The sewing on the outside of the covers of these note books by Sebastian Alvarez is great. Many more examples here
Traveling tools
Kimberly Jones sent me a link to her traveling tool kit, below. It might be better than a tool roll, because it can hold a tiny cutting mat. I found a few that would work: 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ and 4″ x 8″ and 4″ x 4″. Kimberly talks about the tools in her kit here.
Poetry Van
A 4th of July tradition here in Santa Fe is Pancakes on the Plaza, a local fundraiser put on by the United Way. In addition to breakfast, there are craft tables and a vintage car show. This year I remembered to take a picture of the Poetry in Motion truck, which the owner, Illan Shamir, calls a “Magnetic Movable Ice Cream Truck.” I usually stop to watch people compose a poem or just a sentence, usually singly but sometimes with a friend. There’s an article about the truck here and his facebook page here.
Tool Holder
I spent a hour or so yesterday cleaning up my studio. I rearranged and stored some things I haven’t used in quite some time. I also remembered this tool organizer/holder that Jeff Peachey posted on his blog. After much thought, I decided to keep my tools where they were, in plastic trays in the drawer under my workbench. While I have to open the drawer to get things out, the surface of my workbench is uncluttered and all the space is available to work on. Where do you store your tools?
Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower
Of Green Leaf, Bird and Flower is an exhibit at the Yale Center for British Art (on until Aug 10, 2014). The description says “This exhibition looks at the ways in which self-taught naturalists and artists recorded and observed the natural world around them from the sixteenth century to the present, examining the intersections of artistic and scientific interest.” There’s a catalogue available if you can’t get to the exhibition. And a review in the Wall Street Journal. Below is a one of the books on display, ‘Crow Landscape, Elsdon, Northumberland’ (2008) by Sarah Morpeth.
Leslie Pearson
Leslie Pearson says her work is “an investigation into memory, identity, and the transformative value of communication.” Below are “Bottled Up Emotions” and what she classifies as an “experimental book” called “In Words Alone” (made with gut, tissue paper, wire and book pages). See all her work here.
