tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370959482024-03-05T23:57:04.236-08:00haiku bird:: seventeen syllables alight ::s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-17812749152575183012007-05-23T08:40:00.000-07:002007-05-28T13:45:54.791-07:00The Etsy Traveling Collaborative Journal<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Started and overseen by Etsy sellers </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://stellaloella.etsy.com/">Stellaloella</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://decadencedesigns.etsy.com/">DecadenceDesigns</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, "The Etsy traveling journal is mail-art project. A handmade journal is passed from one Etsian to another, via the mail. Each participant gets a full spread in the journal to create, embellish, draw, paint, write, whatever they want. Then they pass it along to the next person until the entire book is filled. ... Each book starts as a medium-format, hardcover blank sketch book. It will come with a companion writing journal to include your thoughts and experiences on the project.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The finished books will be donated to the Library at the Etsylabs in NYC. We will have this blog set up to track the progress of the book, updated with images of each spread: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://etsyjournal.blogspot.com/">http://etsyjournal.blogspot.com/</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> " (quote taken from the journal blog site).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am lucky enough to have had a chance to participate. My collage is in Book 2, pages 11-12.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXq3bodD_gkp4dyjogBYcQdmi6MC9pB2-zSVZ5Euz4Tm6B7IMJo7bLBNh35b1OKquOn2n_lLz6Ht-kfP2HxZmwnYRTmZYerwSye5dsj6BEMnDdqccANbrBCHbHDXgHbcStqlWafg/s1600-h/503386185_88ab5b0379_b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXq3bodD_gkp4dyjogBYcQdmi6MC9pB2-zSVZ5Euz4Tm6B7IMJo7bLBNh35b1OKquOn2n_lLz6Ht-kfP2HxZmwnYRTmZYerwSye5dsj6BEMnDdqccANbrBCHbHDXgHbcStqlWafg/s400/503386185_88ab5b0379_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067783281082918898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My comments in the companion journal:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;" >OUT OF THE BLUE</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;" >The traveling journal arrived just a couple weeks shy of my five month Etsy 'anniversary.' Since signing up for this project I have wondered what I would create when my turn came.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;" >Last fall, essentially out of the blue, I began drawing hummingbirds using colored pencils and acrylics, and pairing them with haiku assembled from text cut from old books. In December I opened my shop in order to sell these drawings. Over the five months of running my shop I have striven to create artwork as often as possible. My media and subject matter have increased and diversified.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;" >This collage includes a pen & ink drawing of a hummingbird perched on a cloud in the semi-abstract style I have developed. It includes an ACEO with a cut-paper haiku -- I have found making ACEOs in all kinds of mixed-media quite addictive. And finally, it includes a photograph called "Blue Shadows" that I took in San Francisco. Photographs are the newest addition to my shop.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">These pages represent my evolution as an artist, and the outlook I try to uphold -- do something creative every day.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-27557503823287689922007-05-15T17:14:00.000-07:002007-05-15T17:16:53.665-07:00etsy: another vintage photo treasury<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfShpsAFY68gl3wSnZt-gIPQuizh5yrPifBNgKMgjTVKFshVrs4TnUNvTXzUEjK5rym0OimXaDzQLIWITvjYQHCw_bVbi8pFCZbxRgwSWevdZ_7jF8QSPUBsJG8YDTuknmTPTGQ/s1600-h/lostphoto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfShpsAFY68gl3wSnZt-gIPQuizh5yrPifBNgKMgjTVKFshVrs4TnUNvTXzUEjK5rym0OimXaDzQLIWITvjYQHCw_bVbi8pFCZbxRgwSWevdZ_7jF8QSPUBsJG8YDTuknmTPTGQ/s400/lostphoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064945486351761650" border="0" /></a>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-7670814170199650572007-05-14T20:34:00.000-07:002007-05-14T20:42:05.573-07:00Quiddler-inspired celtic themed playing card ACEO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe7Zh2CxWAwbe1_CWxvavdq0lNZYAg1goc7I7vpuCQ8qeXC9-MYV2akOrGm215g4MBxR8UjneJGN7clRYjjKFLPqG7PlBt-V4S4yOZzBEIo0TEfT34jj0woCSp1k3A2bm7LIyjw/s1600-h/quiddlerACEO-f.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe7Zh2CxWAwbe1_CWxvavdq0lNZYAg1goc7I7vpuCQ8qeXC9-MYV2akOrGm215g4MBxR8UjneJGN7clRYjjKFLPqG7PlBt-V4S4yOZzBEIo0TEfT34jj0woCSp1k3A2bm7LIyjw/s400/quiddlerACEO-f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064626864202907874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutY6J4MqIByi_Fz4D9WU3GFlnXenwKpUv60uv34d1ZaYbqLg0NU11XIMcYpG5RBZOSKKQyNYR5v-IEaHiMLridYAUxiP9mRGErfB-_WIUP0hZm-53JrMjxa2aAU6_n-p3RhDQYQ/s1600-h/quiddlerACEO-b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutY6J4MqIByi_Fz4D9WU3GFlnXenwKpUv60uv34d1ZaYbqLg0NU11XIMcYpG5RBZOSKKQyNYR5v-IEaHiMLridYAUxiP9mRGErfB-_WIUP0hZm-53JrMjxa2aAU6_n-p3RhDQYQ/s400/quiddlerACEO-b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064626589325000914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />It is based on the design of the card game Quiddler, which is a bit like Scrabble, but with playing cards. The goal of the game is to form words with your hand and get the most points. Different letters and combinations of letters are worth different amounts of points. The original Quiddler deck has designs of letters inspired by Celtic manuscripts from 500-800 AD.