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The Official Playing with Image Transfers Book Trailer is Here!

Playing With Image Transfers Book Trailer from Courtney Cerruti on Vimeo.

Now that Playing with Image Transfers has been out and about for a week, I've had a moment to think about what an incredible journey its been! I am continuously inspired by the students and friends who show me how great beauty can be achieved with the simple techniques and methods of transfers. Thank you all!

Just a reminder, if you instagram, follow me @ccerruti and #PlayingWithImageTransfers if you'd like to share a project or ask a question. I am addicted to instagram and love sharing and finding inspiration there.

Also, I'll be selecting 5 winners who leave a review on Amazon of the book to receive an Image Transfer Kit just in time for some hand crafting this Holiday! Be sure to leave a review in order to win!!!

xo
Courtney

Playing with Image Transfers Teaser Trailer

Playing with Image Transfers has arrived! Get a little sneak peak into the book and into the life of image transfers in this teaser trailer! You can get a copy of Playing with Image Transfers here. Follow me on instagram @ccerruti to stay up to date on making transfers, inspiration and giveaways! Tag you pics with #PlayingWithImageTransfers and #pwit

Cheers!

Image Transfers on Everything

A fun little collection of image transfer projects from the book, and from classes. Its amazing how versatile image transfers are. I find that I use them on paper in quick correspondence, in gift wrap, on fabric, on wood, on metal on anything almost!  They can be immediate are spontaneous or the base of a mixed media piece as just one of many layers. They more I play, the more I love them. 

Drawings on Totes and Tees

Having a lot of fun drawing these days. I've been making so many of these little ladies at night. They are quick and fun to sketch up and I just love them. Added them to Society6 to see what they would look like large and on other items.... verdict? I ordered myself two totes!!!

Enjoy!

Paper Flowers

 I do a lot of my crafting, painting and paper play at night... Making a few oversized paper flowers for a wedding this weekend!

Image Transfers on Driftwood

Obsessed with transferring these little birdies on driftwood... Just one of many ways to make successful transfers!

Playing with Image Transfers: the Preview

The preview of Playing with Image Transfers is now available on Amazon. You can pre-order the book here or buy one in person on the night of the book launch party at SFCB. Come say hello and celebrate with me Friday, Nov 1st 2010 from 6:30 -9:30 pm at the San Francisco Center for the Book!

Here are some projects from the book:

Learn how to transfer a photo to metal giving richness and dimension! Works beautifully with vintage photos as well as contemporary shots!

Give permanence and add a warm glow to a photo by transferring it to a wooden surface. Make the perfect keepsake or gift!

Off to Paris

See you in two weeks!

Play Time

playing with image transfers and washi tape... what else. 

Mail Art

I've been sending a lot of correspondence lately... These are a few cards I made one night when I was stuck in a hotel room on a bitterly cold evening. I bought a kids set of brush markers in red, blue and yellow and used them to make these postcards... I really like the results of having the limitation of 3 colors. Sometimes, I think all the choice you have when at home in your studio can keep you from creating...

Artists Book Workshop

Excited for the upcoming Artists Book Workshop at SFCB. Just a few spots left... sign up here!!!

the last day of 2012

Today is the last day of 2012... wonder what 2013 will bring? Love and good wishes to you all in the New year!  

in the driver's seat

I have the tremendous good fortune of knowing Sam. Sam makes something everyday. It is usually in the shape of a letter, perhaps a sketch or character, and it is always magical. This is a show Sam has imagined for me; a collection of images I have taken while driving.

thank you, Sam.

Color

 Andie's watercolor palette

I took a class all about color with Andie Thrams at SFCB this past weekend. Andie is an bookmaker, and observational sketcher, a nature lover and above all a master of color. When we introduced ourselves early Saturday morning, I said that it wasn't color itself that led to be to this class, but the organization of color. I love things in "rainbow order," for lack of a better phrase. I love to group color with its complimentary, with is neighboring color or just reorganize my colored pencils even though I might be in the middle of a very messy studio. The beauty of color arranged is so, so seductive...

  mixing colors

  pastels arranged by color 

  One of the first known color wheels, this one by Moses Harris. This image is one of many great images found in a treatise on color by Sarah Lowengard. 

Love this image of Crayola colors and their evolution since 1903. And since I'm OBSESSED with this, I have a whole pinboard of images you can oogle, all of things organized and having to do with color. Trust me, these pics bring happiness!

http://pinterest.com/ccerruti/rainbows/

NYC

I went to New York for the first time. It was amazing. There was snow on the ground when we arrived at 6AM on a Friday morning, and the sun glinted off icy roof tops as we rode from the JFK into Manhattan.

I went to the Strand bookstore, which has been on my list to-do since forever. And I asked the guy behind the counter to recommend the best coffee, which led us to Paradis which was tiny and warm and full of amazing baked goods, homemade jam and tiny tables and chairs occupied by happy New Yorkers eating breakfast.

I saw my favorite Brooklyn girl, and we dug around a tiny shop filled with stamps looking for that perfect image... and then I met this boy Keat, who makes stamps and draws zines and I bought his book.

And I saw amazing displays and bought beautiful objects.

I rode on the Subway.

I walked the streets of New York from morning til night and saw many, many things.

I saw beautiful art.

I saw miniature art.

 
I saw cool art.

I ate good food in good company.

and I took many, many pictures. Thanks, New York. I hope to see you again soon.

Fall in Prague 2011

It was warm when we arrived. T-shirt and jeans sort of weather. Not the crisp and bright air I expected. No room for fluffy scarves, leather boots and heavy wool coats. Dreams of sipping tea in a street side cafe looking through a foggy window was replaced with a picnic in the park and an endless afternoon of sunshine. But after a few days, the weather changed and the wind carried away the golden dried leaves that sat, listless just a few days before... these are a few pics from the beginning of the trip I took last year to Prague.

Time Lapse

Futile Devices: Bay Area Timelapse 2012 from T. Garrett Eaton on Vimeo.

My friend Garrett made this beautiful little film with time lapse... check it out.

Berlin/Prague

Its been a year since I was in Prague and Berlin... I can't begin to understand how this year has gone by so quickly. Here is a little film Garrett and I shot during our trip. I'll probably post some pics later this week to. Where to next?

Paper Doll Witches Workshop

Halloween is my favorite holiday so its no surprise that I was thrilled to teach something spooky for  Creativebug. Check out my Halloween Paper Witches Workshop and create some sassy and spooky paper witches for Halloween! These guys are so easy to make and so much fun! Enjoy!