{"id":640,"date":"2007-01-27T22:07:09","date_gmt":"2007-01-28T03:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/01\/paperbag-swag\/"},"modified":"2007-01-27T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2007-01-28T03:07:09","slug":"paperbag-swag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/01\/paperbag-swag\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperbag Swag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am doing a round robin project with 5 other blogger\/artists.  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rock-paper-scissors.typepad.com\/snowbear\/\">Theresa<\/a> organized it.  We have a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/43134423@N00\/\">flickr group<\/a> and there is a description of the project there.<\/p>\n<p>I started out thinking paper collage would be fun to try.  This whole thing seemed very new to me- pushing me out of what I usually do.  Not a bad thing.  This is how I started-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126starta.jpg\" id=\"image691\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126starta.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I worked and pushed and tried all sorts of stuff.  This picture is midway through my process.  The left side ended up as the insert-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126inserta.jpg\" id=\"image688\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126inserta.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The right side collage ended up in the trash.  I worked and worked on it.  I thought it was finished enough that I even glued it onto the cover.  I just wasn&#8217;t happy with it though.  I kept trying to add more to make it better.  Finally I decided I wasn&#8217;t willing to send out something I was so dissatisfied with- it would be embarrassing!  I had to remind myself- Don&#8217;t be afraid to throw something away and start over!  I scraped it off and did this instead-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126cover.jpg\" id=\"image685\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126cover.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much better!  It&#8217;s funny how smoothly things can progress once you are moving in the right direction.  Sewing and fabric was much more comfortable for me- even when combined with paper and collage.  Here is the rest of it-<\/p>\n<p>back cover-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126backcover.jpg\" id=\"image684\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126backcover.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>other side of the insert-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126inserb.jpg\" id=\"image687\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126inserb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the edge-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126edge.jpg\" id=\"image686\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126edge.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126mimi.jpg\" id=\"image689\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126mimi.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image690\" alt=\"126tag.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/126tag.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My theme was me- a self portrait.  I think because that&#8217;s what I wanted to try once I got into the collage thing.  I will be posting about this project every so often in the next 6 months.  I&#8217;ll be mailing it off to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kleas.typepad.com\/kleas\/\">Kirsten<\/a> tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am doing a round robin project with 5 other blogger\/artists. Theresa organized it. We have a flickr group and there is a description of the project there. I started out thinking paper collage would be fun to try. 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