moly_x_71

Cock of the Walk

2010-12-26T20:47:00.001-08:00

Heh!

catch the tail

2010-11-09T22:07:00.000-08:00

Just a little added bit of tail catching love a little bit further on in the book.

Asa-Chang & Junray invade my space

2010-10-29T00:09:00.000-07:00

The feeling of guilt of having so many moleskines on my desk finally got the better of me. The random selection gave me Ooli's fabulous moleskine.
I hope you like it. I may add more little bits near the end as this one is going back to Ooli after me... unless, does someone else want to give it a little more love?

Clunky Little Video

2010-09-20T17:54:00.000-07:00

I received my L'Horizon moleskine back from Marty yesterday (as well as Ooli's) and am a little sad at the big blank space in the middle... but not all is lost. Michael Nightmare tells me he will give it a boost. I am going to forward it to him.
My moleskine endeavours might be put on hold for a week or so with my fabulous moving house. I am really not concentrating at the moment whilst sitting amongst my half packed up belongings. But will be back soon, looking forward to my bigger and lighter space in my new flat.

Ooli's Book

2010-08-30T22:37:00.000-07:00

Looks like the trio just won a Kitty Kat award.

Emma's Book

2010-08-30T21:18:00.001-07:00

Not dead yet, or once dead and back to life again. I hope this begins to thank Emma for sending two beautiful books for the MCBA exhibition. Wish I understood French. The song, L'Horizon, is sung in French. I like the texture of the song. This book is brilliant. Ooli's book is well under way. Should be done in a couple of days.

Ooh!! There is quite a bit of book left to fill. I can add a little something more, but there is room for more still. Emma, should I send this book to you? Or.......

Missing Wil.

Oops! I didn't think about the paint used to do this "MUSICHALL" type originally. I did a wash of water and made a big smear of the type. Sorry. What this image really needs are those little gold dots. I hope that whoever draws next to this image will draw into it with some of the nice detail that is already in this book. There is quite a lot of book to be drawn in, yet. I hope you like, E.

final pages in 'Blue'

2010-08-25T02:34:00.001-07:00

final blue
Originally uploaded by paintistworks / Lynne

I have now filled in the final pages.... a goodbye 'wave' ( sorry, couldn't resist :-)

Sinking to the Blue…

2010-06-30T06:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay – I was sinking in work and family matters. I had an idea for Lynne's book for a while, but today I set myself up for a totally blue day – and here is the result.

Lynne, thank you for spreading up so much inspiration inside and around the book! And thanks to all of the talented artists: Marty, Emma and Ooli, whose entries inspired me too! Every time I return to this wonderful project I enjoy it so much!

Lynne, it's coming back to you soon!

Emmas book

2010-05-07T08:31:00.001-07:00

Emmas book
Originally uploaded by paintistworks / Lynne

Going west...

"The love comes from the west
We will listening
It will make the hundred steps
We hear the foot steps
We dare not move ............."

Marty's book

2010-05-04T15:08:00.000-07:00

Looney tunes done, next I work on Emma's book :-)

Carl Stalling

2010-04-29T08:43:00.000-07:00

I have received the books from Marina today, so I am doing some research on the music....I came across this video.....they were still showing this on tv when I was young....gave me nightmares, lol

Chalkboard Animation

2010-04-17T21:10:00.000-07:00

I just thought you all might like this.
chalk board animation

Not a very organized chaos

2010-04-17T11:29:00.000-07:00

That's what came out on Marty's dark background. I couldn't not to think about the Looney Tunes' characters, in some sort of way. The darkness gave it a dramatic look. Not a very organized chaos, I would say. And a bit crazy, same as the music. Anyway, I enjoyed drawing it very much!

I'm overbooked!

2010-04-13T00:39:00.000-07:00

Hello friends!
I feel guilty for holding your books too long. Today I got two more beautiful books, so now in my possesion are... 4 books!
I put them all together on my biggest table and it was hardly a space for all of them! It's so impressive to see them all together! You guys did an awesome job and I think we should show the books to the world not in only virtual way some day. What do you think?
I promise to start to work!
Lynne, Emma's book is going to you!

