August Honolulu Altered Books Group Round Robin

Aloha,

August must be a busy month for everybody. We had a small turnout at our meeting

as well as a small turn out in our mailbox. The artwork that we did get to see was of course wonderful to look at.

We are planning to meet in September, October and November then take off December and January for some much needed rest. We will then be back for the final few rounds starting in Feb. 2012.

"The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives

or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep."

Paul Strand

Lorenna shows us some ladies from the Victorian Era.

Tamara created a pop up for the Free to fly book.

Lori displays this great layout for the Celebrate Life book.

Sox shares her Phobia of what's behind the door.

Now I think we all share this Phobia with her!

Lindsay serves up some yummy cupcakes for the Cupcake book.

Stephanie mailed us some nice Nick Bantock mail art!

Debbie gets lost in this Labyrinth in the Circles book.

Rosemary's interpretation of Lines and Angles.

Corinne stitched up this wonderful water-themed Mandala.

Debbie experiments with techniques from "Surface Treatments Workshop"

Darrell's Three Wishes includes Lyrics and music from an old

Frank Sinatra song.

Amy cleverly uses a scrabble board and tiles for her Al-pha-bet-i-ca layout.

Fran shares this puppy's dreams to fly in the Wings book.

Dee explores various circles in the Circle Book.

It's always a smart idea to have the soup after you ride the merry go round.

Deb Z created this dramatic scene for the Moonscapes book.

July 2011 Honolulu Altered Books Group Round Robin

Welcome to the July addition of the Honolulu Altered Books Group Round Robin.

If you missed this month's meeting, you missed out on lot's of fun and

laughter, not to mention the sharing of some great art and techniques. July has been a wild and crazy month so this month's blog is a little late. (thanks for you patience).

Our books continue to grow in size and weight and what a treasure it will be when all the wonderful art from this talented group makes it back to their original artist.

" I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't

say any other way - things I had no words for."

Georgia O'Keeffe

Darrell gets LOST in his Dharma Mandala.

Back side with Map of the Swan station.

Laurie shows us a clever wings layout.
June.

Laurie takes on Cat and Mouse literally.

July.

Corinne Celebrates Life with a Cup of Tea

Enjoy a good Cup of Tea.

Rebecca takes us on a Art Journey in the Earth Rhythms

and Morphscapes book.

one amazing journey

Sox dazzles us with this beautiful lace layout in the Victorian Era book.

Pam shows us this bold layout in the Three Wishes book.

Lorraine creates her own path in the Paths and Parallel Universes book.
July.

Lorraine had a dream she could fly in the To Imagine is Everything book.

June.

OOPS.. I found a layout from Stephanie for September 2010.

Stephanie uses her Imagination in an artful way in the

To Imagine is Everything book.

More To Imagine is everything.

Stephanie loaded this layout with lots of goodies in the

Found Objects book.

Fran visits an old time TV game show in the

Lines and Angles book.

Dee takes us on a trip to Paris in the Nick Bantock Book.

Ooh La La

Lori shares her vision in the Joy book

Lorena spells out this spread for the Al-pha-bet-i-ca book.

Tamara is at no loss of circles in her layout in the

Circle book.

June.

Tamara cooks up this cupcake that is good for the environment in the

Cupcake book.

Sue shows us this stunning pop up explaining about

winged seeds in the Wings book.

View from top.

Amy shows us her turtle layout with ties to her family history

in the Turtle book.

Deb Z uses a Billy Joel song that uses "it's a rainy day in Paris" lyrics in

her layout using gesso and colorants in the Visions of Paris book

Lindsay spreads he wings in this Free to Fly layout.

May/June 2011 Altered Books Round Robin

Aloha everyone,

Welcome back to the Honolulu Altered Books Group blog. After taking

a break in May so Deb Z. could finish her remodel of Rubber

Stamp Plantation, we were back in force with a plethora of fantastic art to

share from all over the country and Canada.

There are quite a few layouts to view this month, so kick back and have a cup of your

favorite beverage and enjoy this artful journey.

"I shut my eyes in order to see"

Paul Gauguin

Rebecca's colorful butterfly Mandala

(May)

Rebecca used collage, watercolors and even made
her own stamps.
Celebrate Life
(April)




Rebecca reveals her three wishes.
#1




#2

Yum, home cookin'

#3

(June)

Pam made me dizzy with her Mandala layout.

(June)

Darrell takes joy in making up his own words to songs.

Listening to music brings JOY

(May)

Corinne stiched up a beautiful garden of JOY.

(June)

Back side of Garden with techniques.

Darrell took the theme Celebrate Life literaly.

(June)

Debbie takes us on a Gilded Age fashion tour.

Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage.

(May)

Debbie explains PHOBOPHOBIA.

A fear of phobias. LOL

(June)

Lorraine does not like fish at all. Would that be Nemophobia?

This might explain it.

(May)

Lorraine's beautiful Guilded Age tag layout.

(April)

Dee shares some humor with this cats generosity.

Dee shows us a favorite Cat and Mouse page from her childhood.

(May)

Dee displays some Found Objects.

More of Dee's Found Objects. Check out the bed making exercise.

(June)

Stephanie's cat seems to be playing with it's food in the

Cat and Mouse book.

(June)

Corinne shows us a fabulous butterfly spread in the

Free to Fly book.

(May)

Laurie reeled in a big fish in the Lines and Angles book.
(May)

Lindsay created these great air dry clay circles for the

Circle Book.

(May)

Sox created these medieval letters for the

Alphabetica book.

(June)

Stephanie says "Spread your Wings"

in the Wings book.

More wings to spread.

(May)

Sox created this neat digital Turtle layout.

(May)

Rosemary reminisces about Paris in the

Visions of London,Paris,Rome & Asia book.

(May)

Rosemary explores the types of moonscapes.

(June)

Fran gives us the lyrics to Blue Moon for the Moonscapes book.

The book actually sings the words.

(June)

Fran is Having a Great Time with travel stamps.

Frans takes a road trip in the Having a Great Time book.

(May)

Lori shows us her Vision of Cupcakes in the Cupcake book.

(May)

Lori's layout for the Free to Fly book.

(June)

Deb Z designed this wonderful scene in the

To Imagine is Everything book.

(May)

Deb Z shows us her take on Paths and Parallel Universes.

Deb Z shows us the way.

(June)

Tamara shows us a Seattle influenced Nick Bantock layout.

(May)

Tamara shows us this amazing flower pop up.

Su goes ballooning in the Having a Great Time Book.

The balloon actually moves.

(May)

Su does a balancing act in the Lines and Angles book.

(June)

Lorena uses meaningful words and scratch art in her Earth Rhythms book.

(May)

Lorena reminds us that a slow and steady pace wins the race in

the Turtle book.

(June)

Amy goes to the well for this Three Wishes page.

Make a wish upon a star!

Birthday Wishes.

(May)

Amy is in touch with her family's ties to the Islands.

Amy shows us a close up photo of a tiki tourch

mounted on a ti leaf.

Mike shares his view on To Imagine is Everything book.
(April)

Lindsay serves up some very tasty looking cupcakes for

the Cupcake book.

(May)