Studios and more studios

What a great Open Studios yesterday at the Lydia Pinkham Building in Lynn. Above is the space I work in each day, which I finally set up in a way that looks more like it should. I met many of the other artists in the building, chatted with TONS of visitors, and the best thing is, people were out to buy ART! Thanks go out to Seth Albaum, editor of LynnHappens.com, who is determined to promote all that is happening in the arts in our area, and to Corey Jackson of DowntownLynn.com, who was doing the same.

For more studio vignettes (including mine) check out today's "The Altered Page" where Seth Apter has been documenting "The State of the Art" and today's post is on StudioScapes.

Disintegration Reveal

Something funny is sprouting amid the greens!

It's time for the Disintegration reveal! All winter my little bundles have been tucked among some old branches taking all the beating that a New England winter can dish out. What began as the pages of an old playbook are now really weathered, curled, and ripe for use in what will ultimately be a collage...THAT reveal will be in August.

Here are a few more "After" images...







To see how this project all began, check out The Altered Page, where 123 other artists took part in this experiment.

Disintegration Part II

Back in January I joined in a collaborative effort instigated by Seth Apter of The Altered Page called "Disintegration." Says Seth, bundles of every imaginable material, shape, and color are hung, tied, buried, and submerged all around the world. Nature is working her magic with snow, rain, hail, sun, wind, earth, fire, and water all interacting with and disintegrating bundles of bundles. On May 1, each artist will reveal the results on their own blog.

I am periodically updating my original disintegration blog post which you can read about here. Ahhh, the trials and tribulations of paper and string.