India and berry ink on Indigo paper, 12 x 12 in., 1/6/2025.
Author Archives: JV
Untitled Asemic, ink and gesso on Green Field paper. 1/3/2025.
Oliveira #Asemic
India ink and acrylics on handmade Green Field paper (1/2/2025). I haven’t made anything larger than postcard size for a long time, so decided to make a couple of larger pieces. This is 14 x 14,” and the one in the previous post is 18 x 12.” But I might go even larger–for a change.
#Asemic while contemplating WW3
India ink and berry ink on handmade Green Field paper 1-2-2025.
Handmade Sketchbooks
I’ve been making some “perfect-bound” handmade sketchbooks, recycling old art (usually acrylic or ink on primed board or canvas) for the covers. Currently, the pages are Fabriano mixed-media, 160 lb paper, which works well for collage, watercolor, ink, etc. This is a fun project for me, so I intent to continuing making these, and willContinue reading “Handmade Sketchbooks”
Mail Art
I joined IUOMA (the International Union of Mail Artists), and have been receiving and sending mail art! Here are some outgoing pieces that I’ve mailed out recently:
Utriculi
Big thanks to Harry K Stammer and Mark Young for publishing my art in the September 2024 issue (parts 1 and 2) of Utriculi (Sandy Press). With thought provoking and mind-jiggling experimental poetry and art by many contributors. Check it out: Part 1 Part 2
Glue, Ink, and Paint
9/4/2024 Asemic experiment with glue, ink, and watercolor on Strathmore textured acrylic paper. I think I’ll be trying this again, but larger.
Nameless Asemic
Forgot to post some small pieces here that I posted on Instagram. Then realized that I will go off Instagram before I will shut down this website, so I better keep this up. Plus I’ve got my own little media library here. “Nameless Asemic,” ink on paper, started 2021, revised with color 9/2/2024:
8/19/2024
“Impulse to Bloom Asemic.” Ink on Greenfield paper (13×19 in.), 8/19/2024.
Jean Vengua 