Michael Strong Black and White Blog Hop journaling page

Michael Strong Black and White Blog Hop journaling page

Welcome to the Michael Strong Black and White Blog Hop!

I hope you have arrived here from Lola Radnoti's blog: http://raevon59.wordpress.com/

My project is a double spread journaling page, in a regular sized notebook (A5).

For the background, I used a collage of randomly torn pages from a Mythology book which I saved from being thrown away – I upcycled it for a good purpose.

I also used a photo from the same book, showing a figure which seems to say "It'll be OK", very confidently.

I used Mike's Whimsical Owl stamp, heat embossed with an extra sparkly and shiny black EP, hand cut with scissors.

Here's a link to Michael Strong’s catalogue, where you can see all the wonderful stamps (and more) Mike has:

http://www.strongstamps.com/catalog-rubber-stamps-supplies/index.htm

The Washi Tape at the bottom of the page is actually a rather wide fabric tape.

It's directing the way to a one-way-ticket destination, leading to a positive and optimistic ending of the road, which goes along with the Sentiment.

The hand-written Sentiment is a very optimistic one.

The next blog you should hop to is Rosie Guiher's blog:
http://gramig05-playtime.blogspot.nl/

Please notice: if leave a comment in Mike’s blog, you may be lucky and win some blog candy stamps.

I missed blogging, and I'm glad to be back.

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Between Fields And Streets - Love Bird - Israel's Independence Day 2014 - Former Outdoor Exhibition

Last year, on Israel's 66th Independence Day, the annual outdoor exhibition has been displayed at Ramat HaSharon's outdoor gallery.

Its subject was Between Fields And Streets and my work which participated in it was called Love Bird.

It's a paper piecing work, and the background was painted with acrylic paint.

Tomorrow is Israel's 67th Independence Day, therefore a new outdoor exhibition will be displayed.

Its opening has been delayed, yet I'll show you my new Mixed Media work which will be displayed there… stay tuned!

Happy Independence Day!

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed.
Have a creative day!
Dorly

Humument Pages Swap - Part 3

Recently I hosted a swap of Humument Pages at the commune "Follow Your Arts" (in Israel).
You can read more about Humument here, it's very inspiring.
To read about this swap and to see the former pages I uploaded, please look at part 1 and at part 2.
Here are my last 3 pages.
Page 7 - the sentence is:
"this kind man was a bargain"

Page 8 - the sentence is:
"find yourself. That happened to anyone."

Page 9 - the sentence is:
"I stopped thinking about sex. I was talking about it a lot."

Later on I'll take all the pages, mine and the other participants', and bind them together to create an interesting Humument booklet.
I really enjoyed this swap, and I hope to participate in many other swaps, in Israel and worldwide.

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Humument Pages Swap - Part 2

Recently I hosted a swap of Humument Pages at the commune "Follow Your Arts" (in Israel).
You can read more about Humument here, it's very inspiring.
To read about this swap and to see the former pages I uploaded, please look at part 1

Here are my next 3 pages. I'll post the next pages tomorrow.
Page 4 - the sentence is:
"You used to have glasses. Why didn't I see you're not around"

Page 5 - the sentence is:
"I kept looking until he asked if I had memories. Do you mind if I tell you?"

Page 6 - the sentence is:
"Lulu had to find herself a husband"

Later on I'll take all the pages, mine and the other participants', and bind them together to create an interesting Humument booklet.
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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Humument Pages Swap - Part 1

Recently I hosted a swap of Humument Pages at the commune "Follow Your Arts" (in Israel).
You can read more about Humument here, it's very inspiring.
Usually, one page is chosen from a book for all the participants in the swap to pull a sentence out of the same text.
Naturally, each one of them comes up with a specific sentence and decorates the page accordingly.
This swap was different. I found old books and gave the participants pages to work on - from the same book but different pages.
Actually, there were two books - one in Hebrew and one in English.
The result was indeed surprising.
Each participant found several sentences and decorated each page accordingly, all pages different from each other.
I created 9 pages, using various techniques.
First, I chose a specific sentence in each page and marked it with a black pen.
Then I attached the old book pages to CS to make them sturdier.
I colored the whole pages, except for the chosen sentences, with Antique White acrylic paint.
I distressed the edges with Ranger's Vintage Photo distress ink.
I created a collage by adhering images (cut out of recycled magazine pages) according to the subject of each sentence.
I stampe an antique text stamp from Tim Holtz Urban Grunge clear stamp set.
This enhances the fact that although covered by paint, the main issue here is the text itself.
I also stamped the antique text on the back of the CS, where I added the swap's details.

