embossing in the Alphabetica book. (Sept. 2011)

 Rebecca shows us a Gulf of Mexico sea Turtle. (Aug. 2011)

 Lindsay's layout for the Three wishes Book. (Nov. 2011)

 Lorraine shows us a clever layout for the lines and angles book. (Nov. 2011)

 Corinne gives us a beautiful layout for the Alpabetica Book. (Feb. 2012)

 Corinne put together a great turtle in the Turtle Book. (Nov. 2011)

 Corinne displays this beautiful wings layout. (Sept. 2011)

 Corinne buying the Gelato on her spread for the Wish you were here book. (July 2011)

 Ingrid's Wish you were here layout is out of this world. (Feb 2012)

 Ingrid's vision of Moonscapes.

 Ingrid travels to Paris in the Visions of London and Paris Book. (Oct. 2011)

 Ingrid explores Paths and Parallel Universes. (Sept. 2011)

 Ingrid hops to it in her Imagine layout. (Aug 2011)

 Ingrid explores Xenophoia. Phone Home. (July 2011)

 Ingrid Buttons up her spread for the Victorian Era book. (June 2011)

 Tamara shows us her Three Wishes.(Feb. 2012)

Kathy displays her zentangle Mandala. (Feb 2012)

 Kathy reflects on Joy. (Oct 2011)

 Kathy shows us her free to fly collage. (Sept. 2011)

 Kathy's Cupcakes make me hungry! (Aug. 2011)

 Kathy's zentangle for the circle book. (July 2011)

 Kathy's Journey with Nick Bantock. (June 2011)

 Kathy had no trouble finding things for the Found Objects Book. (May 2011)

 Debbie uses a technique called Bargello in her lines and Angles layout. (Feb 2012)

   Darrell displays Victorian Era trading cards in his Victorian Era spread. (Feb 2012)