In my drawing class, our current assignment is to make an artist’s book incorporating drawing. Oh sure, twist my arm! So to begin, I went shopping for some books to alter. I was looking for something small and intimate, with chipboard covers I can work into. I decided on some Little Golden Books.

I found a couple with illustrations I really like. This is a 50’s edition of Heidi. The illustrator is Steffie Lerch.

The top illustration and this one are from a Little Golden Book called Riddles from A to Z, with illustrations by Trina Schart (is it me or do these sound like fake names?). I love these. Okay, no way I am working with this book. This is a keeper, for now at least.

The funny thing is that, looking closely at the Riddles book, you can see that someone got a little crazy on it with a pink crayon. Here I am thinking that I’m so daring altering these books, when the truth is its nothing the crayon set hasn’t been doing for years.

Meanwhile, in sculpture class:

Wood project #1. Made from two 2×4’s and a sheet of plywood. Love having access to the shop. The orbital sander makes me happy.

And an in-class drawing from the bone lab. This is a harbour seal skull. I see a bit of cross-referencing between this and the woodshop critter above.

So school is getting to be a lot of fun. There are also a lot of interesting connections between my museum studies classes and the visual arts classes. It’s like looking at each area from the other side of the fence.

This is a bit of a crunch time, with job searching (my museum job ends at the end of February), making a website for Gary, classes, and work. I’ll see you around when I get a chance!