Caught up

I am finally almost caught up with all the moly's I have been getting lately. Some groups are getting close to finishing while others are still chugging along and some are limping along. I actually now only have 3 moly's in hand and two of them are my own. Watch out group members they are coming your way!

The "Small " show.

Tim Clary says:

It was a real treat seeing the work up close...love all the layering and the use of what appear to be cast-off doodles from other places. Marty, I'm wondering what kind of adhesive you use? I've got a UHU gluestick that I like but I sometimes wonder how it will hold up over time...

anyways, thanks again for sending on your book. It looks awesome!

These images are from the "Small" show at the High Falls Art Gallery  in Rochester, NY.

Notes from Marina (marin71)

One of my Flickr friends, Gustavo (Hannap, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannap/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannap/flickr.com/photos/hannap/) came to visit in Israel. We met in Tel Aviv for some sketching and chatting. I’m an admirer of his works and was so excited to meet him! It’s a huge difference between looking at drawings on the computer screen and holding a real sketchbook! We browsed through each other’s sketchbooks, found so much in common - things that only sketchers can see and notice. After that we made place for ourselves in lovely The Streets coffee shop, we got some food and started sketching. It was perfect, I enjoyed so much! Here you can see how beautifully he drew me. 

Happily

I am finally able to draw again!

Moleskine Detour Exhibition, Istanbul

I'll be the only Moly-Xer at the Moleskine Detour Exhibition Opening tomorrow night— an art-filled show show of 50 artists' Moleskines and 30 Mollies from Istanbul Bilgi University, Domus Academy Milano-Roma and myDetour Berlin, held of course, in my fair city of Istanbul.

Detour is a travelling show of creativity contained within the covers of a Moleskine. I've been told that Istanbul City Moleskines were given to students at Bilgi University to fill with drawings, collages, designs and writings of their personal Istanbul. I can't wait to see all the artwork and I'm thrilled to be going to the opening. I'll be there with one of the talented participants, Aslı Aydın, writer of the übercool blog Trendiary, and Ilgin Yorulmaz, editor of the fabulous (and very useful!) Pukka Living, an online guide to unique and hip Istanbul.

The exhibition is being held at santralistanbul from May 22 through June 21,
open from 10 am to 8pm.

BRAVO REMI G. & FAMILY!!!

See Remi's life and artwork @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/remig/ .

A question

I have not seen molys with more than 3 additions in yet..... so my question is this; what media are the most successful? How do the books stand up to the travel and the opening and shutting etc . I have noticed that where I have used gouache the fold of the paper makes it crumble /go a little bald, the same happens with collage and on one book I worked in I noticed that the black ink was peeling from the page.