tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71849904325630489712024-03-14T12:34:51.426+10:00A Letter A Week 2010A challenge to create letters every weekFiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-88408234835628693332011-02-08T14:46:00.003+10:002011-02-08T14:54:24.594+10:00Last post for 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDME-nwzeI/AAAAAAAAAIM/JvB0amGZBVU/s1600/A-F%2Bin%2Bbook%2Bsmall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 84px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDME-nwzeI/AAAAAAAAAIM/JvB0amGZBVU/s320/A-F%2Bin%2Bbook%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571177124958621154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEq-_7BI/AAAAAAAAAIE/TtfQCMnrqus/s1600/O-S%2Bin%2Bbook%2Bsmall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 92px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEq-_7BI/AAAAAAAAAIE/TtfQCMnrqus/s320/O-S%2Bin%2Bbook%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571177119687371794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEV2CBqI/AAAAAAAAAH8/_Pntng-EWlA/s1600/open%2Bbook%2BE-K%2Bsmall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEV2CBqI/AAAAAAAAAH8/_Pntng-EWlA/s320/open%2Bbook%2BE-K%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571177114012616354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEZmMEfI/AAAAAAAAAH0/lCKWOvHCyKw/s1600/book%2Bopen%2Btop%2Bview%2Bsmall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEZmMEfI/AAAAAAAAAH0/lCKWOvHCyKw/s320/book%2Bopen%2Btop%2Bview%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571177115019907570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEB_jf2I/AAAAAAAAAHs/g1oGMusMNDs/s1600/book%2Bclosed%2Bsmall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TVDMEB_jf2I/AAAAAAAAAHs/g1oGMusMNDs/s320/book%2Bclosed%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571177108683849570" border="0" /></a><br />Here, at last is my second alphabet assembled as a final piece. I had fun deciding which book structure I would use, but settled on a double-accordion so it would stand up by itself. Also had lots of fun choosing colour backgrounds for each letter! I wanted the colour element to be 'over the top'!<br />I kept the cover and the background accordion black so that when it is opened you are hit by an explosion of colour. Hope you like it!<br />Now to move on to 2011 - looking forward to the challenge.<br />Cheers<br />Linda U.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417969270260073588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-3655841114953152872011-01-15T16:01:00.003+10:002011-01-15T16:15:48.003+10:00Marg's Second Alphabet Finished<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cRbwd7khhsM/TTE7M4KcwcI/AAAAAAAAAHg/IxobjsBmpHI/s1600/ALAW%2B2%2Bfinal.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cRbwd7khhsM/TTE7M4KcwcI/AAAAAAAAAHg/IxobjsBmpHI/s400/ALAW%2B2%2Bfinal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562292107199955394" /></a>Not sure if this is cheating! I drew the letters in sand and then manipulated them in Photoshop and deposited them on a different beach, also in Photoshop.<div><br /></div><div>Used camera and computer only.</div>Marg Peacheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553888183363036672noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-41388584913489617752011-01-13T09:13:00.001+10:002011-01-17T09:57:52.429+10:00Elaine's second alphabet final pieceRight from the beginning I had decided on a wall hanging as the finished piece. As you would have noticed from the monthly photos, the squares were attached to a backing fabric which was the base for the hanging. I couldn’t be sure, until the end, that the colours and decoration would work together as a whole, but I am really pleased with the way it turned out<br />
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This time I had a purpose - I planned to use the book as an exemplar when teaching my heartbeat script. I knew I wanted to use a concertina form and then set off, gradually adding letters to the book as they were finished.<br />
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Once I had attached all the letters, I then pondered for a while how I would complete the book. In the end I chose to maintain the concertina; but to contain the exuberance of the book by creating covers and 'tapes' that could be threaded thru some stitching to hold it together for most of the time. I also thought it needed a slip case, so covered one in nice rusted paper.<br />
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The book can be held in the hand and the pages turned; or it can be fanned out as a concertina. I like the flexibility.<br />
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The Z row came together very quickly, the small shells just seemed the right decorations for one square and highlighting the flowers with simple embroidery on the other seemed to be all that was necessary.<br />
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A very big thank you Fiona for all that you have done, especially posting my work every month. I appreciate it very much! I am looking forward to continuing, many ideas are racing around in my head! <br />
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Oui, je sais, je suis carrément en retard pour les lettres du mois de décembre... Je vous présente mes excuses pour mon retard mais cela arrive parce que tout ne fonctionne pas toujours comme on voudrait, parfois, dans la vie... <br />
