Stephanie's Book / John's Entry

Stephanie's book arrived with an open invitation and so this is definitely in the experimental category. In fact, had I not sat in Petr's classroom this year I would still be trapped in a traditional mindset wherein sketchbooks contained, well, sketches -- literally -- of pencil, charcoal, or ink. It wouldn't have occurred to me that other 3D media could (and should!) be part of a sketchbook.

I recently became a fan of an artist I discovered on Flickr who collages, inks over images, and whitewashes in ways that fascinate me. I decided to play around -- the result being something more abandoned than finished. The base photo in my entry is also from Flickr (from an absurd holiday card photostream). It's printed on an inkjet printer with plain paper with black ink, white acrylic, and pencil added.