Lunar Eclipse

© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

I'm a little late getting this up. This is the lunar eclipse as seen from Delray Beach Florida at 3am, December 21st, on the winter solstice. A very rare cosmic event. A full moon, an eclipse and on the winter solstice. The moon literally turned red. It was magical. I stood there gazing at this incredible event with the knowledge that it wasn't going to happen again for another 498 years. I wondered about all the people gazing upward as I was. I wondered about their lives, their stories, their families. It's astonishing to think about, and what will the world be like in 498 years? Impossible to imagine. It's all so mysterious.

Merry Christmas

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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and every possible good wish for great things in 2011.

Art Basel Miami Part 3

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Art Basel Miami Part 2

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Art Basel Miami Part 1

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I did not find Art Basel Miami inspiring this year. I saw a lot of art that we all know. Many well established artists. I have to admit that I did not have time to get to Scope and Pulse and some of the other surrounding venues where emerging and inspirational work could be found. I also think Art Basel has shrunk. Attendance must be down. A reflection of our times. I will post some more work tomorrow. Enjoy.

Jaffe Center for Book Arts

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© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

I recently took two work shops at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU (Florida Atlantic University) in Boca Raton. It's a wonderful place dedicated to artist books. Arthur and Mata Jaffe donated their private book collection to the University in 1998 and the collection has grown from there. The first workshop was given by John Cutrone who is the director of the center. A lovely, sensitive, gentle man who loves what he does. He is also a letter press printer, bookbinder, papermaker and a partner in Convivio Bookworks a small press and book arts studio in Lake Worth. The first workshop was a general introduction to the Jaffe collection, learning how to operate the Vandercook printing press and printing and binding a small book to take home. The second workshop involved exploring copier art. This workshop was given by Ginny Lloyd. Ginny is one funny lady. I enjoyed spending the day with her and I'm sure you would too. We explored the use of the photo copy machine in making art pieces. I think the workshop should have been two days instead of one. There is so much material to cover. Ginny's workshop has been so popular that they are considering adding a part two more advanced class. I learned some unique techniques that I definitely could not have achieved with photoshop. A few samples above.