Fever Ray

2010-03-20T13:43:00.000-07:00

I suppose I’m bad ‘collaborator’…I apologize for the delay again… To mitigate my fault I did two books last night. I decided to make Wil’s book out of order. Marina, I’ll finish yours one as soon as possible. As to this book, I think it’s my favourite one…Maybe the reason is that both music and associations are very close to me

Blue song

2010-03-20T13:26:00.000-07:00

Blue is the best colour

My entry in Lynne's book

journey moly x 71

2010-03-15T10:37:00.001-07:00

journey moly x 71
Originally uploaded by paintistworks / Lynne

my entry in Ooli's book.....Wil sent it on to me as he hasn't had time to do the work in it. I can send it on to you Marty if you are ready for it??

Thanks Marina.

2010-02-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

I have scanned this book and I'm sending it back to you Marina. Thanks for sending it. It is beautiful book, thank you Ooli & Emma. I will send it after I show it to my printmaking class on Thursday.

I ordered a few large large Japanese molys. I want to squeegee ink into a few of those as well. Very excited about that.

great video

2010-02-03T01:20:00.000-08:00

Hi, I found an amazing music video to share with you....the music may not be quite to your taste but the video is great.. link here....you tube I am afraid

Fever Ray became my earworm

2010-01-28T00:02:00.000-08:00

I had the first three tracks on this Fever Ray album playing in my head for 2 days once I really started to draw in the moleskine. I was walking around in the restaurant humming snippets to myself. It was more the words, though, that I think influenced my drawing. I find, it is more messy and eclectic the way I am creating in this exchange, and I worry it is just too crazy... but that's what that music did to me.

Reaching the Horizon

2010-01-21T08:03:00.001-08:00

I absolutely loved L’Horizon! First of all it's in French, which I don't understand, but love its sound very much (I want to learn it, when I'll have the time). And secondly, the subject (I read the translation of the songs) is so reach full of associations. And, of course, the wonderful music! (Few days ago I heard L’Horizon playing at some local radio station and I almost yelled: "hey! It's Emma's song!") Thank you for introducing it!
Emma, sorry for holding the book too much time, here it comes...

2009-12-22T23:53:00.002-08:00

And I wish you all happy holidays!

Marty's book

2009-12-22T23:39:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!I'm with you again!It's my entry in Marty's book. It was great to draw on such a wonderful background!

Wil's Book at last.

2009-12-22T13:43:00.001-08:00

Here you go Wil. This is a general take from videos and still images, less from the actual cd. Not a huge fan of the music, but I am interested in some of Fever Ray's themes. I love this crazy bratty suburban shaman figure from videos. I hope that you like it. It is an image that didn't go particularly smoothly, therefore it evolved. I think it is the better for it. You will see that I did some extra collaging and tearing. I think that there are three butterflies stacked atop each other.

Here it comes, Emma.

happy Holidays Folks

2009-12-21T08:38:00.000-08:00

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday, and a fantastic New Year to us all! :-)

I went a bit crazy, but it would be honest

2009-12-20T20:45:00.001-08:00

I have been thinking about this moleskine since it landed in my hands, and knew I just had to put the album on and go for it. I took up a lot of room, but I think it is an honest interpretation of the music for me. It is a similar reaction for me as Marina, I think. It conjured up rain and being in Europe with my husband's family.

Excuse me everybody!

2009-12-07T08:37:00.000-08:00

Today I received Lynne's book. And Marty's one is still laying on my writing-table...I'm really sorry for delay- I'm just a poor student with lack of time because of midyear examinations...I'm ashamed for it very much and I'll make my "turn" as soon as possible!

Marina's book.

2009-11-30T07:33:00.000-08:00

I am doing books out of order. Sue me! I will do Will's next. Hope that you like this Marina. Yours is turning into a busy book. It will be very, very interesting to see how it looks completed. I will put it in the mail tomorrow. Marina, I think that we used the same photo reference, so my art matches the image of AC that you drew inside the front cover. There are a couple other little tiny bits I added other places in the book.

Lots of Blue

2009-11-22T15:36:00.000-08:00

I finally got my idea for this song down on the moleskine.
Sorry it took me so long, I have been running, running since getting back to Australia.

