valeriepica.com » Artist http://valeriepica.com/blog illustration, printmaking, etc. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:16:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 hellojenuine http://valeriepica.com/blog/artist/hellojenuine/ http://valeriepica.com/blog/artist/hellojenuine/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 14:57:41 +0000 valeriepica http://valeriepica.com/blog/?p=173 Be quick, be speedy! The lovely jen of hellojenuine has some hand bound and hand screened zines up for sale here.

tenfingerszine

I’ve already snaffled mine up, but if you’re quick you might get one too!

(image via hellojenuine)

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New magnet set for Etsy, originally uploaded by jordangrace.

How glorious are these magnets and paperdolls from etsy seller hollandsworth?

I think I have a new art crush!

, originally uploaded by jordangrace.

[via pikaland]

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I wanted to post something entirely different today, the fantastic collage work of mixed media artist and poet novembermoon, which is incredibly intricate and chaotic. The mix of textiles, paper and text is blended without being tame, and aesthetic yet meaningful.

etsy

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Continuing in the bookbinding theme, today’s images are some details I took of an impeccably bound book by Juliao Sarmento. I was struggling with this binding style- I pretty much disregarded the tips about using Japanese paper in Kojiro Ikegami’s book, which meant the book I’d been attempting were stiff and crunchy. The japanese papers, which have a high rag content, are incredibly thin yet strong, which means in a bookbinding style like this it’s possible to actually open the book fully without damaging it.

Regardless, this book is an artwork, a documentary, and an example in a medium.

four hole stab binding.

Juliao Sarmento

Juliao Sarmento: Racial Makeup.

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