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Lovelies from Chrissy Foreman Cranitch

Some lovely pages from my friend Chrissy. She is always so generous with her creative time. More of her art can be found on her blog at www.chrissyforemanc.blogspot.com

"She prayed and prayed they would stop photo shopping her legs and accept her just as she was."
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MY FAVOURITE PAGE by Karin
Yesterday I officially went public with this project by announcing it at the Bookcases art group. It's more than a bit scary, sending my "baby" out into the world and realising that I just have to let go of trying to control what happens next.

STRETCHING THE COMFORT ZONE by Karin
This is actually a confronting book for me. The images are so fabulous, it almost feels like I am being disrespectful to another artist. It's not like it's a bunch of boring text.
But what the heck? The book was languishing on a shelf in a charity shop. It wasn't being admired anymore . And creation and destruction are all part of a greater cycle. So I have embraced the challenge of going outside my comfort zone and trusted the impulse which set this project in motion.

MY FIRST PAGE by Karin
I love the delicious bigness of this book.
There's so much of the page to play on. Just as well it's going from hand to hand. It would cost a fortune to post.

SETTING THE VIBE from Karin
I started by designing title and welcome pages, so that right from opening the first page, people could have a sense of adventure and fun.
To give us lots of room to glue and add in bits, I tore some pages out of the centre of sections. These have been tossed into the back of the book for recycling.
At the end I have also designed some sign on pages, so contributing artists could leave any contact details they wanted to share.
Please remember to sign your work as well!!

So Here's Where It All Started

This project was inspired by 1000 Journals at www.1000journals.com
I was challenged by the idea of sending out a creative project and just having to trust it would travel on its own perfect journey.

From My Hand To Yours continues on in the spirit of 1000 Journals - the collaborative play of creative spirits. But in the midst of hi-tech and cyber space, I have chosen to return to one of the most fundamental of human connections - TOUCH.

So the intention behind this book is that it is passed on from hand to hand. Of course it can go through many interim hands as it travels from artist to artist. Essentially, its journey relies on the links between people and a shared love of adventure and art.

Feel free to do as much or as little as suits, but please respect the work of previous artists and do not alter pages someone else has already worked on. And please leave the cover as it stands. If you find you have had the book for a month without touching a page, its probably best to pass it on.

I am inviting everyone who contributes to this project to send me images of their pages for posting on this blog. I am also interested in anything you want to share about working on this project. Of course we can also use this site to line up the logistics of moving the book around. For instance, an artist in Brisbane may need to get the book to a friend in Adelaide. You can then put up a post to see who knows someone who can get it there. And it will be fun to track it's journey and the lives it touches as it goes on its way.

This is the book which I liberated from a Thrift shop in Paddington, Brisbane.