It's been a busy week here - filled with all sorts of summer activities and outings with my little urchins. While they watch tv or color, I sneak upstairs to the studio for a few stolen moments
to position tea bags and rusty bits on paper
and check on their progress.
My book of tea
and rust
has been added to
and then added to again.
A cover has been chosen
and artsy photos of it have been taken.
Space has been left...for words, marks, pictures,
or as quiet moments on a page.
Now...time for the fun part...the celebration part of this 300th post. As a thank you to you for finding my blog and coming back to visit...well, basically for making the 300th post possible, I'm giving away my book of tea.
If you'd like to have a chance to win it, just leave a comment on this post by 5 am (USA New York city time) on Thursday, August 9 letting me know to add your name to the hat. Include a way for me to contact you. If you'd care to share a few thoughts on tea and/or rust, that would be wonderful. When the little urchins wake next Thursday, I'll have them draw a name and will post the lucky winner by noon.
Oh! I have a bit of exciting news. If you happen to find yourself in my neck of the woods this Sunday, stop by Silvermine Arts Center for the opening reception of Collective Vision.
One of my large rust beauties, Echoes of Stillness, is in the Impermanent Markings portion of the show. I snapped this shot quickly on Wednesday while retrieving the piece that wasn't accepted. Hopefully, I'll get a better shot on Sunday.
Enjoy!
how exciting about the show - congratulations on the acceptance... 'echoes of stillness' is really beautiful...
ReplyDeleteand what a generous giveaway - i would be honored to win that book, it has been so wonderful to watch the pages develop...
I think there will be tens of comments here by next Thursday but I'll take my chances to win the book. It's so enticing! I love the way you use tea and rust to stain the pages and, if I ever had it in my hands, I'd probably be in awe of adding anything to it. You can contact me through my blog or at drippingbrush@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for this generous giveaway.
Ooh - don't think there is any question about how much Iwould love to win this book Jennifer. I have loved watching it develop and would be interested to see if the lucky person who wins will take this any further - turning it into a collaboration of sorts. Great fun. I don't think any one of us can teach you about rust. My only experience has been in rusting the entire paper and then working into that. I absolutely love the marks you achieve by rusting objects and shapes onto the paper. I am crossing all my fingers and toes that it is my name pulled out of the hat.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I am currently rusting on my handmade paper and came across your blog a few weeks ago. Thanks for your inspiration. ~ Elizabeth, 2ndhandpaper@blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your show and your 300th post! I've been rusting and printing on my indigo and walnut dyed handmade paper. Found your blog only a few weeks ago. Beautiful work! ~ Elizabeth, 2ndhandpaper@blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteYour book of tea is beautiful; we all would be thrilled to own it. And, as usual in your generous way, you share your working method. Happy 300th post! May there be many more.
ReplyDeleteJoanne in Canada
Happy 300th post! I enjoy reading your blog and seeing your work very much. And what a generous giveaway, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI would so looove to win your Book of Tea!! Happy 300th post! I look forward to following your journey and watching your wonders unfold. Thanks so much for entering me for your draw :)
ReplyDeleteleanne.ellis@nucleus.com
Congratulations on being chosen for the show. I love your work.
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Congrats for being chosen..but l am not surprised. OMG you are giving away this amazing book....how can you bear to part with it? But l am so glad you are because that means l have a chance of winning it..thank you for being such a generous artist and womanxx I discovered and fell in love with rust dyeing about 8 months ago and am totally hook. I research where l see the word RUST! My poor family have got to get used to be suddenly shout STPO the car and l dash out to pick something l see on the road! What our families put up with for our Art! happy 300th postingxxlynda
ReplyDeleteJennifer, I can't believe that you will give that beautiful book away. But just in case - I am pleased to comment here. Your body of work has been inspirational to me for a while now.
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you know I would be more than happy to find your delightful book in my mailbox. what an inspiration!
ReplyDeletehappy 300! can't think of a better way to celebrate than a spot of tea (with rust!) --- the book is looking totally amazing btw --- here's to another 300 posts!
ReplyDeleteHey you...you know I want that book! It will look divine with my rusted piece of cloth (from you, of course!). Congrats on your 300th post! Thank the urchins for letting you sneak away...you've been using your time quite well.
ReplyDeleteWhoops...forgot to congratulate you for getting into the show...how exciting is that!?
ReplyDeleteOh wow. This is looking so wonderful - so mesmerising, enticing and enchanting. I spend quite a bit of time staring into those marks that are left behind, imagining working with them and into them, how they would feel, the colours that would sing Congrats and thank you for 300 posts - I have had much joy from your blogging! Also big congrats for the show - the title of the show and your work are a match made in heaven! Hope it goes really well.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thank you MaireDodd, Ersi, Susan, Elizabeth, Joanne, Helen-S, Leanne E, Pamsky65, Lynda, Judy, Lyle, Ronnie and Thread Born for all the lovely comments and for liking my experimenting and playing enough to want to own a bit of it.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that you can give such a beautiful object away! Congratulations on your 300th post, from someone who's only just discovered your blog and is very happy to have done so!
