{"id":3447,"date":"2011-09-06T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T10:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2013-07-03T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T11:00:40","slug":"grids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/grids\/","title":{"rendered":"Grids"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wind rustles around the house and chases grey clouds through the air.
\nThe sun struggles to get visible and will probably loose the battle with the
\nrain later today… Autumn has set in.<\/p>\n

I’m full of energy and have a lot of plans – both big and small – which will
\nunfold this coming season. One of the smaller plans was, to bind a book
\nwith the blackboard covers that Phinner<\/a> send me some time ago. (Thanks
\nsweetie!) I stood in doubt about the shape though… the blackboard covers
\nwere square (6 x 6 inch) and I somehow have difficulties working on a square
\nsurface lately. I thought about cutting it to a rectangular shape but then
\nagain: it would be a shame to make it smaller…<\/p>\n

…last weekend I found the solution to this ‘pr0blem’.<\/p>\n

It shot through my mind that there’s one thing that really NEEDS a square
\npage to work on: grids! I’ve seen a lot of grids popping up on blogs in the
\nlast weeks (Julie<\/a>, Annemarie<\/a>) and while thinking about it, I got more and
\nmore excited. A little book filled with grids would be lovely to work in ‘on
\nthe sideline’. No ‘heavy’ journaling, no deep feelings or raw themes…
\njust plain, simple grids to fill in, to keep my hands busy on a rainy day!<\/p>\n

I started binding the small book right away!
\nHere’s the cover.<\/p>\n

(Note: You can click on any image in this post to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n

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(\"Grids-journal\": 15 x 15 cm - 6 x 6 inch)<\/pre>\n
I used long pieces of ribbon for the binding, so that I could use the extended
\nparts to turn into a grid on the front cover. The lemon-green chipboard alpha’s
\nhave been in my stash forever… they really shine against the blackboard!<\/p>\n
I already knew what I wanted to do on the first page: letters!
\nI’m a letter-junk. Drawing letters, writing, reading… I can get exited just
\nfrom seeing a nice font. I brushed watercolour paint on the page to give it
\nsome colour, sketched my first grid and draw an alphabet.<\/p>\n
I didn’t use an existing font, I didn’t think to hard about it…
\nI just sat at the table and sketched a letter in each square with a soft pencil.
\nAfter the sketching, I traced the shapes with my dip pen and Indian ink.
\nIt felt a bit like zentangling: meditative!<\/p>\n
So here it is: my self made alphabet!<\/p>\n
Grid: Alphabet<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Later I thought that these letters should be fun to carve stamps from too.
\nI might even do that sometime!<\/p>\n
I couldn’t get enough of playing with my grids so after I finished the alphabet,
\nI drew another grid. This time, I choose to fill it with faces. I had a fun time
\nflipping through my old magazines, cutting out small faces and ‘puzzling’ them
\ninto a nice mosaic.<\/p>\n
Grid: Faces<\/strong><\/p>\n
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More ideas swirl through my brain now.
\nI hope I bound enough pages into this book to make all those grids that I
\ncan think of. (Oh what the heck! If there aren’t enough pages in this book,
\nI can always make a second ‘grid-journal’.)<\/p>\n
By the way: I think filling grids this way will also be a fun thing to do for
\nthe ones who lost their mojo. It’s a structured technique, it doesn’t require
\nmuch thinking, you keep your hands busy and still you play with colours
\nand shapes… try it!<\/p>\n
You all know this: each weekend I finish my ‘weekly page’.
\nThis weekend was no different, here it is<\/p>\n
The Chronicles of Marit 2011 – Week 35<\/strong><\/p>\n
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(30 x 21 cm - 11.8 x 8.3 inch)<\/pre>\n
I somehow got tired of making collages like this one for a while.
\nIt’s been Months I think. But last week, a collage-lady appeared on this page.
\nOh, OK. She can stay.
\nThe sewed squares (what IS it with squares and me today?!) are made by Rosie<\/a>.
\nThanks dear, they look wonderful on this page!!!<\/p>\n
Last but not least: I have been chosen to be in the Altered Page’s
\n“Style File” this week.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Some of you might know\/visit Seth and his blog The Altered Page<\/a> already
\n(if not: pay his blog a visit, it’s worthwhile!) Style File is the 5th edition of
\nThe Pulse — The State of the Art — a survey in words and pictures of the
\nonline artist community.<\/p>\n
“The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new
\nartists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and allow you
\naccess into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of
\nindividuals. More than 130 artists have answered a series of questions
\nwhich make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented in a series
\nof online posts which will run every Sunday.”<\/em><\/p>\n
When I look outside, more grey clouds seem to appear.
\nI think I will turn on the lights in the living room and spend the rest
\nof the day at the big dining table, creating.<\/p>\n
Have a wonderful week dear ones, stay warm! 
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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