The Tools of the Sketchbook Project Work

Recording this so I don't forget:

Tools of Techno-Textures that I used for rubbings and stampings are pictured below:

buttons from a fax machine, the casing for Apple earbuds.

some kind of wooden embellishment purchased from a craft store

fax machine cover (one of my favorite mark-making tools)

Char-kole, white pastel, watercolor crayons, acrylic Quinacridone Nickel/Azo Gold

rust dust (formerly rust soup made to soak metal items in so that they catch the rust and get started on their rusting process, but then all of the soupy evaporated, leaving dust and a very cool pattern--it's a mystery to me.

I also used matte medium for collaging and for sealing some parts of the work.

The Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project

Below are the pages of the sketchbook I created for the Sketchbook Project. As soon as I put vellum between the pages--the charcoal is very unstable and potentially messy--I'll sew the pages together and mail it off. Not true, I still have to figure out the initial pages and cover. Perhaps photo images of my rubbing tools.

I'm having a little trouble with the idea of letting go. Once again, that metaphor inserts itself into my life. Ugh. Just let go.

Media: Charcoal, Pastel, Water Color Crayon, Acrylic, Rust.
Techniques: Rubbings, Stampings, and Collage. Each page 7"x5"

The link below explains about the project.

 https://www.sketchbookproject.com