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<em>Yes, I know, I'm totally late for letters of December ... I offer my apologies for being late, but it happens because everything does not always work as we want, sometimes in life ...</em><br />
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Donc je vous mets toute la fin de l'alphabet. J'ai continué les petits carrés à l'intérieur des petites pages, avec une grande lettre "dans le carré, et une composition de l'alphabet dans la page... <br />
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<em>So I put all the end of the alphabet. I kept the small squares inside the small pages, with a large letter "in the square, and a composition of the alphabet in the page ...</em><br />
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Et voilà, je n'ai plus qu'à relier mes pages pour obtenir un album... C'était un peu long... mais finalement intéressant de mener un projet au long cours...<br />
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<em>And now, I can only link my pages to get an album ... It was a little long ... but ultimately interesting to conduct a long-term project ...</em><br />
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Je vous remercie toutes et tous pour avoir partagé et montré tant de merveilles, tant d'idées (j'ai mis de côté des idées à essayer grâce à vous) et un énorme merci à Fiona d'avoir géré ce projet de main de maître. Je vous remercie aussi de votre accueil.<br />
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<em>Thank you all for sharing and found so many wonders, both ideas (I put aside ideas to try thanks to you) and a huge thank you to Fiona have managed this project masterfully . I also thank you for your welcome.</em><br />
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<em>Good day</em>Calliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01297625283052879317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-49146221227408466902011-01-02T18:42:00.022+10:002011-01-02T19:02:46.962+10:00Wait for me ...Hi, I'm still here -although a little late. I had planned to have it all on the blog by December 31 2010, but my husband is a social butterfly and can't resist feeding people. Hence the lack of free time over the Christmas/New Year break.<br /><br />This has been bubbling away in my mind for months, but with trying to get WordsWork into production, printed and sent to all our contributors and ASC members before Christmas, it has been simmering on the back boiler. Not to mentions Colophon ...<br /><br />... so, this alphabet is done on the canvas I have been using all 2010 for various projects. The original idea was a 1.8 metre square stretched canvas - but who's got space for one of those!<br />For this project I have taken some of the bits already painted on, and applied more letters and splatters.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA-cnNazBI/AAAAAAAAALE/5gqTQztWZCo/s1600/Canvas%2B1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557510601457716242" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA-cnNazBI/AAAAAAAAALE/5gqTQztWZCo/s320/Canvas%2B1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Then cut two strips off the edge, 7cm high. These were sewn together at the end and then the whole strip was concertina folded and sewn like a section sewn book at the spine. </div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA-Tr_D7xI/AAAAAAAAAK8/8XNI8r3buc8/s1600/just%2Bsewn%2B2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557510448120852242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA-Tr_D7xI/AAAAAAAAAK8/8XNI8r3buc8/s320/just%2Bsewn%2B2.jpg" /></a><br /><div>After sewing the spine I then applied the letters using a brush - one to each 'page' of my rag book.<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508456804178562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8fxwK2oI/AAAAAAAAAKk/neTezDznk5A/s320/A-B.jpg" /></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508408633618914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8c-TaceI/AAAAAAAAAKc/jJq-YFWIawg/s320/C-D.jpg" /><br /><div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8Y9YtcLI/AAAAAAAAAKU/QVEAqqd0UGs/s1600/E-F.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 155px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508339667923122" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8Y9YtcLI/AAAAAAAAAKU/QVEAqqd0UGs/s320/E-F.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8U2Bt18I/AAAAAAAAAKM/c4VUWfpxQY8/s1600/G-H.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508268972955586" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8U2Bt18I/AAAAAAAAAKM/c4VUWfpxQY8/s320/G-H.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8Qpd7oeI/AAAAAAAAAKE/xQWR4KVh-d8/s1600/I-J.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508196882162146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8Qpd7oeI/AAAAAAAAAKE/xQWR4KVh-d8/s320/I-J.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8MhgCHNI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/7ZqgjVOyr9g/s1600/K-L.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508126024015058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8MhgCHNI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/7ZqgjVOyr9g/s320/K-L.