ReplyDeleteWow! What an amazingly beautiful book! I would be honored to receive it. Thank you for sharing your work and your process.
ReplyDeleteWhoops, forgot to add, you can contact me at mappingnebraska[at]gmail.com
DeleteI would love, love , love to have your 'Book of Tea' I don't drink tea myself unless it is herbal but I have found that if I put my dandelion coffee bags on my no colour herbal tea bags magic happens then add a found squashed rusty beer cap and suddenly my paper that lines my work table becomes way more special. I use really nice paper and at the end of a couple of weeks it becomes a small book which is a diary of my creativity for that period. Perhaps I can give one away when I get to 300 posts. x te either at my blog or soewnearth@yahoo.com.au
ReplyDeleteWould love to have your book although postage to UK might be expensive! I am a coffee drinker but I can appreciate the beauty of what a tea bag can achieve! Maxthelobster.blogspot.co.uk
ReplyDeleteMaireDodd - Thank you! Given that this is the first juried showing for my rust work, I'm a tiny bit thrilled. Can't wait to see it hanging with all the rest this afternoon. Thank you as well for your interest in my book of tea. Good luck Thursday.
ReplyDeleteErsi - You name is added to the hat. Thank you for the kind words about being in awe of the book.
Susan - Oh! The image of you sitting in your studio with fingers and toes crossed...and trying to work had me chuckling. I'd love it if the winner adds to it and makes it a collaboration as you said. I've an idea for you, Fiona, Pam and I. Just need time to think it through a bit more...
Elizabeth - Thank you for stumbling across my little blog. It must be amazing to make your own paper. I remember seeing paper artists at art shows and being in awe...still am, truth be told. I'd love to see you results with rusting, but couldn't find any on your blog. Loved the search for Sherlock and his hounds!
Joanna in Canada - Thank you! Hmmm...300 more posts? I'll certainly give it try as long as there are such wonderful friends who find continue to find it interesting. I owe you an email. Haven't forgotten. It's just the little urchins are home full-time until the end of the month. Soon!
Helen-S - So glad to be able to add your name to the hat. Thank you for your interest!
Leanne E - It's so nice to hear from more of the people who follow the blog. Thanks for good wishes! Good luck on Thursday!
Pamsky65 - Thank you! You name has been added to the hat.
J-each time I visit I'm just struck by two thoughts - you are having such fun with the rust, tea, cauldron etc etc; and you are producing some stunning imagers through the process - can't get a better combo than that. Go well. B
ReplyDeleteLynda H - Too funny! While I've yet to get my husband to stop the car for rust, I have been known drive back later to retrieve it. And...this just shows what a bad mom I am...one of daughters seeks out rust for me too. Wouldn't be so bad if she 15, but at 5... I'm thrilled to add your name to the hat. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteJudy - It just seemed the right thing to do...for this book to be a thank you gift for following my blog. There will be more...only they'll be for sale next time. Or that's the plan. I seemed to get sidetracked so easily these days. Considering that I'm totally in awe and love with your body of work, it is truly an honor that you find inspiration in mine.
Lyle - So happy to add your name to the hat! Good luck!
Thread Born - Thanks for the congrats! I'm excited to see my large rust beauty hanging in the gallery this afternoon. Would be even more excited to see a red sticker next to it... Ha!
Fiona - A huge thank you for your wonderfully poetic thoughts on my book of tea and, especially, for finding my little blog way back when! I've an idea that involves you, Susan, Pam and I. Needs a little more thought first though.
Julie S - Thank you for discovering my blog and liking what's happening here! It's all one huge experiment, but I'm having a blast creating and playing and meeting new artists from all over the world. So happy to add you to the group and your name to the hat. Good luck!
Liz I - Thank you so much! Your name has been added to the hat...it's getting quite full. I'm curious, your blog name...Mapping Nebraska...are you? If so, how?
Soewn Earth - Wow! Dandelion coffee? Really? Truly? Using those little yellow flowers [weeds to me] that my daughters love so dearly? I've heard of dandelion wine and even tea as well as the leaves being used in salad, but coffee? Awesome! Not as awesome as the paper on your work table must be at the of the week though. I'm fairly salivating over hear imagining how delightful your table must look. And the books! Have any been featured on your blog? I'll pop over soon to look. So happy to add your name to the hat. Good luck!
