June 2012 Honolulu Altered Books Group

Aloha everyone,

It truly is hard to believe it, but we have come to the end of our seventh Honolulu Altered Books Group round robin.It started in July 2010 and ended in June 2012. What a ride it has been. We have seen so much fantastic and inspirational art work throughout this round robin. It has been a labor of love bringing you this blog each month. You may be surprised how may people around the world have viewed your art. Here is a rundown of countries that have looked at our art: Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Russian Federation, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, Philippines, Mexico, France, Peru, South Africa, Egypt, New Zealand, Malaysia, Columbia, Poland, Belgium, India, Lithuania, Turkey, Ukraine, Israel, Slovakai, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Korea, Czech Republic, Ireland, Pakistan and of course the United States.

       For those of you on the mainland, your books are on the way. We can't wait to hear feed back from you about your books. We boxed them up at the end of our meeting on Saturday, so keep an eye out for your package.

       Thanks again to Deb Z for the use of Rubber Stamp Plantation as our meeting place.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Albert Einstein

Amy shares a few Punchlines in her Lines and Angles layout.

Pam created this great full moon in the Moonscapes book.

Rebecca shows us this wonderful spread of Paris in the Visions of  London, Paris,
Rome & Asia book.

Rebecca puts her culinary skills to work using food
as her angle in the Lines and Angles book.

Deb Z's  Ensō (円相) is a Japanese word meaning "circle" and a concept strongly associated with Zen. Ensō is one of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy even though it is a symbol and not a character. It symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and the void; it can also symbolize the Japanese aesthetic itself. As an "expression of the moment" it is often considered a form of minimalist expressionist art.

Deb Z. made a set of magnetic Cupcake poetry for the Cupcake book.

Extra words to change it up when the need arises. What fun!

Lori takes on Mary Engelbreit in her To Imagine is Everything layout.

Su created this 3D magic lamp for the Three Wishes book.

Su's Three Wishes.

Wild Mandala created by Su.

Dee shows us her Turtle book layout.

More of Dee's Turtle layout.

Dee says connect the dots to find the Turtle.

Tamara discovers nature in her Free to Fly spread. 

Rosemary's take on the Joy book.

Here, Fran displays her lovely Mandala.

Fran's Nick Bantock layout.

For the Found objects book, Fran reveals the top ten items people leave behind
in their hotel rooms.

Darrell celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
in the Visions of London, Paris, Rome & Asia Book

Time to change the guards.

Pip Pip Cheerio.

Lorena made these beautiful translucent wings for the Wings book.

Debbie shows us her Nick Bantock layout.

Inside of Nick Bantock spread.

A mermaid on a Zebra?

Debbie's post card.

Lorraine's Five Little Cupcakes story.

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Clean up on aisle five.

Must like policemen!

poor ting!

Nice story Lorraine!

Ingrid found some bones for the Found Objects book.

Kathy uses the letter S in her By the Sea layout for the
Alphabetica book.

Lorraine goes circle crazy in the Circle book.

Bling.

Pamper yourself.

Gotta eat.

Just desserts.

Fun in the sun.

Put a spring in your step.

Well said Lorraine.

Sox shows us her humorous take on the Cat and Mouse book.

Jessica created a beautiful interpretation for the Moonscapes book.

Rebecca revisits our trip to Ohio to visit her and she "needs" us to visit
her at her new digs in Florida. Wish You Were Here.

Corinne displays a Robert Frost Poem in her Paths and Parallel Universes book.

Laurie's Joy layout.

This is what brings her Joy.

Laurie's Celebrate spread.

Celebrate the Joy!

Laurie's Free to Fly layout.

Laurie's cool Aboriginal hand stencil for the Earth Rhythms book.

Laurie discovers the wonder of bubbles in the Circle Book.

Laurie says Cupcakes Forever in the Cupcake book.

Laurie shows us her turtle mandala for the Mandala book.

Laurie says rub my magic lamp for the Three Wishes book.

Here are Laurie's Three Wishes.

May 2012 Honolulu Altered Books Group

Aloha,

       Welcome to the second to the last posting of our seventh Honolulu Altered Books Group round robin.

What a pleasurable journey it has been and what incredible artwork we have  been inspired by. As we have mentioned before, we sincerely wish to thank Deb Z. for her graciousness by letting us use her shop for our meeting place. Please visit her website to see all the great Island inspired items that she produces and sells.

Rubber Stamp Plantation is a great example of American small business at work. http://www.rubberstampplantation.com/.   

      Please enjoy this months artwork. The final count down has begun.

Art completes what nature cannot bring to a finish. (Aristotle)

 Rebecca shows us her Moonscapes moon phases layout.

Stephanie displays her Three Wishes.

More three wishes from Stephanie.

Lorraine puts her stamp of approval on her Nick Bantock spread.

Corinne created a beautiful far-out spread for the Imagine book.

Ingrid has words of wisdom (for the mouse) in the Cat and Mouse book.

Sox goes to the lost and found dept. in the Found Objects book.

This is what Sox found.

Kathy shares some turtle trivia in her Turtle book layout.

Kathy explores her visions of Paris in the Visions of London, Paris ,Rome & Asia book.

Here, Kathy goes all aborigine on us in this wonderful layout for the Earth Rhythms book. 

April 2012

Kathy shares her Three Wishes with us.

More of Kathy's Three Wishes

Kathy created this nice collage for the Victorian Era book.

Ingrid shows us her Nick Bantock page.

Ingrid shares with us who taught her how to read a map in the Nick Bantock book.

Pam takes us on a photo journey in the Visions of London,Paris, Rome and Asia book.

Amy cashed in her chips when she showed us her Wish You Were Here layout!

Dee shows us this beautiful scene in her Earth Rhythms layout.

"La Cucaracha" says Lori about her fear of the dreaded cockroach and other creepy crawlers in the Phobias book!

Lorena Remembers Ireland in the lines of a poem for the Lines and Angles book.

Rosemary's waiting in the Wings.

Rosemary's thought provoking Wings layout.

Darrell's Paths and Parallel Universe.

Tamara Picked the letter P for here Pretty, perfect page in the Alphabetica book.

Sox's layout says it all about our group in the Wings book.

Debbie shows us her Found Objects, asking the question are they really lost or just misplaced?