Last Sunday was Middelburg Boekenstad (‘Middelburg Booktown’) in the town I live. An event that I heard of months ago… and since my art journals are books – even hand bound books – I had the nerve to contact the local bookstore to tell them about my art journals. They offered me a space in the bookstore to present my journals and promote art journaling. So here I am, sitting at the table with a collection of my journals. (Oh, and see, they even made a placard for me… pretty exciting, to see my name printed on a poster!)
I just love our local bookstore De Drvkkery – I’m a bookworm and I can spend hours in a bookstore, just sniffing (don’t you think books smell awesome?!) and drooling (oops, no – not really, I wouldn’t dare) over the latest novels, art books and magazines. My beloved is not much of a reader but he don’t mind going to this bookstore, as they have a great collection of music too. Last Sunday, he took a small advertising magazine from the store home with him – it handles new released music albums – and I was struck by the advertisement on the back.
This add reminded me of Russian Constructivism and the typography on the posters in that period. Here are some examples. (The image at the bottom-left is not authentic from that period. It is a jazz-poster from 1979, influenced by Constructivism)
Why do I tell you all this?
Well, I thought it would be fun to make a week-page in my ‘Chronicles’ art journal inspired by these posters… and that is what you see lying on my desk today!
It’s quite a puzzle to get the words and lettering right! As you can see, I work on a loose sheet of paper that lays flat on the table to be able to use a ruler and measure the angles. I will glue the page in my journal once it’s finished.
Is there any other desker working with typography at the moment? Let me know, so I can come over to take a look – I’m all into lettering right now! (Talking about lettering… Tammy from Daisy Yellow has a series about letter-drawing on her blog, it is an easy, fun series and I recommend it if you like to learn more about drawing letters.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I plan to visit some desks myself later this afternoon, ’cause that is what WOYWW is all about after all. (WOYWW stands for What’s On Your Work desk? Wednesday, a blog-series hosted by Julia from the UK. Artists from all over the world post a photo of their desk on their blog and leave a link at Julia’s blog. These links will bring you to all kinds of desks from artists around the world. Fun, if you ask me!)
Have a great day you all, draw a letter!
What an interesting idea, displaying your books in a bookstore. Of cours it IS the right place. How was the feedback on your action? Here in Germany Art Journals are not that common, but it would be worth introducing people to the benefits they have from art journaling.Great idea Marit!
Hugs
Gabriele 15
What a tidy, sorted desk! – Happy WOYWW – BJ#35
Thanks for the tip about the lettering, will have a look at that website, sounds useful.
Have a great woyww and happy crafting, Angela x 23
wow that is so cool how you did that !!!
O, geweldig dat je een pagina maakt “constructivisme”. Ik ben heel benieuwd hoe het wordt.
Groetjes van Nel.
I thought of you today as I was trying to label the the things on my desk. It was taking too much time and I couldn’t remember how to make arrows, but I tried. How neat to hang out in a bookstore (the best place to be) and share your love of books, journals and art journals. I love that journal page in progress! Judy #60
You look very busy there, Marit. What a great idea having a table in your bookstore. I bet people were interested to see what you do, your journals are lovely.
Type is really interesting, I love playing with all the fonts on the computer when I’m scrapbooking, but sometimes can’t make a decision, there is so much choice.
Sorry for the late visit, I’m playing catch up this week.
Hugs Lisax #18
Your desk is inspiring, so very neat and tidy! I did see Daisy Yellow’s course but so busy doing other courses and my won thing. Happy WOYWW!