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8IQeHMJI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/RjtP_1j28to/s1600/M-N.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 161px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557508052733079698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8IQeHMJI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/RjtP_1j28to/s320/M-N.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8EUmGJpI/AAAAAAAAAJs/aVXmueCx7MM/s1600/O-P.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507985120831122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA8EUmGJpI/AAAAAAAAAJs/aVXmueCx7MM/s320/O-P.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7136eeiI/AAAAAAAAAJk/3tCWoNbgT6w/s1600/Q-R.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507736903514658" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7136eeiI/AAAAAAAAAJk/3tCWoNbgT6w/s320/Q-R.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7xjp8IHI/AAAAAAAAAJc/3cLXZ6njQk8/s1600/S-T.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507662745968754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7xjp8IHI/AAAAAAAAAJc/3cLXZ6njQk8/s320/S-T.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7qmbcAjI/AAAAAAAAAJU/_377-BuTVFs/s1600/U-V.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507543231365682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7qmbcAjI/AAAAAAAAAJU/_377-BuTVFs/s320/U-V.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7nUq5hoI/AAAAAAAAAJM/W8H6KQ3aVbk/s1600/W-X.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507486924768898" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7nUq5hoI/AAAAAAAAAJM/W8H6KQ3aVbk/s320/W-X.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7epWShjI/AAAAAAAAAJE/5nQEencHyS8/s1600/Y-Z.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507337856648754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7epWShjI/AAAAAAAAAJE/5nQEencHyS8/s320/Y-Z.jpg" /></a><br /><div>And, voila, here is my second little book!</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557509756970748738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA9rdQCS0I/AAAAAAAAAK0/4PmsT8A9YqM/s320/Alphabet%2BRag%2Bbook%2Bopen%2BO-P.jpg" /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557507036367604418" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA7NGNsysI/AAAAAAAAAI8/lJJ2d4jXyXg/s320/Alphabet%2BRag%2Bbook%2Bcovers.jpg" /></div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA6-z4P8TI/AAAAAAAAAIs/GVXNbp1SpZ0/s1600/Alphabet%2BRag%2Bbook%2Bopen%2Bflash.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557506790927626546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA6-z4P8TI/AAAAAAAAAIs/GVXNbp1SpZ0/s320/Alphabet%2BRag%2Bbook%2Bopen%2Bflash.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA65tlo5JI/AAAAAAAAAIk/AlcWUN3Dpk0/s1600/Alphabet%2BRag%2Bbook%2Bfront%2Bcover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557506703339611282" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dzqqPL4cm7Q/TSA65tlo5JI/AAAAAAAAAIk/AlcWUN3Dpk0/s320/Alphabet%2BRag%2Bbook%2Bfront%2Bcover.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>See you in the next blog! (Hopefully on time.)</p><p>Meg</p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-48674517286909214782011-01-02T17:38:00.000+10:002011-01-02T17:38:52.059+10:00A little bit of information...Hi all<br />
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This blog will continue to exist into 2011, as we post our final pieces and keep all the work from 2010 here. As we finish our last letters, and finalise our pieces, please continue to post them here.<br />
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We have started again for 2011 - and over <a href="http://aletteraweek2011.blogspot.com/">here</a> is where we'll be posting all our new stuff. So stay connected to the two for a while; interesting bibs and bobs will appear both here and there!<br />
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Go well, Fiona<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MIiM0zgE07g/TSArJEeaBJI/AAAAAAAACFY/Yd4AVB6T3bA/s1600/Timber+pebble+dream+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MIiM0zgE07g/TSArJEeaBJI/AAAAAAAACFY/Yd4AVB6T3bA/s400/Timber+pebble+dream+.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-387830048680919492011-01-01T20:14:00.007+10:002011-01-01T20:38:59.532+10:00Kim Schoenberger - XYZIt was like fast and furious to get all these letters finished today and posted! Seeing the third alphabet for ALaW 2011 starts this Monday. So, simple and sweet to wrap things up.<br /><br />I chose to use my most favourite piece in this alphabet to finish the last two letters using that technique with clay inlay. It happens to be 'P' -dots created by the pointy end of a stick, well, a pencil really.<br /><br />XYZ - Techniques...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_1ylaUbI/AAAAAAAAA30/atT1YG71FQU/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BXYZ.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557160289798607282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_1ylaUbI/AAAAAAAAA30/atT1YG71FQU/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BXYZ.JPG" border="0" /></a>X - Inlay - with red porcelain slip<br />Y - Freehand marking - with red porcelain slip inlay<br />Z - Carving<br />(The image is a tad small, to see the detail you can enlarge it by clicking on the image.)