Handshakes: part 2

Back on August 14, I showed the scanned images of this spread that opens to reveal several handshakes. Scanned images are great for resolution, but not for showing the overall view.

Here is the page and insert to refresh your memory, or to bring you up to speed if you are new to my blog.

This is the inside insert and page that is attached to the left side of the book. These are magazine images and the background is painted deli paper.

Again, left side of book page and right side of book page. I used blue glaze mixed with gesso for the background on the right.

This shows the inserted page and how it fits in the book. I am still working on the page on the reverse of the right side. When completed, this will be a six page spread of "handshakes." It seems to be a popular theme in business and trade magazines.

A couple of days ago, I was honored with a blog award by Giovanna (GiGi) who lives in Queensland, Australia. Now those of you who know me, know I need a sign on my sidebar that reads No Award Zone, or something like that. But I was so impressed with Giovanna's gracious message in response to my declining the award, I simply had to check out her blog, called She's Got Issues. And I found my nominated self in good company, along with Seth Apter (my hero), Claudine Hellmuth (who I want to make simple collages like), Alisa Burke (who paints like nobody else), and Vivian Bonder, my blog pick for February 12, among others. If I were a scrapbooker, I would want to make art just like Giovanna. Her style of art is gorgeous and I can learn so much from her incredible layouts. Of course, to make things interesting, she occasionally throws in some mixed media art that has nothing to do with scrapbooking. So please visit Giovanna today. I know you will like her blog as much as I do.