{"id":1345,"date":"2012-11-12T14:28:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T18:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2012-11-12T14:42:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T18:42:45","slug":"part-6-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/part-6-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 6 of A Collaborative Artist&#8217;s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is the last of a six-part series detailing the assembly of a collaborative book between myself and my friend Chelsea,\u00c2\u00a0a talented illustrator as well as\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chelseaclarke.com\/home.html\">print and fiber artist<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a title=\"Part 1 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-1-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">start at Part 1 here<\/a>)! What a wonderful project &#8211; It got me doing things I don&#8217;t normally do (like making paper lichens) and Chelsea got to do some drawing, even though she is currently working more with wool and felt. This is why collaborative projects are neat, because they help you explore new avenues for your work.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Part 1 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-1-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 1<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 2 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-2-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 2<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 3 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-3-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 3<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 4 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/part-4-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 4<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 5 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/part-5-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 5<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|Part 6<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1348\" title=\"front of lichen handmade book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"front of lichen handmade book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-450x575.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-400x511.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-of-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-391x500.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1352\" title=\"rock wall illustration in a handmade accordion book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-illustration-in-a-handmade-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"rock wall illustration in a handmade accordion book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-illustration-in-a-handmade-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-illustration-in-a-handmade-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-illustration-in-a-handmade-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-450x327.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-illustration-in-a-handmade-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-illustration-in-a-handmade-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-400x291.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1351\" title=\"rock wall drawing in an accordion book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-drawing-in-an-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"rock wall drawing in an accordion book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-drawing-in-an-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-drawing-in-an-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-drawing-in-an-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-450x180.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-drawing-in-an-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rock-wall-drawing-in-an-accordion-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-400x160.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1350\" title=\"paper lichen handmade book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paper-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"paper lichen handmade book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paper-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paper-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paper-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paper-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paper-lichen-handmade-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1347\" title=\"front and back of lichen book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-and-back-of-lichen-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"front and back of lichen book by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-and-back-of-lichen-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-and-back-of-lichen-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-and-back-of-lichen-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-450x294.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-and-back-of-lichen-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/front-and-back-of-lichen-book-by-Ruth-Bleakley-and-Chelsea-Clarke-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1346\" title=\"closeup of drawing of lichens on rocks by Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/closeup-of-drawing-of-lichens-on-rocks-by-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"closeup of drawing of lichens on rocks by Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/closeup-of-drawing-of-lichens-on-rocks-by-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/closeup-of-drawing-of-lichens-on-rocks-by-Chelsea-Clarke-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/closeup-of-drawing-of-lichens-on-rocks-by-Chelsea-Clarke-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/closeup-of-drawing-of-lichens-on-rocks-by-Chelsea-Clarke-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/closeup-of-drawing-of-lichens-on-rocks-by-Chelsea-Clarke-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chelseaclarke.com\/artwork\/2880773_Fieldstone_Pillow.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1349\" title=\"hand sewn lichen moss rock by Chelsea Clarke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hand-sewn-lichen-moss-rock-by-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg\" alt=\"hand sewn lichen moss rock by Chelsea Clarke\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hand-sewn-lichen-moss-rock-by-Chelsea-Clarke.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hand-sewn-lichen-moss-rock-by-Chelsea-Clarke-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hand-sewn-lichen-moss-rock-by-Chelsea-Clarke-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hand-sewn-lichen-moss-rock-by-Chelsea-Clarke-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hand-sewn-lichen-moss-rock-by-Chelsea-Clarke-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the pictures really speak for themselves in this one &#8211; isn&#8217;t it nice to see a finished piece of work?<\/p>\n<p>The last photo (above) is a picture of one of Chelsea&#8217;s lovely <a href=\"http:\/\/chelseaclarke.com\/artwork\/2880773_Fieldstone_Pillow.html\">Fieldstone Pillows<\/a> &#8211; hand stitched wool pillows made from recycled men&#8217;s wool blazers with hand-stitched lichens.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Part 1 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-1-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 1<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 2 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-2-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 2<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 3 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/part-3-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 3<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 4 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/part-4-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 4<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Part 5 of A Collaborative Artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/part-5-of-a-collaborative-artists-book-with-my-friend-chelsea-clarke\/\">Part 5<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0|Part 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is the last of a six-part series detailing the assembly of a collaborative book between myself and my friend Chelsea,\u00c2\u00a0a talented illustrator as well as\u00c2\u00a0print and fiber artist\u00c2\u00a0(start at Part 1 here)! What a wonderful project &#8211; It got me doing things I don&#8217;t normally do (like making paper lichens) and Chelsea got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,98,99],"tags":[134,46,35,215],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}