{"id":2878,"date":"2012-12-06T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:30:52","slug":"michelle-blade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/michelle-blade\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Michelle Blade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/michelle-blade\/day9_michelleblade\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"day9_michelleblade\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade-230x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2879\" title=\"day9_michelleblade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day9_michelleblade-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I understand the dedication that goes into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/daily-glimpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">365 project<\/a>, artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelleblade.com\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Blade<\/a> is currently working on such a project that will finish at the end of this year. In her project <a href=\"http:\/\/michelleblade.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>366 days<\/em><\/a> (2012 is a leap year), Blade explores the apocalyptic prophecies imposing on the year 2012. Her paintings are ethereal, emitting a range of emotions from despondency to togetherness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2880\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/michelle-blade\/day1628_michelleblade\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1217,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"day1628_michelleblade\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade-300x197.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade-1024x673.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2880\" title=\"day1628_michelleblade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1628_michelleblade.jpg 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2881\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/michelle-blade\/day191310_michelleblade\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1162,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"day191310_michelleblade\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade-300x206.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade-1024x704.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2881\" title=\"day191310_michelleblade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day191310_michelleblade.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day325328_michelleblade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2882\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/michelle-blade\/day325328_michelleblade\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day325328_michelleblade.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1222,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"day325328_michelleblade\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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that goes into a 365 project, artist Michelle Blade is currently working on such a project that will finish at the end of this year. In her project 366 days (2012 is a leap year), Blade explores the apocalyptic prophecies imposing on the year 2012. Her paintings are ethereal, emitting a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,70],"tags":[475,37,125,476,1868],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-painting","tag-366-days","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-michelle-blade","tag-painting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-Kq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11287,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/30\/swell-things-no-45-jeanne-goodman\/","url_meta":{"origin":2878,"position":0},"title":"Swell Things No. 45 \/\/ Jeanne Goodman","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"September 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeanne is a close friend and colleague. 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One of these pieces was To Come Upon a Street, a collaborative artist book between Michelle Ray and poet, AB Gorham. Michelle met AB\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;book artist of the month&quot;","block_context":{"text":"book artist of the month","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/book-artist-of-the-month\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tocomeuponastreet3-michelleray.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6855,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/book-artist-of-the-month-michelle-ray-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2878,"position":4},"title":"Book Artist of the Month: Michelle Ray","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"September 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2011, Michelle Ray created this softcover accordion with pamphlet inserts in an edition of 35. 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BookArtObject is an informal group of book artists founded in Australia. 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