<br /><br />This card features a "Tu" combination that I adapted from "The Book of Kells," one of the manuscipts that Quiddler references, although there is no actual "Tu" card in the game.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />~~~</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Pen & ink and gouache on a double layer of 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Completed 05.08.07</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:arial;" ><br /><br />S O L D</span> </span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-2860276293627825322007-05-14T15:41:00.000-07:002007-05-14T20:49:38.211-07:00it's an Etsy thing . . .<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://haikubird.blogspot.com/2007/04/unidentified-moth-port-alice-aceo.html">Unidentified Green Moth</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, from the treasury below, made it on to the front page today.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifG5vwdlFiLtKBCMOdBmipuZf_8Gl6wn85Hgo9XKZkpYdJE82TAH5vsMOzxCrVOpHMM2xYhn_arzxMZ3TxorYh0JKI3TpYiL76rLVi8b70GLCGjvJemeSSDXxE0xiIdc8C8yd0uQ/s1600-h/frontpagemoth.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifG5vwdlFiLtKBCMOdBmipuZf_8Gl6wn85Hgo9XKZkpYdJE82TAH5vsMOzxCrVOpHMM2xYhn_arzxMZ3TxorYh0JKI3TpYiL76rLVi8b70GLCGjvJemeSSDXxE0xiIdc8C8yd0uQ/s400/frontpagemoth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064555456076644546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Below is the original treasury, before it made it to the front page and changed slightly.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68jpbLUhc4XK2DpPC2zABKbHDTHST_NJ6Nm-NfwMWz0_Cg1nIGQlAk3nFN332bxVvDArYRrdtfCAfJFK_ALIl_2IN43MZNvB2VT9LHQ6RF2LRPwbCiwXq9sDZToa5bpW1Pe8-KQ/s1600-h/mothtreasury.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68jpbLUhc4XK2DpPC2zABKbHDTHST_NJ6Nm-NfwMWz0_Cg1nIGQlAk3nFN332bxVvDArYRrdtfCAfJFK_ALIl_2IN43MZNvB2VT9LHQ6RF2LRPwbCiwXq9sDZToa5bpW1Pe8-KQ/s400/mothtreasury.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064555073824555186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">On another note, here is a treasury I made to help promote my new Etsy shop that will sell vintage photo reproductions, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://cameraobscura.etsy.com/">CameraObscura</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (also </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://thecameraobscura.blogspot.com/">TheCameraObscura</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> on blogspot).</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMB-nKifYP0-t2GrWlOtXzccAkDC3cuPHKJU4NR5eu6bL-4cqnY2eH7GaMhQvn4JLblvbOVqnR8daE6VUpzS3_Wnmg7DCxh1iFBHJjWBYXr1z2SOjhYczM5mzvg0wT3RU_73OnA/s1600-h/vintagephoto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMB-nKifYP0-t2GrWlOtXzccAkDC3cuPHKJU4NR5eu6bL-4cqnY2eH7GaMhQvn4JLblvbOVqnR8daE6VUpzS3_Wnmg7DCxh1iFBHJjWBYXr1z2SOjhYczM5mzvg0wT3RU_73OnA/s400/vintagephoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064554614263054498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here is another treasury by my favorite person in the universe, which hapens to feature my </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://haikubird.blogspot.com/2007/05/quiddler-inspired-celtic-themed-playing.html">Quiddler-inspired Celtic ACEO card</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, that I made for fun.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5Wc9ACmordKINUwxykO2isovzC8r916LyAbPfxr9-s8FKqdQ_eFzsqo_XIF5wEb38Z471xMIkTR4KjrUT4AHmLPrdP_vVjh-UV0a6WO5tehyphenhyphenIQq2Sxdg0xWLldB5LUZ2OlOuTA/s1600-h/wicked.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5Wc9ACmordKINUwxykO2isovzC8r916LyAbPfxr9-s8FKqdQ_eFzsqo_XIF5wEb38Z471xMIkTR4KjrUT4AHmLPrdP_vVjh-UV0a6WO5tehyphenhyphenIQq2Sxdg0xWLldB5LUZ2OlOuTA/s400/wicked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064550375130333330" border="0" /></a></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-7259279220222159672007-05-10T19:12:00.000-07:002007-05-28T13:46:55.154-07:00sketchbook for charity, page 011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhf6Zz8tHGug6nD3m779Hnzc_ccS6SiFC7_ryHRXNxpe7KpP2H_MV9Vu4VrlJlOOy30oJuvFXhyphenhyphenX1uutbeA7jz6lai5EoRUKirEFxMnXpBPqaOXNbzcw7Q8EJv4KsZFpXnV2URA/s1600-h/sfc011_full.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhf6Zz8tHGug6nD3m779Hnzc_ccS6SiFC7_ryHRXNxpe7KpP2H_MV9Vu4VrlJlOOy30oJuvFXhyphenhyphenX1uutbeA7jz6lai5EoRUKirEFxMnXpBPqaOXNbzcw7Q8EJv4KsZFpXnV2URA/s400/sfc011_full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063120911229976706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI15ScxgkGOxE7VuD5I90k7yrT4LrvprZothuOdR-UinQHsCrfw4_Y3XD-O-CQeG4n0hlqC2KZjb1kyJbCcBBDPtcW8cUkZj_5Hd_n2xktQ45GWPrXXzB2YgX_ieTYZVVFwmtShg/s1600-h/sfc011_gal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI15ScxgkGOxE7VuD5I90k7yrT4LrvprZothuOdR-UinQHsCrfw4_Y3XD-O-CQeG4n0hlqC2KZjb1kyJbCcBBDPtcW8cUkZj_5Hd_n2xktQ45GWPrXXzB2YgX_ieTYZVVFwmtShg/s400/sfc011_gal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063120601992331378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">Etsy</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, I could sell them, and give that money to charity. