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Tuesday
Saturday
Michael DeMeng's Crusted Crumbled & Cracked Class
I signed up for Michael's online class to get me out of my art rut...it is blast and I am just getting started...
prepping some stuff to try Kroma Crackle |
Using Michael's secret quick method - mine turned out with a large crackle pattern - but I am ok with it -I am playing and experimenting |
a still wet application of Kroma Crackle using their method and waiting for it to dry (can take up to three days if you put it on thick) |
the beginnings of a triptych the center inside is made with regular Kroma Crackle application it turned out with a much finer crackle |
another project from ages ago that I pulled back out to try to finish up using some of the new techniques I am learning plus I finally have a "vision" of how I want to finish it (thanks to lots of DeMeng inspiration) |
trying out Aves Apoxie Clay because my vision includes some fish and I hate the plastic ones I found -so trying to create my own |
Christmas gifts 2011
The Sketchbook Project part 2
When you sign up for the Sketchbook Project you have to choose one of their themes for your book. I forget what the all the choices were -but I chose "Create & Capture" - it seemed right up my alley. You are allowed to interpret the theme as you wish - I thought it would well with the collage I have been doing.
As a fairly dyslexic person I usually go about stuff backwards so I have been capturing images I like from magazines and creating collages with them and then adding doodles and words to make them my own....
Here are some pages I started for the book:
As a fairly dyslexic person I usually go about stuff backwards so I have been capturing images I like from magazines and creating collages with them and then adding doodles and words to make them my own....
Here are some pages I started for the book:
The Sketch Book Project part 1
This fall I signed up for The Sketchbook Project - my book arrived in the mail and last weekend I took a little "me" time and started working on it. I thought I would document it's progress.
The fun package arrived from Art House Coop in Brooklyn |
They sent me a notebook to work some magic on and information & rules for the project |
so the first thing I did was rip it all apart - but carefully saved the bar code to reapply to the finished cover to identify it as mine |
I selected handmade papers for the outside and inside of the cover |
I decided on the look of an old book -this paper looks like distressed leather |
I can't live with out Best Test spray adhesive! |
For the inside of the cover I used a beautiful piece of marbleized paper I've been saving to for ages and it was perfect for this project. |
I cut it carefully to size so I didn't waste any of it... |
Here it is with both papers applied over the original cardboard cover but I thought it still needed "something" |
it needed a spine -for this I used a piece of "suede" paper in dark blue - I wrote on it with a metallic pen. The title is "Create & Capture" the theme I selected for my project |
after creating the spine, I decided it also needed corners -so I sewed the suede paper on my sewing machine |
I wanted to also create a frontispiece for the front cover so I took a metal file label frame and pounded it flat |
I then worked on antiquing it... |
I took an old piece of journal paper and stamped the title to fit in the frame |
I then glued all the embellishments to the cover and was pleased with the results... |
Wednesday
Muggins
Tuesday
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