The Book Guild - Chapter 21

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Secret Sunday was the first project and the links to all the secrets can be found on the sidebar of my blog. The Book Guild is the second project and Chapter 21 starts right now!


All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to name their favorite art books. The Book Guild will present this list, along with links, book reviews, giveaways, and interviews with many of your favorite authors. And as members of The Guild, I am hoping YOU will participate by leaving comments related to the books in each post - for example thoughts, book reviews, personal experiences, or a link back to your own blog posts that include artwork based on a project in the listed book.
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Chapter 21: The Library

Chris O'Brien, Nancy Neva Gagliano, Sally Turlington, and Regina Dwarkasing all selected Art Revolution: Alternative Approaches for Fine Artists and Illustrators as a favorite.

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Both Grrl and Becky New favorited Sabrina Ward Harrison. Grrl said "again and again I return to the work of Sabrina Ward Harrison."

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Elizabeth chose The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery: Mixed Media Techniques for Collage, Altered Books, Artist Journals, and More by Karen Michel as one of her favorites.

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Jacquelyn Berl and Mary Layman both selected Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium by Nancy Reyner as a favorite. Mary adds "this is a great "go to" book that offers techniques for working with all types of acrylic mediums."

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Kristy Christopherson chose Arteffects by Jean Green as her favorite.

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Lisa Jurist selected Peter Beard, Volumes I and II as her favorite. Lisa writes "Beard’s captivating art and photography capture the essence of his life experiences. His photographic subjects range from fashion models in unexpected settings to poignant scenes of decomposed African elephants. In the later case, some of his collages actually incorporate bits of these animals documenting the destruction of their habitat and the resulting deaths of over 35,000 elephants in the mid 1960s. His unique collages and diaries are thoughtful, uninhibited, passionate works of art embedded with startling and unusual elements. The scope of Beard’s work as an artist and an environmentalist is extraordinarily inspiring and profound."

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Peggy Piro selected Kaleidoscope: Ideas And Projects to Spark Your Creativity by Suzanne Simanaitis as her favorite. She added "it is the best go-make-something-awesome book of inspiration I’ve come across in years."

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Rita Vindedzis chose Edward Hopper

by Carol Troven, Judith Barter, Elliot Davis, and Edward Hopper as her favorite. Rita says "I bought this book at the Museum of Fine Arts gift shop in Boston MA. after attending the Edward Hopper exhibit in August 2007. It was a breathtaking exhibit and as I'm a huge fan of Hopper's style, to see the paintings in person was wonderful. The book sits atop my coffee table so I can flip through it often.

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Karin Bartimole chose The Book as Art: Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts by Krystyna Wasserman, Johanna Drucker, and Audrey Niffeneggeras her current favorite.

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Veronica Funk picked Artist Trading Card Workshop: Create, Collect, Swap by Bernie Berlin as her favorite. Veronica adds "since I began altering my journals/sketchbooks and then when became involved in the Inner Works project, this book has been an invaluable source of ideas, technical advice and inspiration."

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GIVEAWAY

Both Brian Kasstle and &rew Borloz chose Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler as a favorite. This double choice is being celebrated today with a giveaway for 2 copies of Good Mail Day.

To participate, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post by next Saturday September 4. The winners will be announced Sunday September 5 as part of the next post for The Book Guild. Good luck!