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at <a href="http://www.firstbook.org/">www.firstbook.org</a>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S O L D</span><br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-90111827513044415902007-05-10T19:06:00.000-07:002007-05-10T19:11:20.157-07:00songbird beeswax collage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipi0f3SlRM4kkHtN6N66HT1XCAO1hL-t8bAO45Xib3p-6Ty7ABagn4RCDULNvulMRiiyw70h5FX-b1SjxZIiAsy2RYin7aT6W9-W429AegHJ8N7UlamoSVuuFAB3GRz_oAGXMhQ/s1600-h/songbird_wax_01gal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipi0f3SlRM4kkHtN6N66HT1XCAO1hL-t8bAO45Xib3p-6Ty7ABagn4RCDULNvulMRiiyw70h5FX-b1SjxZIiAsy2RYin7aT6W9-W429AegHJ8N7UlamoSVuuFAB3GRz_oAGXMhQ/s400/songbird_wax_01gal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063119322092077154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pGWNNLTmboO0B6C1NaH0bsX-CUFE3EKvze2wUiPdNCBTQnikdqZHodcbb-IOX_0OB8Gf_HE-VdiZM0J4xuLLJusMYM93E9cGjNRYBJHFigYxGLTructvXLoM1EPHLsoSqbvNVQ/s1600-h/songbird_wax_01det.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pGWNNLTmboO0B6C1NaH0bsX-CUFE3EKvze2wUiPdNCBTQnikdqZHodcbb-IOX_0OB8Gf_HE-VdiZM0J4xuLLJusMYM93E9cGjNRYBJHFigYxGLTructvXLoM1EPHLsoSqbvNVQ/s400/songbird_wax_01det.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063119128818548818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a beeswax collage on canvas made from my photograph "you are my songbird." The photo is of a work of stencil street art -- beautiful graffiti on a city wall. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The photograph is affixed to and covered with layers of beeswax. The beeswax is the "clear" as opposed to the yellow-toned sort, and adds a soft, dreamy texture to the image. Click on the the detail photo to enlarge it and see how the beeswax adds a subtle yet pleasing effect to the image and the canvas.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Media: photograph and beeswax on canvas.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Size: 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This collage is on a gallery profile stretched canvas, 1.5" deep: heavy duty canvas, staple-free edges, tailored corners. No need to frame this piece -- the sides and back are painted with beeswax as well and it is ready for hanging; it even stands by itself on a table-top or shelf. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The photo is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." (I also sell this photograph as an open edition print.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed 05.07.07. </span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Buy this photo from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-1375678547207295092007-05-10T18:58:00.000-07:002007-05-10T19:04:03.446-07:00sidewalk mandala photograph on Etsy's Front Page<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was fortunate enough to have my </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://haikubird.blogspot.com/2007/05/sidewalk-mandala-8-x-10-photograph.html">sidewalk mandala photograph</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> included in a treasury that the Etsy Administrators chose for the site's front page. Happily, someone bought it.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyssC-IWtqSuqg1s0nr_Vv8dwzxCBZpeRMRjSz1oIIj9HVJ1FxZt6MprYsxC54uN263PzsKyy0Jn3qSVhB-duWOutTJkTZNrqUTRtVZY5Mbpg6bMp0dfXYFuxJvnSZo3PLy53GUg/s1600-h/sidemandala_on_frontpage.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyssC-IWtqSuqg1s0nr_Vv8dwzxCBZpeRMRjSz1oIIj9HVJ1FxZt6MprYsxC54uN263PzsKyy0Jn3qSVhB-duWOutTJkTZNrqUTRtVZY5Mbpg6bMp0dfXYFuxJvnSZo3PLy53GUg/s400/sidemandala_on_frontpage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063116972744966210" border="0" /></a>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-14185088797284926262007-05-10T18:48:00.000-07:002007-05-10T18:58:34.668-07:00Etsy treasury: I made it<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I made this treasury as my Etsy alter-ego, CameraObscura, as a promotion for my new Etsy Shop -- </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://CameraObscura.etsy.com">CameraObscura.etsy.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll be selling reproductions of vintage photographs for mixed-media artists to use in their creations. See my shop and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://thecameraobscura.blogspot.com">the shop's blog</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> for more information.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-Qg3zQh8w_87C3LNGY8ixHI4WxEEoAJyyOVloE_8HKWAoiXub94RdLVS_EiQs_UAfugh03Xzy2owbc2VE4_PYlYVG0Qt2Do42Vi7frwgr2_LBprgkgrhDcTvLpDhbhqbrhHuYQ/s1600-h/TheVintagePhoto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-Qg3zQh8w_87C3LNGY8ixHI4WxEEoAJyyOVloE_8HKWAoiXub94RdLVS_EiQs_UAfugh03Xzy2owbc2VE4_PYlYVG0Qt2Do42Vi7frwgr2_LBprgkgrhDcTvLpDhbhqbrhHuYQ/s400/TheVintagePhoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063115516751052850" border="0" /></a>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-15577878285572472962007-05-07T00:41:00.000-07:002007-05-07T00:43:58.622-07:00sidewalk mandala, 8 x 10 photograph<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyncXuRPgtwaqtt1-80QIcff9sl4upAcMDkyaf4l0OxaifWqnrlETlzt8PhulIHAOSVOzcY73hiyYkdctDdwSnl8oj9R-TmSPBjYf2S2k60ieAkYHq0Fm8OEsdzyGng6rGYQSrMg/s1600-h/sidewalk_mandala_bdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyncXuRPgtwaqtt1-80QIcff9sl4upAcMDkyaf4l0OxaifWqnrlETlzt8PhulIHAOSVOzcY73hiyYkdctDdwSnl8oj9R-TmSPBjYf2S2k60ieAkYHq0Fm8OEsdzyGng6rGYQSrMg/s400/sidewalk_mandala_bdr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061720872150564690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This