Alison Worman: thinking with your hands

Alison Worman is our inspiration for this week. Her sketchbooks and art objects take our meandering thoughts in unexpected directions.

'What Was Once John's Yellow Mug', 2009

Alison fills her sketchbooks with scraps of paper and fabric, stitches, and lace. Often the finished book is so thick it can't fully close.

The Second Black Sketchbook

She is a Book Arts genius and is even featured on one of our favourite blogs, The Jealous Curator.

The Second Black Sketchbook featured on The Jealous Curator

It's deceptively simple work that inspires us to be looser and more relaxed in our own art journals. 

Old Manila : Pearl of the Orient

Hotel De Oriente & The Insular Cigarette Factory 

[Plaza De Carlos IV, Binondo, 1898]

This week wonder | wander | world goes back in time to explore the lush and luscious land of our birth - the Philippine Islands.

'La Banca' by Felix Resurrection Hidalgo [1876]

The Trending Black and White Challenge

In case you follow any of Mahala's or my posts on Facebook, you'll see what's trending is black and white photo challenge among photo buffs.

Most don't really post actual black and white images, choosing to use instead a convenient phone app.

Mahala decided to add her own twist to the challenge - opting instead to do her own black and white illustrations.

Here are a couple.