PHOTO SESSION FOR THE LOOK BOOK

We had a long 11 hour photo session with John Casado for the Look Books of the Macy's Fashion Incubator San Francisco.  Marc Grant became a gaffer extraordinaire while I pinned, pressed and helped stage.  Jeanne kept things rolling and Veronica made up the models. But, of course, John knew just how to get the models to move and how to light them.  It was quit an undertaking....over 600 shots...Now the designers have to decide which ones they want for their Look Books.  It was a thrill to watch a master at work with his camera.  He captured the best of each designers pieces.

This photo was taken with my camera and without the automatic light John has attached to his camera..

WORKSHOP WITH MONICA DENGO

The Friends of Calligraphy was lucky to have Monica Dengo for a wonderful workshop and demonstration.  22 of us were able to take this 5 day experience of making art with rhythmic letter forms using the litho or cola pen.  We all made our own pens before we use the sumi inks to cover our Arches text wove.  Some of us were stressed at making letter forms that were not the traditional but as a basis for our artistic, and sometimes not, forms.  The final pieces were made into Monica's wonderful book form..folded, Japanese binded and painted with watercolors and sometimes waxed.

Monica explaining space and rhythm with reference to Italian 15th-16th century italic.

Explaining the book structure...

making the book.....

My attempt....

Showing the inner structure and hidden pockets of my book....

RAFT WORKSHOP

Monica Lee and I taught at Resource Area For Teachers, raft.net. in Redwood City.  We had very creative teachers attend, preschool to middle school.  We taught them how to make gifts using repurposed and reclaimed materials.  The cards in the following photos were made with discarded book pages.  We made photo frames with old calendars, notebooks with paint chips, note and card holders with discarded paperback books, and many other things.

Hard at work...

concentrating too.....

 

Aren't they all great!

Macy's Fashion Incubator San Francisco

The last few months I have had the privilege of being a mentor at the Incubator with 6 designers.  I am working with my good friend Jeanne Allen, the executive director and whose expertise is marketing.  With Jeanne, her husband Marc, Roger Kase and others, we are helping these designers become marketable and productive.  They are fortunate to have a wonderful workshop and office on the top floor of the Macy's Men's Building.  See www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUSennSnY-c.

Jeanne, Me, Paloma, Bethany, Justin, knelling, Tamara, Sabah, and Tony...

I was leaving to be the Artist In Residence for Camp Mather and the last day before I was to leave, the Incubator group gave me a wonderful potted orchid plant and yummy cupcakes to thank me for my help.
I am still mentoring......Things are coming along to be ready for a photo shoot and show..

Marc in the back.  See the card in front of the orchid plant..half scale bodice front..great idea from Tony.

Fitting....

checking stuff out...

great big table with self healing mat.....

CAMP MATHER CO-ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

 With Randi Merzon, I was a Co-Artitst In Residence forCamp Mather week 6.  Randi did the drama part and I did the arts and crafts part.  In the area near Yosemite and the Hetch Hetchy is Camp Mather.  A beautiful area for a summer week vacation.  I had 159 participants in my art workshops not including 2 morning workshops for tie dyeing.  I had a great time meeting nice people. Here are a few photos from the workshops.

Origami

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Ribbon barrettes....

Newpaper flower

Making Journals

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mask making

lanyards

Randi showing her stuff!

Stern Grove and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The San Francisco Sketchers got together this last Sunday at a free Concert at Stern Grove.  This year marks the 75th anniversary of free Summer Sunday concerts.  Although the weather was cool and wet, the sketchers camaraderie and goodies warmed the soul.  We had lots to sketch and paint; people, trees, crowds, hats, picnic and two bands.  Everyone had their own wonderful techniques.  A few new people joined in and our two picnic blankets were perfect.  We all seem to learn something new from each other every time we meet.  Here are a few sketches I did...just OK, using various mediums.  I had lots of fun listening and swinging with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band tho....

The many variety of hats worn by the audience..

The crowd on the back ledges watching the show.

A few picnickers waiting for the show to begin.

The grove of trees separating the main area from the west lawn.

Piccolo Reception for Mark Ulrikson

The only photo I took at Mark's reception of his wonderful art...so many people!  The top piece showed up on his facebook.  I liked it the best of his dog series...He is such a great artist/illustrator markulrikson.com .  So good to hear that his  Birds of a Feather cover was  included in the New Yorker's 100 covers from 10 decades.  Congratulations Mark!