Goodnight Little Spoon: Travels

Nov 17, 2010

Travels

I started this travelling journal last November and it has travelled to about nine people so far and it just came home for a quick visit. The journal is mail themed and participants can add four pages (or more if they want to) each;

^ The beautiful package that Milly returned the journal to me in.

^ Front cover.

^ Inside cover (inside the envelope are the 'rules').

^ My two first pages.

^ My second two pages.

^ Next in line was Malu in the Philippines.

^ Malu's second pages.

^ Then the journal visited Tejal in New Jersey.

^ More of Tejal's pages.

^ Next in line was Sheba in Toronto, Canada.

^ Gorgeous pages by Sheba.

^ Beautiful contributions from Garci in Arizona.

^ More from Garci.

^ Gorgeous collaged pages by Gini in Virginia.

^ More from Gini.

^ Two great pages by James in Washington DC.

^ One more page from James (left) and one from Milly (right).

^ Milly documented her journey to the post box to post a package in photographs. So beautiful.

Of course, there are many lovely little details to each of the pages which a camera can't quite capture - lots of little pockets with notes in them and 3-d elements, but I'm sure you get the idea.

The website I originally had it hosted on is a little buggy and has deleted some of my participants so I'm kind of just swapping it privately now with some people who were originally signed up and a couple of extras. If you were originally signed up and you're still keen throw me an email. At the moment I'm not taking any more participants, though I'd like to. A couple of people kept the journal for several months and there were many times when it was awol and I assumed it was lost, so I'd like to just pass it around and monitor it to make sure it doesn't get lost in transit. When it has visited all of the people in line and there are still lots of pages left I'll open it up to sign ups again :)

Regardless, YOU should definitely start one of these yourself if you're interested, they are so much fun - a beautiful collaborative art project. Each person's pages are so different and personalised. When more people add pages I will do an update again. It was funny because when I sent it off it weighed almost nothing, but with many filled in pages this time it weighed almost three times heavier!

15 COMMENTS:

TillieNovember 17, 2010 12:38 PM
What are your rules that you have for the book? im ever so intruiged!
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melydiaNovember 17, 2010 12:48 PM
So gorgeous! I love round robin journals and have started/participated in so many...but NONE have ever returned home to me. :( So I'm pretty reluctant to join any more.
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CarlaNovember 17, 2010 1:25 PM
Wow! Such a fun project! I'm interested in possibly starting one. It seems very fun to do, I think.
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DeborahNovember 17, 2010 1:39 PM
I love this idea. Great pages so far. Would love to do one but would worry about it getting lost.
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FaizaNovember 17, 2010 2:24 PM
So much fun seeing this. I had seen the pages when Sheba got it and was so excited to take part but it never made it's way to me. I am still interested if you will have me :)
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MeganNovember 17, 2010 2:27 PM
This is so wonderful - thanks for sharing.
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ErikaNovember 17, 2010 5:05 PM
freaking amazing.
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GracieNovember 17, 2010 8:06 PM
This is amazing! It must have been so exciting to receive it back (I would be so scared of something else keeping it). What a wonderful idea!
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ZoeNovember 17, 2010 8:51 PM
I too am intrigued about 'the rules' - I would love to hear what they are, as I am seriously interested in starting a similar project for my revamped blog...

Love you blog Bianca - beautiful mail makes me happy (although not so much for the mail sorting office as one of your posts showed! hehe)

Keep writing!

Zoe
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ariadneNovember 18, 2010 12:04 AM
I loved it,what a great idea!Ariadne from Greece!
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Melanie's RandomnessNovember 18, 2010 2:22 AM
How cool is this!!!!! I would love to start something like this. I think I'm going to buy one from Paperchase & start it. This is so cool. I love that the girl documented her trip to the post box. Soo cool!! Thank you for sharing!! =)

Melanie's Randomness
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aDeLiNeNovember 18, 2010 8:36 AM
This is so beautiful/awesome/amazing I just don't know what to day!
Beautiful.
Awesome.
Amazing.
xxx
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Second Wind photographyNovember 20, 2010 12:31 AM
You'd got a letter very soon! I wrote you today from Switzerland! hihi!!!
^^
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CrystaL*November 20, 2010 12:47 PM
This is an amazing idea! I think it is fun that you found people that really contributed to such a great project. This looks amazing, great job everyone.
I hope to sign up if I can ;)
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REreadNovember 20, 2010 2:01 PM
this is awesome .. reminds me of that great book Griffin and Sabine (I think that's what it's called?)
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100 ideas by keri smith: 1. go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). use it everyday.
4. draw your dinner.
5. find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) write about what moves you about it.
8. find a photo of a person you do not know. write a brief bio about them.
9. spend a day drawing only red things.
10. draw your bike.
11. make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. record an overheard conversation.
16. trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. go to a paint store. collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. draw your favorite tree.
19. take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. write a haiku.
21. hang upside down for five minutes.
22. hang found objects from tree branches.
23. make a puppet.
24. create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. read a book in one day.
26. illustrate your grocery list.
27. read a story out loud to a friend.
28. write a letter to someone you admire.
29. study the face of someone you do not like.
30. make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
31. create a museum of very small things.
32. list the smells in your neighbourhood.
33. list 100 uses for a tin can.
34. fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. colour them in.
35. give away something you love.
36. choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
37. list all of the places you’ve ever lived.
38. describe your favourite room in detail.
39. write about your relationship with your washing machine.
40. draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
41. make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
42. create a character based on someone you know. write a list of personality traits.
43. recall your favorite childhood game.
44. put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
45. draw the same object every day for a week.
46. write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
47. draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
48. make a useful item using only paper & tape.
49. research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
50. do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
51. draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
52. record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
53. using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
54. cut out all media for one day. write about the effects.
55. make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
56. draw your garbage.
57. do a morning collage.
58. list your ten most important things, (not including animals or people).
59. list ten things you would like to do every day.
60. glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
61. trasform some garbage.
62. write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
63. collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). glue or tape them into your journal.
64. physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
65. find several color combinations you respond to in public. document them using swatches, write where you found them.
66. write a journal entry describing something “secret”. cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
67. record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
68. draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
69. what were you thinking just now? write it down.
70. do nothing.
71. write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
72. create an image using dots.
73. do 3 drawings at different speeds.
74. put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), put your left hand in the pocket. draw it by feel.
75. create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
76. draw the sun.
77. create instructions for a simple everyday task.
78. make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
79. find a photo. alter it by drawing over it.
80. write a letter using an unconventional medium.
81. draw one object for twenty minutes.
82. combine two activities that have not been combined before.
83. write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
84. write a list of all the things you do to escape.
85. cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. make a collage out of the results.
86. write an entry in code.
87. make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
88. work with a medium that is subtractive.
89. write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
90. make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
91. divise a journal entry using “layers”.
92. divise an entry using “layers”.
93. write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
94. list 10 of your habits.
95. illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
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