<br /><br /><strong>X - Inlay</strong> <em>with red porcelain slip<br /></em>Transfered the letter lightly onto the clay tile using the transfer paper, then X marks the spot, dots with the pencil. Filled with red porcelain slip, left to dry a little....<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_qjfvOGI/AAAAAAAAA3s/Kql6IQ1tVnQ/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BX1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557160096769718370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_qjfvOGI/AAAAAAAAA3s/Kql6IQ1tVnQ/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BX1.JPG" border="0" /></a> ...and once touch dry - fast tracking here (it is usually left to dry then sanded) I've used a turning tool to scrap back the slip to reveal the red porcelain slip clay inlay. I will sand when dry to sharpen up the final result.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_b5AtyRI/AAAAAAAAA3k/2PhZeWoH5iw/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BX2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557159844847143186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_b5AtyRI/AAAAAAAAA3k/2PhZeWoH5iw/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BX2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><strong>Y - Freehand marking</strong> <em>with red porcelain slip inlay</em> </div><div>All my letters to date have been previously marked onto the clay via transfering paper, this time I've loosened up and drawn the letter Y and border freehand with a pencil deeply imprinting the clay tile. The dots are undertaken the same method as with X; clay slip inlay.<br /><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_OoHd2MI/AAAAAAAAA3c/BwdbblPygr0/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BY1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557159616973756610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7_OoHd2MI/AAAAAAAAA3c/BwdbblPygr0/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BY1.JPG" border="0" /></a>All cleaned up looking like a pink polka dot dress! Although once fired the slip will turn red.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7-_DmkPGI/AAAAAAAAA3U/dxyz3jTPk8g/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BY2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557159349474049122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7-_DmkPGI/AAAAAAAAA3U/dxyz3jTPk8g/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BY2.JPG" border="0" /></a>Last but not least Z.... I decided to end my alphabet using the same technique that I started the alphabet with, (with the letter 'A') by method of Carving.</div><div><br /><strong>Z - Carving</strong> <div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7-xEv9WXI/AAAAAAAAA3M/h6H88RfLRv4/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BZ.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557159109263710578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR7-xEv9WXI/AAAAAAAAA3M/h6H88RfLRv4/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BZ.JPG" border="0" /></a>YAY! All done, now all I have to do is -bisque fire them - glaze them - and fire them to 1300*<br />Stay posted to see the final result.... </div></div></div></div>Kim Schoenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703881713524369921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-89813404434774414512011-01-01T19:59:00.006+10:002011-01-01T20:13:42.324+10:00Kim Schoenberger - UVWTwo posts coming up for my last 5 letters for ALaW 2010, somewhat overdue! 5 weeks to be exact, but who's counting. :-/<br /><br />UVW - Techniques...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR78HVfqSrI/AAAAAAAAA3E/eL75QIvcUmA/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BUVW.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557156193180994226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR78HVfqSrI/AAAAAAAAA3E/eL75QIvcUmA/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BUVW.JPG" border="0" /></a>U - Woodcut Print - with black underglaze<br />V - Negative Print - with red porcelain slip<br />W - Negative carving - with black underglaze (Reverse to V)<br /><br />Method of making...<br /><br /><strong>U - Woodcut Print</strong> <em>with black underglaze<br /></em>I've been at this one to conquer for sometime now, with each attempt amounting to dissapointment. And you could say that it was U that held up progress (plus xmas, new year etc...) to completing my ALaW in time. Not wanting it to get the better of me, I left it until I had optimine time to devote 100% head space to retry.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR779x8rB4I/AAAAAAAAA28/-Z-cRZR6Z44/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BU.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557156029020178306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR779x8rB4I/AAAAAAAAA28/-Z-cRZR6Z44/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BU.JPG" border="0" /></a>My adjustments I needed to re-address were (and many).</p><ul><li>The initial carving needed to be deeper, so off to buy real (sharp) woodcut tools!</li><li>Always remember to carve your letter backwards, just as well the first attempt was a fizzer (and on a test tile).