photograph is of a mandala stenciled on the sidewalk. I've seen it nearly every day for a year and every time it brings me joy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The term mandala (Sanskrit for "circle," or "completion"), is variously used to describe Hindu, Buddhist or other religious art-objects; mandala has also become a term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective. A mandala may be used during meditation as an object for focusing attention. Depicting one's personal mandala in pictorial form can help one visualize the state of one's spiritual life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The image itself is 5.5 x 8 inches, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Buy this photo from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-27571365419370279722007-05-07T00:33:00.000-07:002007-05-07T00:36:14.757-07:00sidewalk owl, 8 x 10 photograph<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9YsEm9QhMDT6dbB7n5BiaLl7Sk721crE4IuT537NbJYRBpNlmmloe9ybIcktDjPf3jiuPN8JjqI0hBWJI5zdlblnC8pvTuI7JONUh3LH34WxfBhoZpHTjWDnDlR0BRDtnDV_ig/s1600-h/sidewalk_owl_bdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9YsEm9QhMDT6dbB7n5BiaLl7Sk721crE4IuT537NbJYRBpNlmmloe9ybIcktDjPf3jiuPN8JjqI0hBWJI5zdlblnC8pvTuI7JONUh3LH34WxfBhoZpHTjWDnDlR0BRDtnDV_ig/s400/sidewalk_owl_bdr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061719021019660098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />A sweet, small owl stencil painted on the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood of Oakland, CA; presumably quite wise, having seen many things.<br /><br />This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.<br /><br />The image itself is 5.32 x 8 inches, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Buy this photo from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-18400751431653406522007-05-07T00:02:00.000-07:002007-05-07T00:36:37.506-07:00ex libris: Kafka's Metamorphosis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k9n8v7bRuiDGG48GPUSoqAeQAd4-wr2e4fUzTjKr803S9DUoToCNgGcGiG893OCsov9U41rmcOfBbZPS0ZX8j2s8TD24Fix9sc_zcVuINF6JI2l0rKZWRgmwHkf00elBDe7R8Q/s1600-h/kafka01-03blog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k9n8v7bRuiDGG48GPUSoqAeQAd4-wr2e4fUzTjKr803S9DUoToCNgGcGiG893OCsov9U41rmcOfBbZPS0ZX8j2s8TD24Fix9sc_zcVuINF6JI2l0rKZWRgmwHkf00elBDe7R8Q/s400/kafka01-03blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061713957253218098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zjsiHFZrhj_Wm7oKpUaiyBXYcfkwLBOxZEWkBsunzoXqRyB4cbnjtZqu_AECa8doEqEJTl2G4TpvC6PHH2h0Y1Nh123X2qm-CBC2FeqiE3Fdef_AI0pyzRT3KAM2kL-cvgjjqw/s1600-h/kafka01-01blog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zjsiHFZrhj_Wm7oKpUaiyBXYcfkwLBOxZEWkBsunzoXqRyB4cbnjtZqu_AECa8doEqEJTl2G4TpvC6PHH2h0Y1Nh123X2qm-CBC2FeqiE3Fdef_AI0pyzRT3KAM2kL-cvgjjqw/s400/kafka01-01blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061712295100874530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." ~ <span style="font-style: italic;">The Metamorphosis,</span> by Franz Kafka</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Franz Kafka -- b. 1883, Prague; d. 1924, Vienna.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This ex libris is a tribute to Kafka and his book <span style="font-style: italic;">The Metamorphosis.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Media: Pen & ink and metallic gel pen on a new set of an authentic library circulation card and manila pocket.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Size: the card is 3 x 5 inches; the pocket is 4.5 x 5.5 inches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The set comes with an extra blank circulation card should you wish to include a personally inscribed card in the pocket with the ex libris card. It also comes with a 1.5" x 1.5" piece of non-toxic, acid free, transparent double-sided tape-like adhesive that can be cut into strips or squares and used to affix the pocket in a book. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The back of the circulation card is signed and dated by the artist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Completed 05.05.07<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Buy this piece from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-17854318456038727952007-05-05T15:37:00.000-07:002007-05-05T15:43:30.984-07:00le tigre: a treasury<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Created by my favorite person in the universe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhd2nflol_s_WNHSdo9gX1OEx-RkcNJjGaRjuveCzl4oTwg5R4j60vFz4zWi8_iuXDnlD5ChLDzHJ1uDcAhfWJedatkb58zDB7EBBoWk5m1VYNhteP1KYFlC4ftCh7PzbEs1V8w/s1600-h/le_tigre.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhd2nflol_s_WNHSdo9gX1OEx-RkcNJjGaRjuveCzl4oTwg5R4j60vFz4zWi8_iuXDnlD5ChLDzHJ1uDcAhfWJedatkb58zDB7EBBoWk5m1VYNhteP1KYFlC4ftCh7PzbEs1V8w/s400/le_tigre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061209762452406034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Dost thou not perceive that Rome is but a wilderness of tigers?" -- William Shakespeare</span><br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-65440497816693175932007-05-02T18:12:00.000-07:002007-05-02T18:18:07.047-07:00ladybug 79 ACEO ATC (san francisco street art photograph)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVSvolXDl9a52SReRK9Ns83zHef_1PlTBpi-Fmk0imjgrAwMa_13Ob2jVcp-BH7eWuPP9_DAZFsbq89pX0o0pUnfOYFPF5cwrYQO-9WqNN7U5kEYccCH48WDsIaUjwOGckj3SqQ/s1600-h/ladybug79aceo_f.