Artistic Interpretations...: December 2009

Friday, December 18, 2009

Books, Book, and More Books!

So, since the name of this blog is Artistic Interpretations I figured that it is time that i actually post some of my artwork! I have been meaning to do this for a while, but time has not permitted, plus it's quite intimidating putting your work up on the internet! But I realized that no one looks at my blog anyway except for Shara and Mom! SO why not! So from now on I will be putting the name of this blog to use! First I want to say that I LOVE bookbinding! It's so fun to make books and be creative with the covers, I'm so excited about it, and there's tons of stuff that I want o experiment with! So first off, here are some of the books I have made over the course of this semester.

FYI: This leather book isn't done, this is just the cover.

This was my second book I made, the cover is ceder, and it smells so good!

This is a paper case book, with a ceramic button and hand stitching. I had a lot of fun with this one!

The following two books are rebound Books of Mormon, so fun! I bought the mini ones, and they turned out really nice.
Also this blue book has applique flowers on it, I got really excited about using those, it turned out really cute.

This book is a coptic binding, and it's the first book I've ever made! I love the cranes, and the paper has gold specks on it!

This book has cork paper for the cover, pretty neat, and a nice feeling to it. And this is another rebound mini Book of Mormon.

This is a clamshell box I made for a flat back dos e do book I made, you'll see what that is in the next picture.

Ta da! It's three books combined into one! And this book is going to be in a BYU art show this winter semester, it will be displayed in the library.

This was one I really like, I loved the tree paper and the ceramic button. So cute!

Anyway, that's some of what I've been making, I'm going to make a calfskin book next with the fur and everything, it will be really neat! I also bought some glitter paper!! That will be fun to experiment with! Well, as you see I've been having a lot of fun, and am going to keep on making these books! More posts to come, maybe next I'll put some drawings and paintings up!

Words of Inspiration

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
— Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles)

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
— Dr. Seuss

"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
— G.K. Chesterton

"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."
— C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves)

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."
— C.S. Lewis

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."
— Douglas Adams (The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul)

"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not."
— André Gide

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
— Charles M. Schulz

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
— Albert Einstein

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the tesimony of our Lord. 2 Timothy 1:7-8

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
— Henry David Thoreau (Walden: Or, Life in the Woods)

Mahirap ang buhay pag guwapa!
Translation: Life is hard when you're beautiful!

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
— Maya Angelou

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."
— Dr. Seuss (Happy Birthday to You!)

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
— C.S. Lewis

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
— Winston S. Churchill

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
— Audrey Hepburn

"We accept the love we think we deserve. "
— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Books, Book, and More Books!