</li><li>Re-adjust the thinking to clay and not paper as in the workshop, of course Kim...this should have been your first thought, huh. </li><li>Using black underglaze (not ink) resulted in different tackiness, well no tackiness at all actually. Hence the printing ink roller was not suitable, out with the sponge roller, a test run, and wolla, yay, as easy as that!<br /></li></ul><p><span style="color:#3333ff;">The techniques for the next two letters are taken from this idea of the woodcut print process, minus or adding some steps to suit the clay. </span></p><p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>V - Negative Print</strong> <em>with red porcelain slip<br /></em>Instead of carving into wood I've carved deeply and directly into the clay with a carving tool. Then with a sponge roller loaded with red porcleain slip, I've rolled over the clay tile to print a negative letter V. Being careful not to get any slip into the carved letter, as in the ink printing method.</span><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></p><p></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR77xgdiKBI/AAAAAAAAA20/uovRgbbhYvs/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BV.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557155818167740434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR77xgdiKBI/AAAAAAAAA20/uovRgbbhYvs/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BV.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong>W - Negative carving</strong> <em>with black underglaze<br /></em>Reverse to V - Instead of carving the letter first I carved it last. Using the sponge roller again, this time loaded with black underglaze I've rolled over the whole tile completely covering it with black. When touch dry I've transfered the letter W into the clay tile (gently) to make an imprint, then carved the letter and border. </p><p><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR77f75MWII/AAAAAAAAA2s/w_mTfG_d-mM/s1600/ALaW2%2B-%2BW.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557155516293863554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i3L83LjIMao/TR77f75MWII/AAAAAAAAA2s/w_mTfG_d-mM/s200/ALaW2%2B-%2BW.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Kim Schoenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703881713524369921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-19817987776414454452011-01-01T18:45:00.002+10:002011-01-01T18:52:45.518+10:00<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kvznmVa6LvA/TR7qRUxeNiI/AAAAAAAAAIw/skPdMRu-dBs/s1600/calligraphy%2B001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557136573576656418" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kvznmVa6LvA/TR7qRUxeNiI/AAAAAAAAAIw/skPdMRu-dBs/s320/calligraphy%2B001.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kvznmVa6LvA/TR7qRSL4yWI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Opoxfe21NR0/s1600/calligraphy%2B003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557136572882143586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kvznmVa6LvA/TR7qRSL4yWI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Opoxfe21NR0/s320/calligraphy%2B003.jpg" /></a><br />Well, have seen others saying they were last, but here I am January 1 and posting my final letters. They were created in 2010! I have enjoyed working with this alphabet, and especially playing with the backgrounds. Presentation will be next. Am looking forward to ALAW 2011. </div>chuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219067977090853452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-42718598774942613592011-01-01T18:34:00.003+10:002011-01-01T18:45:01.700+10:00Mieke's finished piece.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O8f0iPBJlTg/TR7pJ2knTJI/AAAAAAAAA14/OVKG74fZzio/s1600/IMG_0598+%2528Medium%2529+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O8f0iPBJlTg/TR7pJ2knTJI/AAAAAAAAA14/OVKG74fZzio/s320/IMG_0598+%2528Medium%2529+%25282%2529.jpg" width="177" /></a></div>Not very clear, sorry it's better in the real! </div>Here is my second completed alphabet. Tiles mounted on a piece of white washed pine.<br />
A big thank you to Fiona for keeping it all together and having the courage to do another year, looking forward to see all the new ideas.Mieke van Sambeeckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369023723830868933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-85819588216122494152011-01-01T17:33:00.000+10:002011-01-01T17:33:17.664+10:00Letters in FlightAt the very start of the second alphabet I decided that I would use the letters to create a flock of birds in flight or for the purposes of ALaW 2010 it would be titled Letters in Flight. So I turned each of the 26 letters into a small bird by creasing the letter on the diagonal and then creating wings and a beak and sometimes a tail. So below are the 26 birds.<br />
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So below are a few shots of the finished flock in flight.<br />