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVSvolXDl9a52SReRK9Ns83zHef_1PlTBpi-Fmk0imjgrAwMa_13Ob2jVcp-BH7eWuPP9_DAZFsbq89pX0o0pUnfOYFPF5cwrYQO-9WqNN7U5kEYccCH48WDsIaUjwOGckj3SqQ/s400/ladybug79aceo_f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060136802312453826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQxYGJNdgvSBdkvqVUO9XZq1QNyq2h2hukDaDxIaczjwVqsRlrf9yzZMlRjQFkXOWLY7vJgWVTbghNCZfRgrbKw7wMn1-oSV8GCEI7qi229Bj6Xnn0hjLceCTmGDCmZnkl1v9Mw/s1600-h/ladybug79aceo_b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQxYGJNdgvSBdkvqVUO9XZq1QNyq2h2hukDaDxIaczjwVqsRlrf9yzZMlRjQFkXOWLY7vJgWVTbghNCZfRgrbKw7wMn1-oSV8GCEI7qi229Bj6Xnn0hjLceCTmGDCmZnkl1v9Mw/s400/ladybug79aceo_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060136441535200946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This original ACEO is made from photograph taken of an assemblage-type mural in San Francisco's Mission District.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">(The first listing photo is a detail of the image.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Since the image is cut down to size from a larger print and has a decorative back, more may be made but no two will ever be identical.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The photo is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The back of the card is black Canson drawing paper, torn at the edges to create a "deckle" effect visible from front and back.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2.5 x 3.5 inches (standard ACEO size).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed 05.02.07<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Buy this piece from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-33674498405121434812007-05-02T18:08:00.000-07:002007-05-02T18:16:59.203-07:00sketchbook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVeARtDQ-z5hyphenhyphenDEX1f4yRaYbBDRuNM3ARTuqjgDBhLsqhRLDN-ZqCmxXT51antVeOVMC0uK9GY96rsnxYKwwY7HrtIL0KsYWgUnEE_azXWGACp8Nyc7NE3jdiubeOg26UmzVACA/s1600-h/sfc010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVeARtDQ-z5hyphenhyphenDEX1f4yRaYbBDRuNM3ARTuqjgDBhLsqhRLDN-ZqCmxXT51antVeOVMC0uK9GY96rsnxYKwwY7HrtIL0KsYWgUnEE_azXWGACp8Nyc7NE3jdiubeOg26UmzVACA/s400/sfc010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060135238944358050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">From my 8 x 5 Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. Pen & ink. Completed 30 April 2007.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >NFS<br /><br /><br /></span></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-892398138267937122007-04-29T21:08:00.000-07:002007-04-29T21:12:32.949-07:00spider web embroidered ACEO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13Tz2gMnuKGB0FageRtEw7EsIjDzJEip7sX4FVlIAZ-aDugu1hUciXgKnDbxKjxJ9A6eGn4YuGSPod4K3tUDZ99mrGPI0L43nlAgtjgPWStJ7YTJkGbVJkqB3fU01M45VPIcrtw/s1600-h/spiderweb001-fgal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13Tz2gMnuKGB0FageRtEw7EsIjDzJEip7sX4FVlIAZ-aDugu1hUciXgKnDbxKjxJ9A6eGn4YuGSPod4K3tUDZ99mrGPI0L43nlAgtjgPWStJ7YTJkGbVJkqB3fU01M45VPIcrtw/s400/spiderweb001-fgal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059069107802406530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXXnMZ-a5-d2yggRq22RHoTVt6uyGKjBIkDWMZV-qPEUJEqKYZtxX5pvZhgN7A_RZOa8FSiTx-sfnkav0kKPXykjj4rwaTWDwTpO5JTiOQO2JS8iOv_wjB21uD2m7OlOhhKHxKA/s1600-h/spiderweb001-bgal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXXnMZ-a5-d2yggRq22RHoTVt6uyGKjBIkDWMZV-qPEUJEqKYZtxX5pvZhgN7A_RZOa8FSiTx-sfnkav0kKPXykjj4rwaTWDwTpO5JTiOQO2JS8iOv_wjB21uD2m7OlOhhKHxKA/s400/spiderweb001-bgal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059068991838289522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Inspired by memories of the classic children's book <span style="font-style: italic;">Charlotte's Web,</span> this is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The web itself is sewn into the card (not just stuck on).</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Gray and lavender embroidery thread and black Canson drawing paper (front); original page from <span style="font-style: italic;">Charlotte's Web</span> finished with acrylic pearlescent medium (back); front and back affixed to 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size).</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Completed 04.29.07</span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />Buy this piece from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-37083167389722263752007-04-29T11:00:00.000-07:002007-04-29T11:04:59.174-07:00next phase: painting in gouache<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn1fyvYfgviwx4lURgXmW-zZkiGeOfoUan8dGLXK3POz3fG9mj-wsbGxrbivZXnsDqd80C3fXkwZXH-eRn4TlLMKowjaAsa7vzsk-vxXo4N5HSPaJzfLalD_yEp6sreIbn57A8w/s1600-h/gouachebirdNFS.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn1fyvYfgviwx4lURgXmW-zZkiGeOfoUan8dGLXK3POz3fG9mj-wsbGxrbivZXnsDqd80C3fXkwZXH-eRn4TlLMKowjaAsa7vzsk-vxXo4N5HSPaJzfLalD_yEp6sreIbn57A8w/s400/gouachebirdNFS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058912547654532674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the exception of a little gouache, used sparingly, on the Nabokov ex libris, this is my first gouache painting.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Gouache on 140lb Canson Watercolor paper; image size about 7 x 5 inches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed 04.28.07</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >NFS<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-92148091197298279922007-04-26T16:40:00.000-07:002007-04-26T16:48:37.716-07:00elephbudda photo: now all proceeds donated to charity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPpXsUFpJFumjRE0q7XNxn27SnK24wXFZaJcHS-Mdnw5XWO46RYlwohws8Ck3Asb0GmvaTynRoQ-MSgWDLV_LNTWS-H4aqD_zeK7985zmgWuCVyhZm4CjSva9ijpT_0BWnzjwQQ/s1600-h/elephbuddha_full.