Here are my first 3 pages. I'll post the next pages in the following days.
Page 1 - the sentence is:
"Lulu's hand didn't make dinner."

Page 2 - the sentence is:
"Sascha talked to single women naked"

Page 3 - the sentence is:
"I eat whenever I'm not hungry because It's a relief"
Later on I'll take all the pages, mine and the other participants', and bind them together to create an interesting Humument booklet.

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Israel's Independence Day - Pictures at an Exhibition

Today, on Israel's 63rd Independence Day, a new exhibition is being displayed at Ramat HaSharon's outdoor gallery.
Its subject is Following the Pioneers and my work participating in it is called Israeli Pioneers (or, in Hebrew, אנו באנו ארצה).

You can read more about my work here.

Tonight we had the formal opening of the exhibition, accompanied by singers, the City Mayor and the organizing people making speeches.
I made a speech (which I wrote myself) as a representative of the artists.
It was very successful, and I'm sharing a few photos from the exhibition's opening.

In the last photo you can see me with our City Mayor.

Happy Independence Day !

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

אנו באנו ארצה - הזמנה לתערוכה

עבודה חדשה שלי - קולאז' בטכניקה מעורבת על קנווס, בגודל 40 על 40 ס"מ
השתמשתי במגוון טכניקות וחומרים בתלת מימד כדי לייצג את הדימוי שבחרתי
נושא העבודה הוא בעקבות החלוצים ושם העבודה הוא אנו באנו ארצה

יצרתי קולאז' מחלקי מפת ארץ ישראל במראה רב שכבתי, עם דמויות החלוצים מודפסות על רקע המפה ומודבקות בתלת מימד ליצירת נפח ועניין
חדי העין שביניכם יבחינו ברמת השרון שממוקמת במרכז העבודה
כמחווה לשני בני המשרתים בצה"ל, מופיעים שמות הבסיסים שלהם במפה - ששש... לא מגלים
פרטים נוספים על העבודה ניתן לקרוא כאן

דימוי ויזואלי של הציור שלי ישתתף בתערוכת " בעקבות החלוצים" בגלריית החוצות ברמת השרון
התערוכה תישאר פתוחה לקהל בכל שעות היממה למשך חודשים אחדים
מצורפת הזמנה לפתיחה החגיגית של התערוכה (הערב, מוצאי יום העצמאות) - אשמח לראותכם
יום עצמאות שמח!

This post is about my work exhibited in Israel.
An English version will follow soon.
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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Israeli Pioneers

This work was created for the next outdoor exhibition in Ramat Hasharon.
There's an outdoor gallery in Ramat Hasharon, with a new exhibition every couple of months.
A few dozen artists from Ramat Hasharon will participate in this outdoor exhibition. The subject is Following The Pioneers and my work is called Israeli Pioneers (or, in Hebrew, אנו באנו ארצה).



It's a mixed media collage on canvas.
I created this collage out of recycled geographic maps of Israel, all torn to pieces by hand.
I re-assembled the torn pieces into an imaginary map of my country.
The people representing the Israeli Pioneers were printed on a background made of the map, then cut using scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension.



In the middle of the work there's an urban center, which includes Ramat Hasharon itself.
As an homage to my 2 sons who are IDF soldiers, I included their military bases locations (which are confidential, of course).



The exhibition's opening will take place on Israel's Independence Day, May 10th 2011.

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Challenges
Drunken Stampers Challenge #63 ~ Technology Sucks! (April 22nd 2011)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly