This group, founded by Lisa Cheney-Jorgensen (USA), is an extension of the Moleskine Exchange. This blog will follow the adventures of a group of artists from around the USA, in a Japanese fold Moleskine sketchbook exchange.
Each artist will set off with a small Japanese (accordian) folded Moleskine. Creating a drawing, collage, or painting, then send on to the next artist. Each artist will draw on a couple of spreads (2.5 pages) then send it on to the next artist. When the artists book is filled, it will be returned to the owner with images created by artist around the world. Each artist has a month to make an entry. The outcome will be a pleasant and surprising adventure, as artists are encouraged to interact and merge their art with others.
The concept:
1. The artists start with the Japanese fold Moleskine - Name, address, email address written in book.
2. Each artist gets 1 month to make a sketchbook entry, and mail it to the next person. The order is listed to the right.
3. Each artist will do around 2.5 pages each round. As we are 6 participants everybody will then get the Moleskine twice until it gets returned to its owner. But feel free to sometimes use a little more or less than 2.5 pages.
4. Artists are encouraged to interact with other images in the book. Please be respectful.
5. When the book is full, when one side of the unfolded book is filled, the book will be sent back to its original owner. That artist may continue by buying a new book and sending it to the next person.
6. If a person decides not to continue, she will simply keep her book when it comes back to her. She should email all of the participants to say she is not going to continue. We will decide, then, if we want to find a new person.
7. Please communicate regularly via email. Let each person know that you have received/sent the book. The goal is to have a dialogue. Any comments and questions are welcome.
This moly_x_project was begun by Marty Harris, Minnesota, USA.
It gets nuts around here in the fall, but I finally managed to sit down and work on Shane's moly today. It seems to have an underwater theme, so I tried to go with it. Still managed to sneak a flower in. Hee hee.
Lisa was one of my first online buddies, so I was very excited to receive her moly from Robert last week. I've admired her work for a long time, I think since I saw her Nutcracker Christmas card of a few years past. Let me tell you people, looking at it online is nothing like seeing it in person. There are so many layers of color and fantastic ink work. Robert's work is just as impressive! I can't paint my kids at all, let alone with watercolor in a slick little moly.
I'll leave everyone in suspense as to the placement and the size, for now ;p Definitely my own style, but taking hints from Shane's more geometric designs. This was fun - my first drawing on someone else's Moleskine!
Hello Moly 23s... Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I missed the mail office before they closed on Saturday, so I will have this in the mail to Robert today. I have heard from Shane, he has been having technical difficulties getting onto our blog but hopefully he will be receiving a new invite from Marty soon. :) Check out his flickr stream to see his amazing moly that is traveling to its new home for the next few weeks.
The inspiration for my theme comes from watching my children. When the two of them draw and create, there are no insecurities, no rules and no judgments. They just pick up a crayon and have fun.