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPpXsUFpJFumjRE0q7XNxn27SnK24wXFZaJcHS-Mdnw5XWO46RYlwohws8Ck3Asb0GmvaTynRoQ-MSgWDLV_LNTWS-H4aqD_zeK7985zmgWuCVyhZm4CjSva9ijpT_0BWnzjwQQ/s400/elephbuddha_full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057886462787649074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have decided that all proceeds from sales of this photo will go to The Elephant Sanctuary.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the details:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">$10 from the sale of this photograph will be donated directly to The Elephant Sanctuary, a 4-star rated charity by </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.charitynavigator.org">Charity Navigator</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">From the Sanctuary's site: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation's largest natural habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered African and Asian elephants. It operates on 2,700 acres in Hohenwald, Tennessee - 85 miles southwest of Nashville.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The Elephant Sanctuary exists for two reasons:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">To provide a haven for old, sick or needy elephants in a setting of green pastures, old-growth forests, spring-fed ponds and a heated barn for cold winter nights.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">To provide education about the crisis facing these social, sensitive, passionately intense, playful, complex, exceedingly intelligent and endangered creatures.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.elephants.com/">(http://www.elephants.com/)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When you purchase this photograph, I will immediately donate $10 to The Elephant Sanctuary online. Printed confirmation of the donation will be included in the package you receive.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Buy this photo from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-11245384857872970302007-04-25T13:16:00.000-07:002007-04-29T10:54:54.130-07:00ex libris: Nabokov's Butterfly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWD1S111SxRKykucEKcOVEgRSp0yJPRVVD1vFmpz4r-HAS4Uhiyx9wLfy3fdb8oG95ugbu0GRiE1W9fM1Xp6qO-NqCRP1WFQbTNM48jnLSc75NAlnrm-Bf1bIQ2BRUgWcJumSgw/s1600-h/nabokov01-03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWD1S111SxRKykucEKcOVEgRSp0yJPRVVD1vFmpz4r-HAS4Uhiyx9wLfy3fdb8oG95ugbu0GRiE1W9fM1Xp6qO-NqCRP1WFQbTNM48jnLSc75NAlnrm-Bf1bIQ2BRUgWcJumSgw/s400/nabokov01-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057463283954941442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkmMgMyk6VV13wV8DWpFviF8JBPJCwVLU9Ue5BRQHktUYxhsKxmG05H0rP62AZ2NN1nPwomCiPJhS83xpVfVI0Ob6UXBWrH2fxfuEefh8QfyHbyJzoiDYhoqeho0boUKsRigCNA/s1600-h/nabokov01-02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkmMgMyk6VV13wV8DWpFviF8JBPJCwVLU9Ue5BRQHktUYxhsKxmG05H0rP62AZ2NN1nPwomCiPJhS83xpVfVI0Ob6UXBWrH2fxfuEefh8QfyHbyJzoiDYhoqeho0boUKsRigCNA/s400/nabokov01-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057462974717296114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"...fluttered around like blue snowflakes..." ~ Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Vladimir Nabokov (b. 1899 St. Petersburg, Russia; d. 1977 Montreux, Switzerland) was not only a brilliant author but an avid lepidopterist. He took great pride in his scientific work and wrote extensively about his research. He caught his first butterfly in 1906, at the age of 7.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This ex libris is a tribute to Nabokov and his dual passions for science and literature. It features my own interpretation of one of Nabokov's illustrations of a scale-row classification system of the Karner Blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis), the butterfly he is perhaps most famous for studying, tracking and helping to classify.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Media: Pen & ink and gouache on a new set of an authentic library circulation card and manila pocket.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Size: the card is 3 x 5 inches; the pocket is 4.5 x 5.5 inches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The set comes with an extra blank circulation card should you wish to include a personally inscribed card in the pocket with the ex libris card. It also comes with a 1.5" x 1.5" piece of non-toxic, acid free, transparent double-sided tape-like adhesive that can be cut into strips or squares and used to affix the pocket in a book.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The back of the circulation card will be initialed and dated by the artist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Completed 04.24.07<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">S O L D</span><br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-4764624750513298452007-04-20T06:46:00.000-07:002007-04-20T06:50:19.165-07:00wasp ACEO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXykil_n9cw8fuHSyPeqdG6S9Dqzgi4FOTUnQ2vVFkQwjq4SLZZf-0f6ZNfkDRuiMCIvBjEWOZoUL4CnNdQDn9XGmD0zyN45G8MKiHxDtfOoj6S9ORHaCMbYSgNcrAljp5joQoeA/s1600-h/aceowasp-f.