Creative Awakenings Passport

I have been working in my Creative Awakenings "Passport" today. Creating a passport is one of the exercises from this inspiring book. I used a an ugly coloured cover stock for my passport cover which I painted with black gesso. All of the pages including the cover have had their corners rounded with a punch. It really does look and feel like a passport when you hold it. It measures approximately 4 1/4" x 7". It is sewn with a simple pamphlet stitch since it is only one signature or section.

First page in my passport. I used various colours of Golden fluid acrylics, a gothic arch hand-carved stamp with red ink at the bottom and a celtic stamp in purple at the top. This page will have more added to it.

Second page... Here is where I have pasted in my VISA - signed and dated to show my commitment to this creative journey for the next 12 months. I love the T.S. Eliot quote on the facing page and thought it most appropriate to include. It is a quote that I have in my own vast collection and I was pleased to find it in the Creative Awakenings book!

Third page... I painted the pages, collaged, then drew with crayon and added words in pen. This "profile" photo was created previously and I used the large version here. A map was suggested to be part of this page spread to show the idea of a journey. I looked at atlas maps and then thought of using a Middle Earth map from Lord of the Rings. After all, it will be a fantastical journey. And how better to travel than in my MINI Cooper? You will recognize the young "me" on the facing page from an earlier post.

And fourth... I love the colours on the left hand side of the page spread. I painted both pages, then using a Milliande technique, I closed the pages together and "squished" them. When they were peeled apart they revealed this lovely, textured area. I have used stamps again in gold acrylic paint and purple ink, as well as aged fortune cookie quotes that I have never been able to throw away! The lettering is done with a Pitt brush marker. Here I am "working hard", cleaning up after my sheepdog (MANY years ago). And just as long ago, "enjoying the journey" on a train in England.

This present art journey is getting me into the Studio more often and fueling my creative fires. I love working on pages in a book for a change. It is quite freeing to be creating art for myself!

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