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It has been quite a hard piece to photograph - in 'the flesh' it does come together better - it needs space and you need to be able to walk around it on a plinth.Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059639215109777537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-44114805475232129182011-01-01T14:13:00.002+10:002011-01-01T14:25:39.108+10:00Happy New Year 2 all.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a3jYRoMKN-k/TR6so-NboDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/w5yX_lPuxuE/s1600/embossing%2B014.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a3jYRoMKN-k/TR6so-NboDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/w5yX_lPuxuE/s320/embossing%2B014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557068810115850290" /></a><br />A very happy new year to all and looking forward to my new idea for 2011. These new ideas sit wonderfully in the mind but getting them to work on paper is sometimes a little more difficult. Fingers crossed....<br />After completing all the letters of my second Alphabet I have assembled them to form a rectangular prism with a lid. 6 pieces down each side and 1 on each end.<br />I have made it out of picture mounting [found it to be a nice medium to work with] and after scoring the sides to make the corners sharp right angles,I then placed it over a table leg to secure the join. A little tricky and one of those times one needs a third hand.<br />Do hope you like it. AnnS.Ann Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893639134811100938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-89926170585963338782011-01-01T14:07:00.002+10:002011-01-01T14:12:33.349+10:004 more letters<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a3jYRoMKN-k/TR6pjSOMmQI/AAAAAAAAACI/oQd7sbEiFYs/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a3jYRoMKN-k/TR6pjSOMmQI/AAAAAAAAACI/oQd7sbEiFYs/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557065413873670402" /></a><br />The following finished piece doesn't show the embossing very clearly so have added 4 more letters. Ann S.Ann Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893639134811100938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-76895998297189380902010-12-31T17:43:00.003+10:002010-12-31T17:56:30.265+10:00Just Made It ....<span style="font-family:arial;">Phew ....</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Looks like I might be the last one through the door .... </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is my second lot of letters for the year ....</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Small shallow square bowls - made from paperclay and decorated with Cobalt and glazed with a clear crawling glaze .... will think of some way to mount them for display ... but here thay are at last .</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kbunmg4I/AAAAAAAABM0/47-NrF0bW4E/s1600/kenmunsieImg_8227.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 119px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556749724220294018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kbunmg4I/AAAAAAAABM0/47-NrF0bW4E/s200/kenmunsieImg_8227.jpg" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kb7mTV6I/AAAAAAAABM8/gmllO4wSLHs/s1600/kenmunsieImg_8241.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556749727704504226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kb7mTV6I/AAAAAAAABM8/gmllO4wSLHs/s200/kenmunsieImg_8241.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kb7mTV6I/AAAAAAAABM8/gmllO4wSLHs/s1600/kenmunsieImg_8241.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kbunmg4I/AAAAAAAABM0/47-NrF0bW4E/s1600/kenmunsieImg_8227.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2KcJz1G-I/AAAAAAAABNE/a85l7Uz0wUc/s1600/kenmunsieImg_8242.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556749731519339490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2KcJz1G-I/AAAAAAAABNE/a85l7Uz0wUc/s200/kenmunsieImg_8242.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XGfGlXs-xJQ/TR2Kb7mTV6I/AAAAAAAABM8/gmllO4wSLHs/s1600/kenmunsieImg_8241.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and finally - congratulations to all you bloggers for being so creative witth your letters - and to Fiona for coordinating the blog - and putting up with us late-comers !!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Looking forward to the 2011 posts ...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy New Year everybody ...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">cheers - Ken</span>Ken Munsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993791857535017006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-26088920097758434952010-12-31T17:06:00.000+10:002010-12-31T17:06:11.097+10:00Jane's final piece - alphabet 2I have been slack and forgot to post these photos - apologies Jane!<br />
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I wanted to go ahead and send these, along with my thanks for a wonderful challenge! I enjoyed it so much and I'm very excited for the next one!<br />
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and all the best to you and yours in 2011.<br />
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I finished my last letter for alphabet 2 yesterday and am happy to show you where I've gotten to.<br />
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W with silver pen running stitches in three curves.<br />
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X has pencil dots outlining the white parts<br />
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Y has a couple of silver Xs to mark the beginning and ending of the journey<br />
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Z highlights the beautiful swirls in the background paper.<br />