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXykil_n9cw8fuHSyPeqdG6S9Dqzgi4FOTUnQ2vVFkQwjq4SLZZf-0f6ZNfkDRuiMCIvBjEWOZoUL4CnNdQDn9XGmD0zyN45G8MKiHxDtfOoj6S9ORHaCMbYSgNcrAljp5joQoeA/s400/aceowasp-f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055506587522266146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEEbPfyjxZe7tKeLsZD_QeYcs2423CjoDLhKvGNs3P7pDmZK8dQ0CgaRUp_DriYz-coIlwhUPZwV_xc37IeMoj90VBMHUy8_z8X9phoxXExeD3WJQj6xAK9IinPpE6P71Wp54dA/s1600-h/aceowasp-b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEEbPfyjxZe7tKeLsZD_QeYcs2423CjoDLhKvGNs3P7pDmZK8dQ0CgaRUp_DriYz-coIlwhUPZwV_xc37IeMoj90VBMHUy8_z8X9phoxXExeD3WJQj6xAK9IinPpE6P71Wp54dA/s400/aceowasp-b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055506510212854802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the realms of wasp life,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">She flew this way</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">gazing intently<br />anxious humming<br />until the shadows grew long.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">~~~~</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Pen & ink, perforated "stamp" paper, copper wire stitching, black drawing paper (front); book page and iridescent acrylic medium (back); affixed to 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed 04.20.07<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">NFS<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-40517766203033752372007-04-18T18:09:00.000-07:002007-04-19T06:23:14.712-07:00Copper and Clouds ACEO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_QVwisB2hMVpvJTvIioMhFIgkMH11LKfIPSc67xBbOMtPybokO_ygNRBzFTzH1OjRjC4aeU_J5JxxLv5rgqgdeiYNIByeSM9BiuWrYjXZDJPiWcRvyH7AcOOwY2rZ86SddQZPA/s1600-h/aceo_stamp_001front.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_QVwisB2hMVpvJTvIioMhFIgkMH11LKfIPSc67xBbOMtPybokO_ygNRBzFTzH1OjRjC4aeU_J5JxxLv5rgqgdeiYNIByeSM9BiuWrYjXZDJPiWcRvyH7AcOOwY2rZ86SddQZPA/s400/aceo_stamp_001front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054940523066524818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQl6i8-Kdz2qoGiz2rOMzh9PB2pDApG2a_f-pximpJ3GnhbKAkOctSCkqWZwC2sNDCWLmJxiumSoZs2VD0rxUGpPTWSC9xbbWIbdu8tfg9gL1vMdB0ZlvSsJYFXw1mX6KehJShug/s1600-h/aceo_stamp_001back.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQl6i8-Kdz2qoGiz2rOMzh9PB2pDApG2a_f-pximpJ3GnhbKAkOctSCkqWZwC2sNDCWLmJxiumSoZs2VD0rxUGpPTWSC9xbbWIbdu8tfg9gL1vMdB0ZlvSsJYFXw1mX6KehJShug/s400/aceo_stamp_001back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054940364152734850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">zigzagged directly about the nest</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">birds in the tree, first and last,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">anything like such a stir</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">[from the back of the card]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~~</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pen & ink, perforated "stamp" paper, copper wire stitching, black drawing paper (front); book page and acrylic paint (back); affixed to 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Completed 04.17.07<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Buy this piece from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-87128587160146871562007-04-18T18:06:00.000-07:002007-04-18T18:07:49.460-07:00blue shadows, 8 x 10 photograph (san francisco)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzM7gzvDuEbWU0DDBOEZ7F8SJ-Oinh7kJPCdfeKSGTSVrMFjW-MuIojzBceAJkcYl2RUdKRqaVCHU1mrSdhvjfXnvGcxafBF8eK9eYpBGyKCbz8hVGtUKsBN1BosauaiJjZ9PhuQ/s1600-h/blueshadows_bdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzM7gzvDuEbWU0DDBOEZ7F8SJ-Oinh7kJPCdfeKSGTSVrMFjW-MuIojzBceAJkcYl2RUdKRqaVCHU1mrSdhvjfXnvGcxafBF8eK9eYpBGyKCbz8hVGtUKsBN1BosauaiJjZ9PhuQ/s400/blueshadows_bdr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054939513749210226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This photograph was taken on an early evening photo-trek through San Francisco, when the light was just right. One of those moments when you stop and think how lucky you are to be.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The image itself is about 5.25 x 8, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Buy this photo from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-4849615947583222982007-04-18T18:02:00.000-07:002007-05-04T12:35:47.410-07:00ladybug 79, 5 x 7 photograph (street art, san francisco)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjW0TT993EOADTs62-vdEj5Tp1Qfq1g6KJXQSPc9aUsxEoIg3_GfOOftU52XgSN5mSxw3689j7aY-9Ng8y2pEtSE8Xv_kCcW9VWCHq3ob14-3zmcC5zU13Vy7yXGoiOaIE1McGw/s1600-h/ladybug79_bdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjW0TT993EOADTs62-vdEj5Tp1Qfq1g6KJXQSPc9aUsxEoIg3_GfOOftU52XgSN5mSxw3689j7aY-9Ng8y2pEtSE8Xv_kCcW9VWCHq3ob14-3zmcC5zU13Vy7yXGoiOaIE1McGw/s400/ladybug79_bdr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054938641870849122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This photograph was taken on the street in San Francisco. It is part of a larger assemblage-mural in the Mission District. The ladybug was just a xeroxed piece of paper stapled on to a wall painted, stenciled, and layered with chipboard.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I worked with the original photo digitally to get the colors I wanted for the final effect.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The image itself is approximately 3 x 5 inches (2.88 x 5.12), printed on 5 x 7 paper for a nicely-sized white border.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Buy this photo from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">05.03.07 UPDATE</span>: <a href="http://haikubird.blogspot.com/2007/05/ladybug-79-aceo-atc-san-francisco.html">currently this photo is being offered only as an ACEO.