Max the Lobster - Your nom de blogging gives me a chuckle every time. No worries about the postage. I'm happy to send the book wherever it's destined to go. Good luck!
Barry - Yes. I am having such a great time playing and experimenting with tea and rust and various papers as well. It's like Christmas every day - never quite know just what the bundle holds, but am sure it will be fascinating. Considering how exquisite your photography is, I'm honored that you like my images. Gives a bit of insight for how I view the world, I suppose. Happy to add your name to the others. Good luck!
Thank you! My email is julie.shackson@gmail.com
DeleteHere's to the next 300! xxjxx
Paper + rust + water - results interesting.
ReplyDeletePaper + rust + water and vinegar - results more interesting.
Then I discovered your blog and tea became the additional magical ingredient - results transformed.
Your tea book is a delight and the fact that you mention spaces would give one the opportunity to respond to your work in a very personal way.
Thank you for your sharing. Ann
Ann, thank you for visiting the blog and for the lovely comment. I'd been rusting with water and/or vinegar when a post somewhere caught my attention - tea had been used and the rust had turned black rather than...well...rust colored. Being that I love tea, it just seemed a natural.
DeleteSeems you work with rust as well. I'd love to see what you're doing if you don't mind sharing. Do you have a blog or web site?
Hello Jennifer, I have only come lately to the computer and do not have either a blog or web site. My email is annvsutton@yahoo.co.uk and I could share with photographs. I do a lot of drawing and some printmaking and had set myself a project called "The Beach". There were pieces of rusty metal on the seashore and that's how I got into rust. I have been doing my drawing on collages surfaces or just responding to the marks on the paper. I was so pleased you enjoyed your visit to London. I loved the way your eye was caught as shown by your photographs. How many times did you hear the comment - why is she photographing that? That always makes me chuckle. I' keeping my fingers crossed. Ann
Deletelove the story you're telling with the delightful images here! love the book of rust and tea that contains a bounty of stories and the space to ponder them. cheers to 300 posts & way many more to come!
ReplyDeleteYour tea book is as inspiring as it is beautiful. I love your work.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful book - I love the "alchemy" of your work with tea and rust. In my work with watercolor, I'm mindful of working with the balance of what happens naturally with bleeding and what happens when I control it. Somewhere in there is the moment when that balance is right for what I'm trying to say about the landscape or pattern. I love that there is so much unknown in your work, but there is an element of control through placement, choice of shape in rusty objects, and format, of course - and then nature takes over - magical and mysterious. I'd be excited to have your book around for inspiration! valerianna at verizon dot net
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer, Congratulations on your 300th post - your work is an inspiration and I'm very grateful you share the results. As a 'rustaholic' and bookmaker living in New Zealand I would love to be in the draw for this wonderful book. Kind regards, Jane - howiedj@xtra.co.nz
ReplyDeleteAnca - As always, your comments are so poetic. They're simply a joy to read. And an honor to receive. Thank you and good luck on Thursday!
ReplyDeleteSue - Thank you! It's always a pleasure to receive comments from followers who are usually silent. Looks like you're having fun over at your blog as well. Thank you also for including me on your blog list. Good luck!
Valerianna - Being that you work with watercolor, you have a healthy understanding of the unpredictableness...unpredictability?...of art and the materials/mediums we sometimes choose to work with. Watercolors fascinate me. I remember my feeble attempts with them in junior and high school art classes. Oh! What a mess I made of it. My hat's off to you and your lovely work. Good luck on Thursday!
Jane - Welcome! Any fellow rustaholic is always welcome here. That you're also a bookmaker is just icing on the cake. I noticed an email address rather than a blog...I'd love to see your work if you don't mind sharing photos. Thank you for visiting and for your lovely comment. Good luck!
Hello, I have been following for only a little while and found you through "Letting in the Light" blog. I just love your work and am forever inspired by the results of your efforts. It would be a real thrill to win your book of rust. I am very fond of the aging process of objects and am always surprised by the beauty of decay.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Jennifer! Happy you found your way here. Seems I owe Kim a big thank you for sending some of her followers my way.
DeleteThank you to you for the kind words about my work. I'm happy to add your name to the hat. Good luck!
Just found your blog today and enjoyed it very much. Love the book of tea. Reminds me of rust which is one of my favorite things.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog and reading about all your experiments and stuff you create! What a wonderful, generous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteTina - Welcome! So nice that you found your way here. Rust is wonderful, isn't it? The book really should be called my book of tea and rust for rusty bits were used on every page. Come back to visit. Good luck tomorrow with the drawing for the book.
ReplyDeletePeggy - Thank you! I'm assuming that since you read the blog, you're an artist also. What medium do you work in? Good luck in the drawing tomorrow.
I'm a weaver -- but I enjoy all fiber arts
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