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Self-care collage of intention
I take my journal when I go on holidays - I saw this show at GOMA in Brisbane & worked from a photo afterwards.
Bowie ❤️
Spatial, tonal & geometric play
Coloured Textas - half an hour.
Altered Book Art Journal
An ongoing Journal Journey An Altered Book is the creative repurposing or re-use of old books to become a living document. Altering can take many forms & for every person who does this, there will be as many unique ways & results. I have found this is an ideal way to explore a variety of media, ideas, expressions and ways of journalling life. They can be a way of saving old books from ending up as landfill, (yes, it does happen) & giving them a new life as a personal art journal. It can be an alternative to consuming more things, in the form of a new blank journal. I began this one in 2014 after completeing a 'normal' blank page visual journal, to try something different & because they were in great supply & almost being given away. The books are sourced mainly from giveaway trolleys or in opp shops. Old hardcover books are ideal as the paper quality & feel has more body and substance and presence as an object and can withstand altering. I love books and see this process as a way to give old & often unwanted books another rich creative incarnation. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ There are many resources online & altered book groups on Facebook too. Here's a great resource from Lisa Volrath which shows how to prepare a book especially if you want to remove pages. http://mixedmedia.club/a-crash-course-on-altered-books/ 
Collaged scraps of marbled paper
Paths collage
Collaged rose petals & magazine image- a synchronistic synthesis
Chapter one. Gesso, collage & gel pen
Texta & tempera paint. Integrating & layering with original text.
I didn't know what t do with this map so it became home for my fruit stickers
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