ALTERED BOOK - BEGINNING THE FIRST PAGE, AND SOME STENCILLED BACKGROUNDS Another enjoyable and fruitful session in the studio this afternoon. Stencilled backgrounds I selected some of my gel prints that needed further work, and included a couple of my Venetian Plaster ones, in order to add some stencilling. I was keen to…
BOOK ALTERING, GEL PRINTING AND DIATOMS A busy couple of sessions in my studio today. Altered book A while back, my hubby gave me some old large format hardback books he no longer wanted, which were perfect for altering. I have never altered a book before (apart from my recent Organic Journal which…
DEEP SADNESS, AND ORGANIC JOURNAL - FINAL PAGE: PRESSED FLOWERS Today we mourn the death of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II who reigned for 70 years, longer than any British Monarch before her. I feel infinitely sad, as my life has almost exactly coincided with her reign. I was 3 days old when…
POTTERING IN THE STUDIO I spent a couple of hours in the studio this afternoon, doing this and that. There were a few odd things that I ended up doing, rather than embarking on any more pages in either book (only one page left to do in the Organic Journal). Spider mesh and…
A VISIT TO COLETON FISHACRE At last I have finished editing and sorting all the photos I took at this beautiful National Trust property situated in South Devon, UK, not too far from where we live. Coleton Fishacre Coleton Fishacre is a large family home built in the Arts and Crafts style and…
Having done my white pencil outline drawing a few days ago: Today I got out my Pebeo fluid acrylics and proceeded to paint the ginkgo branch. I set up my table with the two pages lined up and taped down in place. I used the white non-stick craft mat on the right of…
A bit of a mish-mash, hotch-potch post today. I wasn't going to start a new project until I'd finished the Organic Journal but couldn't resist! I've only got one page left to complete in the Organic Journal and already have plans for that, but I wanted to do something creative from the comfort…
It was my plan some time ago to do another page in my Organic Journal on the theme of the Voynich Manuscript, and as this is the penultimate page in the Journal, I thought I'd better get on with it in case I forgot! For background on this extraordinary book, please see my…
Another studio session this afternoon, which I wasn't expecting to have. We had a phone call a couple of weeks ago postponing our dental appointment to 31st August (today). We have to travel about an hour to get to our dentist - we have always been with him and decided to stay with…
At last I have got around to doing a blog post about my DIY foam stamps! I've been promising to do this for ages. Fun foam and yoga mat Looking up videos on YouTube, most people seem to mount their DIY foam stamps on cardboard. This didn't seem very satisfactory to me because…
