Artist 22

Seth tells me his Pulse is on the rise!


So is mine Seth and you know why!

To celebrate the launch of his first book, Seth is featuring the 31 invited spotlight artists within his book. The Pulse of Mixed Media: Secrets and Passions of 100 artists revealed.

The spotlight tour started and continues throughout March with each day dedicated to one of the 31 Artists.

Swing by Seth's Blog and then here on the 22nd of March.

You will learn why the "random" choice of the 22nd is not "random" for me.

Join Me

Please join me on my Facebook Page where you will find my musings as a mixed media book artist & story teller.

I re-enter the blogosphere after a two year research break into the history of my family.

Those stories will now come alive into a new series of Visual Anthologies artist books.

Please join me on my journey. 

Serendipity, as always, was with me all the way.
xo

Yes I know it has been a while.


As most of you may have realised, I have been busy in the genealogical world, working on the history of my family.

It has been a wonderfully fulfilling experience that has taken me around the world chasing history. 


As you know, life stories make up most of my artist books hence the material I am working with now, will one day be revealed in new mixed media books.


If you link over to my genealogy blog Provenance you will read about a piece of art that I did for Jill Berry's book Personal Geographies. 


In the next week or so I will be featuring some more photos of my artwork and more of an explanation into the intricacies of the techniques applied in order to make the piece.

Ciao for now

We call it "Bashert" loosely translated it means fate.


Some call it Serendipity.

I decided to start a new blog over here where you will be able to read posts about my genealogical search for my family and its history.


As you are aware, my books all involve research and one day some of what I find will make it into my book-art.


Thanks to all who commented on my last post, I really appreciated it.


So come along for the ride if the subject interests you.


As was the case with my art, Bashert has been playing a major role in my search.


Hope you enjoy....


xx

Its been a while...


Busy with the speed of life, I have had an interesting time in the last few months.
After returning from teaching workshops in the USA, my arms were in a worse state than ever.
I sought the advice of a specialist and he confirmed my fears. 
I had lost 40% capacity of the use of my ams and hands.
Whatever I do won't change the issue much.
They need rest.
So without a studio and buggered up arms and hands from over-use, I decided it was time to delve into my family's genealogy.

During my trip I made stops to visit and interview family.
Some I had met before, others not.
One woman, Tosca, survived the war and was living in New York. 
By a chance google search, we found each other and 65 years after not knowing their was a Survivor in each family, she and my father, I met her in New York. Now thats a long long story. 
Researching is part of my artworks so I consider this break in the physical side of the art, important for future pieces I will do when my arms repair.

Gathering information on my family, is no easy task. 
Most records were left behind in the attempt to escape the ravages of war in Eastern Europe or the records were destroyed in the communities from where they came.
So one has to work very laterally. This take up alot of time yet when I eventually manage to come up with some information, it is huge.
It is really like putting pieces of a very large puzzle together.


I am really enjoying this research and learning so much about history and the genealogical field. So here is the issue for this blog...
I don't know if anyone reading this is at all interested in my hunt for information and how I achieve those finds. There have been some amazing finds along the way.


As with my art, serendipity, or as we say, "Beshert" in Judaism, has played very significantly into this research.


If you read my post on the search for what happened to my grandmother and her 2 children, I found the answer, a few days later and followed up whilst I was in Washington.


There are many stories but I am unsure if this is the correct forum for the telling of those stories. One day, some of the stories will make their way into my art and new books.


Until then, I need to decide whether to start a new blog or not blog about the search at all.
What do you think?

So alot has been happening down here.

I am packing up the studio as I am moving houses.

Getting ready to teach my August classes in the USA.

You can find the links to where I am teaching on the sidebar here.

I start of in Denver at KC Willis' place.

Where I am teaching my "Just in Case" class

Then its off to Valley Ridge where we have combined the 2 classes into one class

I will be teaching my Book of Reliquaries

and also "22"

"22" is featured in LK Ludwigs new book "Creative Wildfire"

Then its off to New York to teach

Where I will be teaching this book

And in between all that I will be visiting new and old family gaining more knowledge for my genealogical search which is full steam ahead right now.

Look forward to seeing some of you soon.