No Words

2009-10-28T05:25:00.000-07:00

Here is my addition to Marinas moly, I have chosen the track 'No words' , like Wil I have not listened to much Jazz, and hated this cd on first listening....then I put it on in the car, drove around listening to it and now I think it is wonderful ! Thank you so much for the introduction !
I hope the entry I have made doesn't come over as too dark, but it is how the track affected me :-)

Leh Lah

2009-10-20T11:59:00.000-07:00

I had never heard of the jazz basest before so it was great to hear some new tunes, jazz too something I've never really tried, I really liked the track called "Remembering". I've never played a string instrument at all but i wondered if it was like trailing your hand in water (but flying). I used some references from the early BBC SSO work I did earlier too. Lynne I'll try and get this in the post tomorrow.

2009-10-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

I am sending this to Ooli today, with the CD of course.
Enjoy!

just a little musical fun.....

2009-10-14T01:24:00.000-07:00

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Getting going again

2009-10-13T01:16:00.001-07:00

I am certainly enjoying painting over the top of the screen printing that Marty created. I see images within the mixing of paint, and am happily painting away while listening to the music. I really missed working and being able to leave stuff about and come back to it without packing it all completely away. Anyway. Still working.

First Snow of the Year.

2009-10-10T07:54:00.000-07:00

It won't last the day, but it's pretty. Ought to be cold and crisp on our camping trip in northern Minnesota next weekend. I am so excited. I hope we have weather just like this 50°F high temperature today.

Do you see Pearl, our Greyhound in the doorway. The other dog, Marko, not shown, is not so impressed with the snow. This dog, Pearl, is from Texas. She is impressed by snow, even this little bit. Me too. Pretty day.

"Blue"

2009-10-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

This book will be in the mail to Emma, tomorrow. I love this album.

I employed a lot of Adobe Illustrator tricks on the vignettes The whole thing changed a lot since I conceived it. I had fun.A little addition before mailing, squirty things from Lynne's art.

“Hana” – my entry in Ooli’s moly.

2009-10-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

It took me a while… I was a little bit busy, but was keeping in the meantime the Ooli’s song in my head. Once you’ve heard it, you’ll never forget it. The music is like a daydream, full of emotions, it woke up too many associations in my head. I searched the web for the lyrics translation, but didn’t find anything. Only that “Hana” in Japanese means flower. I added a haiku by Kijo Murakami, which seemed suitable here. I think this is a love song, which is also a kind of story that makes you drift away, sometimes too far away that you can’t find your way back.
It was a challenge to follow the amazing Ooli’s drawing. Hope you like it.

One of those entries....!!

2009-09-05T17:43:00.000-07:00

One of those entries where everything I plan goes wrong, but I like it. I hope you will enjoy working in this book. I am hoping that you will feel free to draw and paint as you wish over my designs.

I will send the music on a cd with the package. Let me know if you have trouble with the format of the music. As I wrote on the back of the book, I do not really think of Carl Stalling's music as a dark or nocturnal. It is bright, bold, funny, and often dangerous. His music is controlled chaos. It is filled with references to all kinds of music, very eclectic. I hope that I succeeded with the controlled chaos part.

Emma, here it comes.

In the post this morning

2009-09-03T07:42:00.000-07:00

From Marina, its great to see your work in real life. Looking forward to making a start on this!

Far away from here

2009-09-02T09:56:00.000-07:00

My little piece in Emma's book

keep the streets empty for me

2009-08-25T02:06:00.000-07:00

Memory comes when memory's old

I am never the first to know

Following the stream up North

Where do people like us float

There is room in my lap

For bruises, asses, handclaps

I will never disappear

Forever, I'll be here

Whispering

Morning, keep the streets empty for me

I’m laying down and eating snow

My fur is hot, my tongue is cold

On a bed of spider web

I think of how to change myself

A lot of hope in a one man tent

There's no room for innocence

Take me home before the storm

Velvet moths will keep us warm

Whispering

Morning, keep the streets empty for me

Uncover our heads and reveal our souls

We were hungry before we were born

Fever Ray

2009-08-17T07:24:00.000-07:00

Its been on my mind for ages to get on with this but found it quite difficult. But kept on thinking about magic, spirit voices and a European type mythology. I can't wait to see how folk will add to this, loosen it up and play around. I'll be posting this to you Lynne.

