polyhedrons

So I am back in Toronto, and finally making things again.

This is a thing I made today. Plenty more in this series to come...

(copper etching with chine-collé)

'don't touch my chicken stone'

'don't touch my chicken stone'
a recent sketchbook page with pen and oil pastel, giving my gemstone legs

Carte Postale

I adore the old booksellers by the Seine - one of those typically Parisian things you expect when you get here, but are still delighted to see in person. They have some of the most beautiful old and rare books, posters etc. although most are beyond my price range (and often priced for tourists). They do however, also sell old (and used) postcards, which I adore. These postcards are far better and have much more character than the glossy and not-quite-cheesy-enough postcards they sell in souvenir shops and tabacs. This postcard is from 1904 and already has a delightful message written on it in french, but it was a pleasure to add to it and then send it on it's journey to Canada.

Livre d'Arrondissements

I collaged the cover of my little Paris map book so I look lest touristy and feel more comfortable whipping it out on the streets. Also I needed a project to get me into the swing of things. Considering the fact that I brought almost zero art supplies with me, it was a good little challenge. The other day I treated myself to a new pad of tracing paper, and some glue. I also decided that I'm done with the vogue I bought for my plane-trip across the pond and it has now become one of my few collage materials.

collaged live d'arrondissements; 2011
tracing paper, vogue magazine, sticky note, whiteout, scotch tape, pen and marker.

boisson chaude d'attention

my geometric forms have been appearing everywhere - including my beverage sleeves from coffee at school...

takin notes

This is my delicious brown moleskine notebook for school - complete with personalized foil stamps and embossings that were done in the relief studio on a slow day...my friend Meghan has a different, but matching book. Friendship notes?

Also, lately instead of taking notes,  I've been drawing a lot of 'gemstones'. I've started calling them that, but there's gotta be a better word for bizarre and oddly shaped geometrical shapes...