* Play Day Monday

Had a lovely day at home.  Pat arrived shortly after 12:00 noon with incredible sandwiches from the Bibliotecha, so we enjoyed our lunch on the terrace before venturing up to the studio.

Pat particularly wanted to make a card for her friend, which I forgot to take a photo of.  It was quite dramatic with a black and white Japanese print on black cardstock - then a small plate underneath, also black which we stamped with words in opaque white ink.  Rounded all corners .. and voila.  A gorgeous card.

Then we decided to have some fun.  Pat had a couple of magazine photographs of paintings ... perhaps New York.  We each picked one and went to work with the materials which were already on the table.  Hand made papers, inks, alphabet and number stamps.  Pat was quite perplexed so I asked her to ask her card what it wanted.  She immediately replied she felt like making black marks across the page.  I handed her a black marker.  Free hand or straight?, I asked.  Straight.  I handed her the ruler.  Then she was off on her own having fun and being free with it.  Here are the final results.

This was fun.  I just kept ripping pieces of different papers, ripping the painting, and putting it on the card.  It did stamp some numbers, the most prominent of which are 9 and 5.  The painting is of busy streets.  Subconsciously, I chose the hours of work.  Interesting I thought.  Didn't notice it until I was finished the collage.

 It was almost dinner time when Pat left.  Habibi and I had our din din and then Wendy came over for tea.  She's leaving for a month to go back to the States for a little holiday.  This morning I have my class with Nina.  Going there once a week keeps me focused, keeps me going, keeps me painting.  It's a good thing.

 “I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.” Kim Basinger