</a><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-7526768128370460422007-04-17T15:32:00.000-07:002007-04-17T15:34:13.442-07:00"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcc5Sma038wqWvVVCZPSrBw62XuSAeUMS8ysCzZHv5Dw4fPvtoaJJlsZZjxbOu9j_UCMJfqLfzdDhSGhwv7t0etFslHncymNAbPwLu5zDlt_g3O07qkkQBonCUbXR6ZNQem1m_9A/s1600-h/kindness_treas.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcc5Sma038wqWvVVCZPSrBw62XuSAeUMS8ysCzZHv5Dw4fPvtoaJJlsZZjxbOu9j_UCMJfqLfzdDhSGhwv7t0etFslHncymNAbPwLu5zDlt_g3O07qkkQBonCUbXR6ZNQem1m_9A/s400/kindness_treas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054528861403498978" border="0" /></a>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-42301023742809837782007-04-12T06:34:00.000-07:002007-05-14T20:55:24.547-07:00"Below," to benefit the Monterey Bay Aquarium<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkLRU-e1LRItxkrWiPI7kTeEW6G7pfAfVOXJ7MbVOr0xOix_6YZppTtd6HlCYAfRNmFZhES4LWnuODWwsEMsQ-aaMY0vhOkiiRoTmM8ETSaMqx9BYi-rXC8Nw4DApYjBID2Bqng/s1600-h/bsurface-gal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkLRU-e1LRItxkrWiPI7kTeEW6G7pfAfVOXJ7MbVOr0xOix_6YZppTtd6HlCYAfRNmFZhES4LWnuODWwsEMsQ-aaMY0vhOkiiRoTmM8ETSaMqx9BYi-rXC8Nw4DApYjBID2Bqng/s400/bsurface-gal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052535159059532242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjougMcC30tYZ_gxFeLu38dpa0cF5bpG3ShmfHkrXqAF2-rkAK9-vGT6D5v75FI9BVt96ZzmW7XQ4g0aFcc-7o3_5_9PVFjaVyI32lrfyLvsgGCcd4xbIeplABNZnJ4u8QRQz0Ncg/s1600-h/bsurface-full.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjougMcC30tYZ_gxFeLu38dpa0cF5bpG3ShmfHkrXqAF2-rkAK9-vGT6D5v75FI9BVt96ZzmW7XQ4g0aFcc-7o3_5_9PVFjaVyI32lrfyLvsgGCcd4xbIeplABNZnJ4u8QRQz0Ncg/s400/bsurface-full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052534995850774978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Below," an abstract pen & ink drawing, inspired by the Etsy Creative Challenge.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$10 (that's 20%) from the sale of this drawing will be donated directly to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (CA), a 4-star rated charity by www.charitynavigator.org.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"Opened in 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium seeks to inspire conservation of the oceans. From the beginning, we planned our permanent exhibits as a walk through Monterey Bay's beautiful natural communities. In 1996, we almost doubled our exhibit space with the opening of the Outer Bay Wing, devoted to the open ocean and deep sea. The main feature is the Outer Bay Waters exhibit, the one-million-gallon tank containing tuna, sharks and sea turtles. The aquarium has an active research program. We have groups working on sea otter conservation and tuna conservation biology. About 1.8 million people visit us each year."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">(http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When you purchase this drawing, I will immediately donate $10 to the Monterey Bay Aquarium online. Printed confirmation of the donation will be included in the package you receive.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">~~~~~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an original drawing, not a print.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pen & ink on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Image area: 6 x 6 inches</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sheet size: 12 x 16 inches (a standard frame size)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Completed 04.10.07</span><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S O L D</span><br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37095948.post-84589643497293760102007-04-11T05:10:00.000-07:002007-04-11T05:14:06.163-07:00sketchbook for charity, page 009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0TNbyxaX37ZfripqDlcAU-sfaCMe0v0ftbwvRHuxVJnO6eIoMoROtNhGipthPolD7nvZUckB63rehOz6tKTuyN-Z5ZS3qyqQoHMhyphenhyphenq35PWTFILBgAEM6bk-8FyuhcVH0okKYzw/s1600-h/sfc009-det.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0TNbyxaX37ZfripqDlcAU-sfaCMe0v0ftbwvRHuxVJnO6eIoMoROtNhGipthPolD7nvZUckB63rehOz6tKTuyN-Z5ZS3qyqQoHMhyphenhyphenq35PWTFILBgAEM6bk-8FyuhcVH0okKYzw/s400/sfc009-det.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052142641998350722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQlPDLlcjtiqygPYlneTVQlTqJ3QldxRHqxVUWjjHKRHmoOFhO7dOSI1KToXIkQUyJ0i53v4n5kVg9iO8NXsaS2GkSZKoa1UBfM51zXRRbnsF_UQyRj5YKpawIXYFiwKFmiBBbg/s1600-h/sfc009-full.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQlPDLlcjtiqygPYlneTVQlTqJ3QldxRHqxVUWjjHKRHmoOFhO7dOSI1KToXIkQUyJ0i53v4n5kVg9iO8NXsaS2GkSZKoa1UBfM51zXRRbnsF_UQyRj5YKpawIXYFiwKFmiBBbg/s400/sfc009-full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052142487379528050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">Etsy</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, I could sell them, and give that money to charity. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at <a href="http://www.firstbook.org/">www.firstbook.org</a>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Buy this piece from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">haiku bird shop at etsy.com: <a href="http://haikubird.etsy.com/">haikubird.etsy.com</a></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>s.k.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007459322837629415noreply@blogger.com