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My finished piece is progressing - not finished yet - but this is how it currently looks. Still a fair bit of work to go, thinking through how to present (and contain!) it. The plan is for it to be an exemplar when I teach my heartbeat script.<br />
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I hope the festive season has left everyone happy and contented and ready for new challenges.<br />
Before the year officially ends, I'd like to say a great big sincere and loving THANK YOU to Fiona for organising, motivating, posting, and even publishing to 'hard copy' our efforts and attempts at such a wide range of letters throughout the year.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KB44c1jUEH0/TRxA7_0sxRI/AAAAAAAACT4/mU5nCwyq0ns/s1600/portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KB44c1jUEH0/TRxA7_0sxRI/AAAAAAAACT4/mU5nCwyq0ns/s320/portrait.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here she is, stitching and drawing into her beautiful rust dyed braille paper. I hope we can do her proud and continue this fabulous journey next year. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Love to all, Noela </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-53548989563130037192010-12-29T14:56:00.000+10:002010-12-29T14:56:54.367+10:00Sue's second alphabetSeasons Greetings to you and all who belong to ALAW. I won't even try to explain why I am SOOO late with this alphabet BUT wish to apologise to you and the others in the Group. At least I finished before the 31 December 2010!!<br />
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For these letters I used a Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8mm and black Acrylic Ink and slick thick paper or light-wight card. They are based on the Batarde Capitals with my own variations. Any comments would be welcome. I hope I will be allowed to do the 2011 letters. Warm regards, Sue in South Africa<br />
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Today I have also managed to bend all the letters into their bird shape so hopefully over the next couple of days I will be able to construct my flight of letters piece. It has been good to see so many people getting their letters in and amazing to see the colours, shapes and variety of approaches to the second alphabet.Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059639215109777537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-57094283308904392852010-12-22T20:54:00.002+10:002010-12-22T21:08:36.850+10:00Step 1 of my Second Alphabet<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a3jYRoMKN-k/TRHcHUoZLEI/AAAAAAAAABk/wuzJyGKYFJw/s1600/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553461833879858242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a3jYRoMKN-k/TRHcHUoZLEI/AAAAAAAAABk/wuzJyGKYFJw/s320/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>As all my letters are of the same style I will share with you my procedure. I embossed the letter three times then giving the back ground a very pale wash of pink before painting in the flowers. On completion these were then adhered to picture mounting board which I had made into a rectangular prism. "A" on the lid through to "Z" to the base. Do hope you enjoy the finished piece. Ann.</div>Ann Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893639134811100938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-25670136363761430252010-12-20T14:35:00.000+10:002010-12-20T14:35:57.412+10:00a letter a week 2011Well folks we seem to have enough people interested in participating again or in joining in so we have set up another blog for <a href="http://aletteraweek2011.blogspot.com/">a letter a week 2011</a>.<br />
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If you are interested in joining, please let me know and we'll get you started!<br />
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There's really only one major rule change for next year...you can do what you like for one alphabet, but ONE alphabet has to meet the criterion "black and white and a touch of..."<br />
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Looking forward to seeing what happens next...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MIiM0zgE07g/TQ7dDdkLAKI/AAAAAAAACCE/_-pnBOqAB28/s1600/IMG_2370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MIiM0zgE07g/TQ7dDdkLAKI/AAAAAAAACCE/_-pnBOqAB28/s400/IMG_2370.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7184990432563048971.post-55900664330851031832010-12-17T21:58:00.002+10:002010-12-17T22:01:23.692+10:00last 2 letters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TQtQ4jZLIRI/AAAAAAAAAHc/LZN3DJDtbGQ/s1600/franke%2Bcaps%2Bz%2Blow%2Bres.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TQtQ4jZLIRI/AAAAAAAAAHc/LZN3DJDtbGQ/s320/franke%2Bcaps%2Bz%2Blow%2Bres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551619898167992594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TQtQ4P6YLSI/AAAAAAAAAHU/IMMTp6StHok/s1600/franke%2Bcaps%2By%2Blow%2Bres.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYC8XKK8OOQ/TQtQ4P6YLSI/AAAAAAAAAHU/IMMTp6StHok/s320/franke%2Bcaps%2By%2Blow%2Bres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551619892938550562" border="0" /></a><br />Well that makes 26. Now to see how they all go together as a whole piece - this is the big challenge!<br />Have a lovely christmas break and I'll be back for the ALAW 2011!<br />Cheers<br />LindaLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417969270260073588noreply@blogger.com0