Sketchbook Project 2010

These are the photos of the pages of my sketchbook sent off to the Arthouse Co-op Sketchbook Project.
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My sketchbook submitted to the Arthouse Co-op Sketchbook Project 2011 tour.

[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp1.jpg]Front cover
The original sketchbook has navy blue card covers. I printed it with a thermofax screen and Gocco ink for paper; I then embossed it with clear embossing powder and rubbed a silver/brown inkpad over it. This is the result. I love the texture! [img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp2.jpg]
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[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp4.jpg]first page
I thought I would put a sort of location map somewhere in the book with a collage of tourist information brochure pictures and a map. [img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp5.jpg]
In this spread I've affixed some of my screenprinted fabric and added some translucent organza printed with the same design.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp6.jpg]
The theme of the book is lines and grids. I have tended to focus a lot on shadows of fences and other grid-like structures.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp7.jpg]
On the left hand side is one of my Gocco prints of a North Wales steam train. On the right, the lines and shadows created by a footbridge across the river in Pontypridd, South Wales.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp8.jpg]
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Some more of my screen printed fabric, this time of an image taken from a photograph of reeds.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp10.jpg]
An inkjet transfer of a photograph of reeds. I like how the marks made on the reverse sides of the paper have shown through.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp11.jpg]
I'm very into mark making straight lines with parallel pens and Pitt pens.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp12-2.jpg]
Another fence shadow.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp12-1.jpg]
Two sketches of a footbridge over a major road on the left and the view underneath on the right.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp13.jpg]
Palms in the Tropical Biome of the Eden Project.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp14.jpg]
Shadows again, of a tree on the left, another fence on the right.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp15.jpg]
A weaving of some Gocco printed paper.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp16.jpg]
A very rapid sketch of a beach cafe in Cornwall on the left, rust printed/screenprinted silk fabric on the right.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp17.jpg]
View along a railway footbridge and its shadows.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp18.jpg]
The left hand side of the previous page opened out.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp19.jpg]
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Two gocco prints glued in to make a sort of mirror image. Canal warehouse buildings in Birmingham.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp22.jpg]
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More mark making with some marks showing through from the previous page.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp23.jpg]
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View through to the railway line from the footbridge sketched a few pages back.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp26.jpg]
Hand dyed cotton scrim with hand made paper [img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp27.jpg]
On the left, shadows of a fence up steps this time. On the right, an interesting grid printed from a polystyrene plate.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp28.jpg]
Inkjet print transfer with screen printed fabric collaged on top.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp29.jpg]
On the left, a charcoal rubbing of trampoline springs! Thought it looked a bit like a surreal skyscraper landscape. On the right, sketch of new river footbridge shimmering in the sun.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp30.jpg]
Screenprint over stamped background (the same screen as I used for the cover).[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp31.jpg]
Printed paper from various gelatine printing sessions.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp32.jpg]
I wrote a bit of a bio at the back with some of my thoughts on the sketchbook.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp33.jpg]
On the inside back cover there is a flap for tucking loose items. I attached some of my Moo cards.[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp34.jpg]
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Back cover[img src=http://lizplummer.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/sketchbook-project/thumbs/thumbs_sp.jpg]
This is the inside front cover on which I introduced some of the themes emerging in the sketchbook over the last few months.

7 Responses to Sketchbook Project 2010

  1. Julie says:
    November 27, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    Your sketchbook looks amazing Liz, well done! I am woefully behind with mine and am starting to panic but I’m sure I will get it done by the deadline. You have some really interesting pages in your book :)

  2. Helen Cowans says:
    November 28, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    Looks wonderful!!!

  3. Mags says:
    November 28, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Well done Liz. i haven’t done mine yet :(

  4. Dorothy says:
    November 29, 2010 at 12:48 am

    Hi Liz,
    I love it. Such a variet of ideas in there. Well done you for getting it completed.

  5. Toni says:
    December 1, 2010 at 11:04 am

    Fascinating Liz. You have inspired me to do one for myself! Thanks for sharing. I am sure it will be appreciated.

  6. Amanda says:
    December 1, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    I’ve been inspired! I’d like to join your blog but am unsure how to register
    Amanda

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