Wait and Weight

The last couple of months have been very low energy

for me which affects my creative energy a lot.

I do have some new projects on the back burner

but they are very slow cookin!

I found the scrap book (above) at an estate sale

and it has been gathering dust until recently when

I decided to use it for a portfolio of small works on paper.

It is 11x14 and the cover is handmade painted wood.

I tacked down some marking samples on the front cover

and have slowly been filling the pages.

 Here is the first spread.

I am also working on a journal made from

cereal box cardboard . Here is a photo

of the pages gessoed up and weighted down

to keep them from curling. 

It's been all about a long wait:

for things to dry, for renewed energy,

for new ideas to take hold.