Honolulu Altered Books Group August 2013

 

Aloha,

 

This month's meeting started off with Blueberry scones (yummy) as we met back at Rubber Stamp Plantation.The shop is busy getting ready for the annual Made in Hawaii Festival that will be held at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall on Oahu August 16-18.

www.madeinhawaiifestival.com

 

http://www.rubberstampplantation.com/

 

 

Be sure to check it out this weekend or click on the links to see more about it.

 

This month's art was great and now we are on the home stretch. Just seven more rounds to go! Please enjoy this month's art.

 

 

 

”When it is working, you completely go into another place, you’re tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That’s what it’s all about.” ~Keith Haring

 

 

 



 

 

Amy's Definition is about Kaleidoscopes. Quite the colorful spread
for the Definitions book.

Su shares with us a Wicked set of
spooky trees for the Wicked book.

Dorie gives us a nice selection of colors
in the Colors of the Rainbow book.

Lorena keeps us entertained with four names
never spoken before in the same sentence.
Nietzsche, Kant, Sinatra and Scooby Doo!....
for the To Be or Not to Be book.

No, it's not a chandelier, it's a couple of  spooky
Octopus created by Hope for the Octopus book.

Darrell spent way to much time in front of the TV
in his I Love Mid-Century Modern layout.

Celebrating the fabulous 50s.

How many people can you cram into a phone booth?
I know, "What's a Phone Booth"?



Debbie explores those in power who hold
all the aces, in her layout for the ALL book. 

Jennifer shares some humorous conundrums
in her Conundrums spread.

Chicken glasses to prevent pecking!

Lorraine shares he little book of secrets in
her Book of Secrets layout.

Rosemary explores numerology and symbols in her
Alchemy spread.

Marcy does a royal job in her
Diamonds and Rust spread.

Pam ponders her Got Humor spread.

Pam inserted lots of very funny jokes
into the pockets!

Diane's Ooh La La Mailbag layout.
Ooh La La.

Rosemary visits Snow White and
Rose Red in her Fairy Tales pages.

May created a Hell's Kitchen Chef's coat for
the Pocket of Quotes Book.....

....filled with classic quotes from Gordon Ramsey!

Marcy visits genetic research in her Alchemy
spread. (July) 

Kim & Kehau created this beautiful
Steampunk Floral spread.

Honolulu Altered Books Group July 2013

 

Aloha,

 

 

What a great meeting we had this month. We were very excited to have Teri Flemal and her husband Lou, visiting all the way from New York. It was great to be able to meet our artist who lives the furthest from Hawaii, and we all hit it off just like we were old friends. This month we changed it up a bit and met at Nico's Restaurant. http://nicospier38.com/ The staff was very gracious and the food was ono.

 

We can't wait to see what August will bring our way.

 

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Jerzy Kosinski



 



 

 

 

Our group at Nico's.

Pam collected rusty items while walking around
Oahu and used them in her Diamonds and Rust spread.

Diane shared a few Knock Knock jokes
with us on her Got Humor layout.

Funny stuff.

Rosemary's Ooh La La Mailbag layout
is reminiscent of World War One.



May thinks twice about having
long hair in her Rapunzel spread
in the Fairy Tale book.



Darrell remembers catching headless chickens
in his Childhood Memories layout.



Lorraine follows the chicken theme with
her "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"
spread for the All book. 

Stephanie is serving up delicious cocktails
in her I Love Mid-Century Modern spread. 

Jessica shows us that being raised to be creative
results in a happy life.

Stephanie defines A Birds Eye View in
here Definitions layout.

Lorena shared a poem from her childhood
in her Childhood Memories spread.

Teri remembers some of her happiest childhood
memories of Christmas time in the Childhood
Memories book. 

Diane's Diamonds and Rust layout.

Kim and Kehau created a zippered pockets
of quotes layout filled with inspirational quotes.

Su painted a beautiful background for
her Floral Steampunk Fantasy. She even
has moving cogs on a chain!

Dorie takes us on a dark journey by visiting
some Wicked dictators.

Lorena gets all glittery in her Colors of the Rainbow
layout.

and you can't have rainbows without sunshine.

Hope explores to live or die in the
To Be or Not To Be book.

Amy explores the complex and mysterious creature
known as the Octopus.

Here is Mr. Octopus and his undersea garden.

Darrell uses sign language to explain
his " Deaf-inition in his Definition layout.

Teri shares  instantly recognizable icons in
her I Love Mid-Century modern layout.
And that ain't no Dixie cup!

Stephanie remembers how time drags when you
are a kid, and flies by when you get older in
the Childhood Memories book.

Debbie explains the connection between the 
3 million year old skeleton Lucy, and the Beatles, in the
Origins of Man book.

Jennifer explores Les Bains, a former
bathhouse in Paris for the All Book.

Don't Blink! from a former nightclub...

...to a street artist canvas...

.. to now it is ALL gone.

Lorraine's twist on Visual Incongruities and
Conundrums.
 

Is that you Auntie Lamb?

Rosemary's book of Secrets and Conspiracies
layout finds out who's coming to dinner.

A photo collage of this month's meeting.