9 August 08
Sketching to Save the World
I signed up for the Sketchbook Project and received, some months ago, a tiny Moleskine notebook with 64 pages to fill on how to save the world. The paper’s fantastic for ink, but I didn’t want to do ink, I wanted to add watercolor, and it was a mess. A MESS. The paper shrivelled up and I lost my enthusiasm for the project.
Then I received the most fantastic paper in the mail: Arches Text Wove. I had ordered a bunch of it for calligraphy — it has a soft tooth and holds a line really well — but I decided to gut the Moleskine and switch in a small accordion-fold text-wove instead. I did this a week ago and got the thing finished and in the mail by the second, extended deadline. Hundreds of these sketchbooks are going to be on display in Atlanta as of August 22. Wish I could go and see them all, but oh well.
Speaking of Saving the World, Ron and Joe have started a fantastic project. Hope it’s wildly successful, guys!!
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Looks great! I’m glad for you that you found this solution. I’ve used that paper with great success for digital prints and collagraphs.
Thank you! I’m hoping for a reasonable income on a reasonable schedule. Based on our prototype (for those guys in the Satisfied Customers photo) it’s a hell of a lot of work. But it’s work doing what we do for fun, so.
Cool, cool, cool! I never did anything on the cover…duh. That’ll teach me to rush.
Hi pica, good to bump into you today and glad to see you too did this How to Save the World sketchbook! I know of another Davisite who took part also, her website is bluebicicletta, I am going to make a list of the others I discover.
Great drawings, and a very good idea to refill the pages with the accordion paper you used, it makes it really stand out. I like the cover too.