[BKARTS] website redesign

[Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord <skgaylord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Friends

I have redesigned my art website, with the help of my son who started  
with makingbooks.com at 14 and is now 22. We had been talking about  
the changes we wanted to make for well over a year (prime thing to  
get rid of the black background) and it came together very quickly  
earlier in the week. One of the things that I have found as I move  
along in both my work and all the related activity in getting it out  
into the world is how important the basic structure and concept is.

We had been planning an elegant and complex presentation of the  
Spirit Books but when we really thought about it what I needed was a  
website that I could update easily. I find that there are elements of  
my relationship with my son and his computer literacy that make me  
feel like an immigrant parent who depends on her children for help  
with the English language. In kind of a reverse path, I am looking to  
establish my independence on the computer from him. I am capable of  
making html changes to already existing pages but unable to originate  
new ones. What we have chosen to do is to present the work on the  
website in pdf form (all I need to add is a text link and upload the  
pdf) and/or in links to my blog where it is much easier for me to  
post and update.

A new element to the website is a change in Notan Press which I  
started in 1988 to publish my limited edition work. I discovered  
along the way that I do not like making multiples and found that  
edition work was not for me. I have decided to revive Notan Press as  
a virtual entity to share both old work and new. The Notan Press  
offerings are posted on the blog and can be accessed through the  
website or the blog.

The works currently posted are
Childbirth Journey
Golden Slumbers
and pdfs of the Spirit Book Series

I have created a paypal donate button for each. While I am not  
expecting a lot of response, I would like to think that someone who  
downloaded the file and spent a lot of time with it would consider  
supporting it. And no matter what it is of no value sitting in a file  
drawer.

I hope you'll have a chance to take a look. Your comments and  
suggestions are welcome.

http://www.susankapuscinskigaylord.com

in good spirit
Susan




Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
skgaylord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://www.makingbooks.com
http://www.makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com
http://www.ingoodspirit.blogspot.com



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