keskiviikko 25. marraskuuta 2009
The Three Muses: Time / Aika
Kolmen Muusan teemana on aika. Tein taas aukeaman altsukirjaani, aiheena on tiimalasi. Aika (tai lähinnä sen puute) on ongelma, jonka kanssa kamppailen päivittäin. Aika ei tunnu riittävän mihinkään, vaikka eihän sen pitäisi loppua, kun sitä tulee koko ajan jostain lisää. Niinpä halusin kuvitella ajan tiimalasiksi, jonka voi kääntää ympäri heti, kun hiekka on valunut ylhäältä alas - sillä lailla ajan voi ajatella loputtomaksi.
The Three Muses' theme this week is Time. I made a new spread in my altered book, using an hourglass as the main image. Time (or actually the lack of time) is a problem I am struggling with daily. There doesn't seem to be enough time for all the things I want to do - and yet, time can not run out completely, beacause there's always more time coming from somewhere. So I want to imagine time as an hourglass which can be turned over when the sand has run down - this way I can think that time is endless.
Tunnisteet:
aika,
altered book,
altsukirja,
hourglasses,
Three Muses,
tiimalasit,
time
tiistai 17. marraskuuta 2009
The Three Muses: Key / Avain
Kolme Muusaa kaipailee töitä, joiden osana on avain. Tein taas aukeaman altsukirjaani, ja koska kirjastani näyttää muodostuvan lintuaiheinen juttu (vaikken sitä sellaiseksi alun perin suunnitellutkaan), niin laitoin avaimen haltijaksi harakan. Harakoidenhan sanotaan keräävän pesäänsä kaikenlaista kiiltävää - ja olen varma että ne kyllä keräävät myös kuulakärkikyniä ja vasemman jalan sukkia, sillä ne ovat aina hukassa ainakin minulta. - Harakka on googlattu ja muunneltu, kaikki muu on erilaista kierrätyspaperia.
This spread from my altered book is my entry for the Three Muses' challenge to use a key as a part in our works. In my piece a magpie is carrying a key to its nest - it is said that magpies collect all kinds of shiny things. (I'm sure they also collect ball-point pens and left foot socks because I can never find them when I need them...) I chose the magpie as my protagonist, because it seems that my altered book is going to be all about birds, even though I did not plan it to be like that beforehand. - The magpie is googled and altered, all the other stuff is recycled paper.
This spread from my altered book is my entry for the Three Muses' challenge to use a key as a part in our works. In my piece a magpie is carrying a key to its nest - it is said that magpies collect all kinds of shiny things. (I'm sure they also collect ball-point pens and left foot socks because I can never find them when I need them...) I chose the magpie as my protagonist, because it seems that my altered book is going to be all about birds, even though I did not plan it to be like that beforehand. - The magpie is googled and altered, all the other stuff is recycled paper.
Tunnisteet:
altered book,
altsukirja,
avaimet,
birds,
keys,
linnut,
Three Muses
keskiviikko 11. marraskuuta 2009
The Three Muses: Unissa / In your dreams
Kolmen Muusan teemana ovat tällä viikolla unet. Tässä altsukirjani aukeamassa uneksin Lintukodosta, paikasta johon entisaikojen ihmiset uskoivat muuttolintujen menevän, kun ne syksyllä katosivat. Koska niiden nähtiin lentävän kohti etelää tai lounasta, Lintukodon ajateltiin sijaitsevan jossain lämpimässä paikassa. Ja koska taivaankansi näytti olevan lähempänä maata taivaanrannassa, uskottiin Lintukodossa asuvan vain hyvin pieniä ihmisiä. Minulla on niin ikävä lintuja ja valoa ja lämpimiä säitä, että näen tätä unta varmasti ensi kevääseen asti. (Lintukoto-tarinoista on mielenkiintoinen artikkeli Luonto-lehden viime numerossa 8/2009).
"In your dreams" is the theme that the Three Muses gave us this week. In this spread from my altered book I dream about the place where the birds go when they leave our cold and dark country in the autumn. In the old days people believed that there is a special place, called "The home of the birds", where the birds go. Because the birds flew to South or Southwest, people thought that this home must be somewhere where it's warm. And because the sky seems to be very near the earth in the horizon, they also thought that only very small people can live there. - I miss the birds and the sunlight and the warm weather so much, that I think I'll be dreaming this dream every night until next spring arrives.
"In your dreams" is the theme that the Three Muses gave us this week. In this spread from my altered book I dream about the place where the birds go when they leave our cold and dark country in the autumn. In the old days people believed that there is a special place, called "The home of the birds", where the birds go. Because the birds flew to South or Southwest, people thought that this home must be somewhere where it's warm. And because the sky seems to be very near the earth in the horizon, they also thought that only very small people can live there. - I miss the birds and the sunlight and the warm weather so much, that I think I'll be dreaming this dream every night until next spring arrives.
Tunnisteet:
altered book,
altsukirja,
birds,
dreams,
linnut,
Three Muses,
unet
keskiviikko 4. marraskuuta 2009
The Three Muses: Pairs
Kolmen Muusan viikon teema on "Parit", ja tämä altsukirjani aukeama on vastaus heidän haasteeseensa. Luonnossa monet eläinlajit elävät pareittain (ja niinhän me ihmisetkin ainakin yritämme tehdä...), joten valitsin aiheekseni pikkulintuparin. Linnut on leikattu servietistä, persikat kopioitu kiiltokuva-arkista. Muu osa kuvituksesta ja värityksestä on omaa aikaansaannostani, välineinä akryylimaalit, vahaliidut ja tussikynät.
The Three Muses' prompt for this week was "Oh what a peach of a pair", and this spread from my altered book is my entry for this challenge. Because English is not my mother tongue, I have a tendency to take all sayings literally, and so I just couldn't resist the temptation to put a pair of peaches in my collage besides the pair of birds, who are my main subject. - The birds are cut from a paper napkin, the peaches are a die cut, and the rest of the page I painted and drew with acrylic paints, wax oil crayons, and markers.
The Three Muses' prompt for this week was "Oh what a peach of a pair", and this spread from my altered book is my entry for this challenge. Because English is not my mother tongue, I have a tendency to take all sayings literally, and so I just couldn't resist the temptation to put a pair of peaches in my collage besides the pair of birds, who are my main subject. - The birds are cut from a paper napkin, the peaches are a die cut, and the rest of the page I painted and drew with acrylic paints, wax oil crayons, and markers.
Tunnisteet:
altered book,
altsukirja,
birds,
linnut,
pairs,
parit,
Three Muses
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