this is a collaboration between two art-sisters

#4 or ...?

2006-04-07T23:58:00.000+01:00

And here we go with another one ...

2006-04-07T23:53:00.000+01:00

And another one ...

2006-04-07T23:43:00.000+01:00

2006-04-07T23:32:00.000+01:00

Finally, some work done on nuKKe's journal.

finally

2006-01-31T16:31:00.000Z

Keren says: a page by me in Caren's blog. A humble homage to two favourites - coffee and brown dye ink.

Birdland

2006-01-31T16:26:00.000Z

Keren says:
the dots in the facing page inspired me.

Resolutions

2006-01-31T16:22:00.000Z

Keren says: Caren, they are for you to find.

Everything I see is a lie

2006-01-31T16:15:00.000Z

Keren says: I was listening to Nomeansno as I was working on this page. As usual, I wasn't paying attention to Carent's blogging and my interpretation, again, is different than hers.

I spy with my little eye

2006-01-31T16:10:00.000Z

Keren says: Caren decorated the facing page of "the world through our eyes" with the fancy background paper. I added the distressed stamped image, blindfolded with another scrap from Caren's stash and stamped "I spy..."

facing page - same colour scheme

2006-01-29T18:49:00.000Z

Keren says: huge tear-drops were cut from a patterned paper from Caren, the text is feom Caren as well. Lavender pastel pencil from the cool Faber Castel set I bought for half the price last month.

I did!

2006-01-29T18:41:00.000Z

Keren says: not my usual colour combination, but I like how this page turned out. The scan doesn't do justice to the shiney Stewart Gill paint. Flowers from Caren.

leaves

2006-01-29T18:17:00.000Z

Keren says: The recurring motif of reddish autumn leaves probably has to do with the fact that I live in a pretty much seasonless geographic area. Leaves cut from a luscious piece of paper found in one of the envelopes

fingerprint horns

2006-01-29T18:10:00.000Z

A tree will grow here...

2006-01-29T15:49:00.000Z

Keren says: I wasn't looking at Caren's comments while journalling, so apparently her page took another direction. The phrase "A tree will grow here if..." plus the left index finfer fiercly pointing at the right palm is a gesture/ conditional often used by my grandmother when she prohibited my dad and his brother to do all sorts of things.

back cover

2006-01-29T15:37:00.000Z

Keren says: The dull back cover was entirely covered with ephemera found in the attached envelopes. Dictionary page, a piece of mulberry paper [sp?], wooden fan blade painted with orange dye ink and the back of a playing card, painted and scratched. The composition is a little off, I wonder how Caren decides to treat it.

long time no see

2006-01-29T14:19:00.000Z

Caren's journal has been a tough challange. Not only is Caren an awfully talented artist whom I've always looked up to, but her delicate style is quite different than my own, as you may have already noticed. Moreover, Caren added to her journal two envelopes in which she put all kinds of ephemera for me to work with; this was a big challange, but I did manage to use almost everything she sent.
Here it goes, enjoy.

To nuKKe ...

2005-12-18T21:12:00.000Z

... although it might seems that there are only a few pages ... well, no:) There are more pages which I'd like to keep a mystery for the time being:) Have fun with them and all the ones I've uploaded now! Hope they inspire you! C ya in the mail!

Caren - 'The bird that comes at night'

2005-12-18T21:06:00.000Z

'The bird that comes at night' ... not sure where this one is heading ... but I like the idea of dream-time with a different spin to it ... and yes, I'm newly intrigued with odd birds:) Have fun, nuKKe!

Caren - 'The world through our eyes'

2005-12-18T21:04:00.000Z

'The world through our eyes' ... I wonder (perhaps I know already) how do you see your world around you?

Caren - 'Peacock Colours'

2005-12-18T21:00:00.000Z

Go! Use peacock colours!!!

Caren - 'The embellished tree'

2005-12-18T20:54:00.000Z

'The embellished tree' ... perhaps taking a pun or an idea from the Embellished Circus! Cant wait to see what ya going to do with this one nuKKe;)

Caren - 'The hand that ...'

2005-12-18T20:47:00.000Z

'The hand that ...' I was waiting at one of those bureaucratic institution we all love to give a miss, yet need to go to for whatever reason and wondering what is behind 'the hand that ...' approves, disapproves or send you away to fill out another one of those cryptic forms.

Caren - Odd birds in collaboration

2005-12-18T20:38:00.000Z

This is the cover of the book which I'm calling 'Odd birds in collaboration' - Nukke - please alter/change and add yourself to it ... its supposed to be a visual representations of this collaborative project . Mmmhe, by conclusion ... I'm that odd bird there, hahaha!

nuKKe - the mysterious spread

2005-12-16T18:46:00.000Z

Keren says: in the envelope Caren will find a Japanese game piece, two Tibetian ceremonial paper and one Israeli fruit sticker.

nuKKe pp.11-12

2005-12-16T18:42:00.000Z

Keren says - I used the same acrylic wash as in the previous pages, only switched the order, so here the ochre is more dominant. The text is from a swap taken place in one of the yahoo groups I'm in.

nuKKe pp.9-10

2005-12-16T18:39:00.000Z

Keren says - How can you not like Loteria?

nuKKe pp.7-8

2005-12-16T18:37:00.000Z

Keren says: these collaged ladies remind me Mattisse's work.

nuKKe pp.5-6

2005-12-16T18:32:00.000Z

Keren says: my fascination with the American South-West has found its way to these pages. Watercolour and a picture of adobe from a Santa Fe tourist guide.

nuKKe pp.3-4

2005-12-16T18:25:00.000Z

Keren says: rorschach-like blots with watercolours and what I saw in some of them. I wonder what Caren sees.
oh, and apparently the paper is too thin for my abusive tendencies. I'll know better in the next journal.

nuKKe pp.1-2

2005-12-16T10:37:00.000Z

Keren says: I always start my paper journals by giving them a title and writing down the date of the beginning. December 2005 is the date, "A House That Moves", a partial quote from a song by The Young Gods is the title. The houses are Zettiology and the alphabet is from Traci Bonkers