Carol Wiebe

. What are you doing? He was taken by surprise, coming upon her sitting so quietly by herself. Nothing, except ignoring some of the negative stuff going on inside me. She shifted a bit, but didn’t get up. Like what? This wasn’t easy territory for him. I don’t want to give it undue attention by talking about it. She couldn’t help it if he felt pushed away. She had to do this. Why don’t you watch TV, then, or read a book? Take your mind off what you don’t want to think about? H

I just finished this little handmade art book . . . .  it’s about 4.5″ x 5.5″. It cups nicely in the hand, and was created much like OVA. This book was created for a dear friend whom I spent some time with this summer. She and her husband live close to the ocean. We were walking on the shore,  and a small boy asked us if we would like to see his starfish. This prompted a poem, and then the art book. Front cover Front and back cover pp 01 ~ 02 pp 03 ~ 04 pp 05 ~ 06 pp 07 ~ 08

I am completely enamored with how the different aspects of the art processes I engage in dovetail. I take photos, and can print them out and use them as collage elements in both my paper quilts and my journals. I can also play with them in Photoshop Elements, and produce unlimited numbers of design papers that are additional collage elements. Both the photos and design papers can be stitched to make paper appliques, which I have applied to quilts, journals and collage paintin