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Monday Concertina Sketchbook Collage - June

6/27/2023

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For June's concertina I got to try out a new material that I received as a gift, piano roll paper. I love the color and  smoothness of the paper but it's quite fragile from age and all the punched out lines. 
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I liked having the negative space of the lines and dots to play with. In some areas, I let the white of the paper below show, in others I placed paper underneath to show through, and also used the cut-out lines as slots to weave through. Going for a beachy color scheme, I used additional tans, a variety of painted turquoise papers and coordinating embroidery thread.
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​Week 1
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​Week 2 - adding sheet music to enhance the piano roll paper.
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​Week 3
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​Week 4 - always love working with cheesecloth.
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​The finished 4 panels
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These colors took me back to a time when I saw turquoise ocean water for the first time. It was a very long time ago on a trip to New Zealand. Such wonderful memories and something I will never forget - the water or the trip.


​Before putting away the box of papers I've been pulling from all month I made several more collages in my regular sketchbook. I think I could keep going and fill an entire sketchbook with these colors but July's colors are waiting in the wings.
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​You can read more about these monthly concertina sketchbooks and how they got started here.
18 Comments
Bonnie Mcbride
6/27/2023 09:52:16 am

this is truly spectacular, I love the colors

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Kathy Johnson
6/29/2023 10:42:18 am

Thank you so much Bonnie!

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Pam Johannes
6/27/2023 10:07:06 am

A beautiful creation... I love the colors, seeing each individual panel, and then the entire work. Thank you!

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Kathy
6/29/2023 10:44:33 am

Thank you Pam. It's always a bit of a surprise to me to see how the previous panel leads into the next one. I'm enjoying the concertina format.

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Sandra Kay Simmons link
6/27/2023 10:07:43 am

LOOOOOVVVEEEE!!!

Beautiful work, Kathy!

Thanks for sharing your garden and creations.

Kind regards,
Sandra

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Kathy
6/29/2023 10:47:51 am

Thanks Sandra! I think I may just have to write a Haiku to go with this months collage : )

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Tami link
6/27/2023 10:31:30 am

These are really lovely. The colors, special papers and textures all come together perfectly.

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Kathy
6/29/2023 10:51:12 am

Thank Tami, I didn't know anything about these piano papers until they were offered to me. Now I see them everywhere, funny how that happens. They are truly special.

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Susan t
6/27/2023 10:40:19 am

I just love everything about this… the colors, textures, design… just lovely

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Kathy
6/29/2023 10:53:54 am

Hi Susan, Thank you so much! This one has been my favorite to work on since I started this new format in January.

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Michele Winmers
6/28/2023 06:28:26 am

What a beautiful feast for my eyes! Thanks so much for sharing the completed pages and them all together💗 Your flowers are heavenly can almost smell them! That mountain Laurel is a treasure! Thx for sharing💗

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Kathy
6/29/2023 10:56:32 am

Thank you for your kind words Michele! 2 Things that make me so happy - creating art and my garden🌸💕

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gael clauson
6/28/2023 03:12:23 pm

Kathy...this is stunning! and it's prompted me to go out and find piano player rolls on Etsy! I love how you've woven thru them and added the music sheets. This is quite the work of art and soul!

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Kathy
6/29/2023 11:01:27 am

Thank you Gael🌸 You are going to love the piano roll paper! I'm sure it will find it's way into my bookmaking too. I have 3 rolls and the boxes are worthy of some kind of creation as well! I look forward to seeing how you use yours.

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Catherine
6/29/2023 10:38:33 pm

These are fabulous!!! Beautiful colours and assemblies. The piano rolls took me on a trip down memory lane. When I was growing up our neighbours had a pianola. As I struggled to learn to play the normal piano it was wonderful to be able to 'play' fancy pieces on theirs. And as a New Zealander I appreciate your reference to our water colour. xx

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Kathy Johnson Art
7/25/2023 10:48:02 am

Thank you so much Catherine! I've never seen a pianola in person just remember seeing and hearing them on TV. I'm amazed that such delicate paper was used to create music, I have to be so careful handling it so it doesn't tear.
I do hope I can return to NZ some day. Spending Christmas on the beach again would be a wonderful treat ☀️

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Barbara Whitehill
8/19/2023 10:39:04 am

Love these, Kathy! The colors, textures, rhythm of each one....just beautiful!! 😊♥️

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Kathy Johnson Art
9/4/2023 09:46:33 pm

Thank you Barbara, that piano roll paper was very inspiring!

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