Back in the days before cassettes, 8-track, and CD's, Long-play record albums ruled. The size of the albums spawned a generation of graphic artists and photographers to fill the covers with art - commercial art, to be sure, but only for the purpose of getting someone to pick up the album.
This weeks photoblog simply shares some classic LP Covers. I present The LP Cover Lover Tumblr for your enjoyment and edification. :)
Covering Whidbey Island.
ARTIST TRADING CARDS are miniature works of art created on 2 ½ X 3 ½ inch or 64 X 89 mm card stock. they are original handmade small unique pieces. Anyone can make them. The idea is that you trade them with other people who make ATC's.
I got a call the other day from my friend Laurie. She owns Casey's Crafts at Bayview. Laurie asked me to do a class on artist Trading Cards. I agreed I would and then promptly set out making four cards that she could display. I hope these are what she is looking for. At any rate, while I was working on these I have to admit I came up with a lot of creative ideas for these and am looking forward to spending some time in the next few weeks making more so that I can teach a variety of techniques for making these small works of art as well as using the techniques on other items.
My class will be on August 27th in the afternoon. Registration is required and there will be a list of supplies for the class. You can buy most supplies at the shop. See ya there.
Crafting Classes on Whidbey Island.
Wooden Rose is a Victorian fairy tale about love, loss and betrayal, enchanted forests and ancient mythical creatures. Featuring great art, the comic is a graphic novel that has great appeal. The author is on hiatus for August, which gives you time to catch up with the story. Start on the First Page.
Roses on Whidbey Island.
This weekend there was in interesting "skim board" event at Double Bluff beach. Live music, food, and a skim board pool with ramps and judged competition. We braved the 'Whidbey Sunshine' (overcast with light showers), and got some photos and a short video.
Local company Jack'd Skimboards hosted the event, and it seemed to be a great success.
Never Bored on Whidbey Island.
Patricia Neal passed away today. A lot of people may not remember her. I do. She played many wonderful characters in her life but my favorite by far was Olivia Walton in "The Homecoming". After reading her bio I find that her biggest challenge and her biggest legacy was not necessarily acting but overcoming the disabilities left from a stroke when she was in her late 30's.
Less than two years after winning the Academy Award for her role in HUD, she suffered a series of strokes. She was 39 years old. Due to her stroke she was unable to walk or talk. After much therapy, She returned to the screen to earn another Oscar nomination and three Emmy nominations.In Knoxville, there is the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center specializing in therapies used with patients struggling with the results of strokes, and spinal cords and brain injuries.
Rest in Peace Patricia. I did not know you except on screen but I will miss you just the same.
Patricia Neal passes away off Whidbey Island.
Whidbey Island Treasure Makers was a fledgling guild that tried to start up on NAS Whidbey just before 9/11. It fell apart when the base went into lock down. Now a restart of the multi-needlework guild is happening in Oak Harbor.
Organizer, Debra Staley (owner of Quilters Workshop), says they are searching for a meeting location. In the meantime, they put together a quilt show at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge, gathering quilts from all over Western Washington. They proved that Oak Harbor is a great location for future shows and the event is putting the Treasuremakers Guild back on the map.
Profits from this show were donated to the Elks Club Charities. The goal was to bring more people to Oak Harbor. Debra Staley stated "they really want to expand quilts and quilting as an art form". Ms. Staley announced that as the guild becomes more established, and has regular meetings and events, they will post more information in the local papers and on the web. For more information about this group, and the quilts shown here, please contact Debra at: quiltgoddess1@frontier.com
This was a very nice show and very well set up. Most of the quilts that were newer were machine stitched and were very nice. They displayed several older quilts as well and a few new quilts that were hand quilted. Many of the quilts came from established patterns and pre-printed patterns. It was a pleasure to see the work these artisans had done.
Treasure Makers on Whidbey Island.