2009-08-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

Here's the frontispiece of my Moleskine and traces I've left.

And it's going to Marina now)

Work in progress.

2009-08-02T09:46:00.000-07:00

I used a screenprinting squeegee and any free ink that I could find at the printmaking studio. I'm going to try screenprinting my entry into this book. I know it will get goofed up. I'm very clumsy with screenprinting. That will be part of its charm. Right?

Filled the entire book with background color. I know that's no trouble for this gang. I hope that it inspires.

Spreading traces

2009-07-24T00:58:00.000-07:00

I’ve finished putting more “remembering” traces through my book. Maybe I’ve exaggerated a little bit. Please be free to go over them, and to take them to any direction you want.
I’m going to listen to Ooli’s music now and to be ready for her book ;-)

My Remembering

2009-07-18T03:01:00.000-07:00

Maybe this album took me to the too personal direction. My frontispiece shows the album name “At Home” ,that brought me to the place that I born, to my first home (at Brest, Byelorussia). I hope it’s not too nostalgic. As for my Remembering… There are too many associations. I started from the simplest one - the piano sounds, my mom teaching me to play piano, and so on… I already have stuff for the tracks to spread over the book. I’ll show them later.
You can choose another song from this album. I’m going to attach a CD for each of you.
Happy creation! Enjoy the music!

A story of going away

2009-07-15T23:57:00.000-07:00

I was afraid but finally I've finished...Firstly I should say that the second source of my inspiration (besides the song) was the 'Cat Soup' movie which is strongly associated with 'Hana' in my mind. I've decided to make a story about "going away"- out of the common world. I tried to find some lyrics of 'Hana' in the internet but I failed. The cause seems to be nobody undedrstands Japanese)). But what I found- the name of the group (Junray) also means 'pilgrimage' and 'Asa-Chang is on a mission to take music to places it's never been'. So I think I was right in my interpetation...

I haven't made the frontispiece yet and I didn't left 'traces' but I'm going to make a small 'tale' of the story

That's it

I think I 'm done...

2009-07-09T23:26:00.000-07:00

This is a very compressed version of my moleskine.
I am worried I haven't done enough in it...

... as you can see here... do I need to worry, or do I add at the end if I think I need to?

a divertissement :-)

2009-07-08T01:24:00.000-07:00

a musical diversion Sita sings the Blues "If you want the rainbows you must have the rain :-) brilliant animation....

A start!

2009-07-05T23:56:00.001-07:00

So, this is as much as I want to share for the moment. I have been doing work throughout the book and wonder if I am taking over, but probably not. There are only six of us after all. I'll show you the parts that are drying later.

impatient? moi? :-)

2009-07-02T04:24:00.000-07:00

my pages are done....Marty I will need your address.

Shall I keep it with me until everyone is ready?

I can hardly wait for you to hear it.

2009-06-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

There is a collection of music by a fellow named Carl Stalling and the Warner Bros. Orchestra. You may recognize this music as the background music to Looney Tunes cartoons. It is tremendously visual without lyrics, and crazy fun. I will send a cd for each of you (5) along with the book.

Do you think that we can fill this book without drawing a single Looney Tunes character?

frontispiece

2009-06-27T11:11:00.000-07:00

The frontispiece of my moly......no sign in page as I would like it better if you all signed your entry.

question.....is this a one rounder, having 4 pages each?

What a group!!

2009-06-26T06:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome, Wil.

What do you all think of the mailing order. Do y'all think the order to the right makes sense? I also considered styles and, selfishly, who I've worked next to before. Please make suggestions if you have feelings about this, or feel free to make a change.

my traces throughout my book

2009-06-26T04:12:00.000-07:00

Blue being my song I have chosen blue patches to put throughout my book, these are for covering over, leaving alone, whatever you wish. I usually have white page fear......i think that these patches in my book might induce another sort of fear......but be free, thats what I hope for :-)

when shall we start?

2009-06-25T01:52:00.000-07:00

I have bought my moly, and ready to go.................is there a group theme?