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Books and Albums / Embellishments / Fibre and Textile Art / Mixed Media Art / Paper Dyeing / Recycling and Upcycling

Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 7 – Decorating the Second Folio

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 7 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now completed the decoration of the inside of the second folio of this project. I am continuing the vintage theme, with red as the focal colour, but in this case with the addition of a little bit of green…

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10th June 2026

Books and Albums / Recycling and Upcycling

Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 6 – Background Info for Second Folio Decoration – Antique Book

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 6 - BACKGROUND INFO FOR SECOND FOLIO DECORATION - ANTIQUE BOOK I'm digressing from the main project in this post, because I want to share with you the source of some of the decorations for the second folio. If I included this in that post it would…

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10th June 2026

Books and Albums / Digital Art / Embellishments / Mixed Media Art / Paper Dyeing / Recycling and Upcycling

Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 5 – Decorating the Second Folio

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 5 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now begun work on decorating the second folio in this project. Again, as you open it, you see the inside of the first panel and the outside of the third. At this stage, I have completed the inside of…

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8th June 2026

Books and Albums / Digital Art / Embellishments / Mixed Media Art / Recycling and Upcycling

Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 4 – Decorating the First Folio

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 4 - DECORATING THE FIRST FOLIO I had a very productive long session in the studio today and completed the decoration inside the first folio. I didn't take WIP photos but just ploughed ahead, so the following photos are all of completed panels, which I will describe…

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5th June 2026

Books and Albums / Mixed Media Art / Printing / Recycling and Upcycling

Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 3 – Adding a Quadri-Fold!

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 3 - ADDING A QUADRI-FOLD! In this session, I was planning to steam ahead with the addition of pockets and embellishments, but I got side-tracked with the arrival of more junk mail through the letterbox. A Checkatrade flier! It is 4-fold, and I refolded it so it…

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3rd June 2026

Birthday / Drawing and Painting / Eating Out / House / Outings

Outing to Cockington – My Birthday Treat

OUTING TO COCKINGTON - MY BIRTHDAY TREAT Yesterday was my birthday, and today we visited the beautiful Devon village of Cockington, to have a meal out, and to do some sketching. Cockington is full of picturesque thatched buildings, many built in the Arts and Crafts style. We had lunch at The Drum, which…

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31st May 2026

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Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 2 – Covering and Decorations

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 2 - COVERING AND DECORATIONS I have done further work on the basic covering of the panels in this folio and can now start on the embellishing and decorating. I am going through my various folders of papers and scraps, and I am determined to use as…

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31st May 2026

Books and Albums / Mixed Media Art / Paper Dyeing / Recycling and Upcycling

Double Tri-Fold Junk Mail Folio Part 1 – Construction and Beginning the Covering

DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 1 - CONSTRUCTION AND BEGINNING THE COVERING Looking at junk mail as potential art material Several weeks ago we had a couple of identical advertising fliers delivered, from a local eatery. Following my usual custom, I looked at them before throwing them in the bin and decided…

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30th May 2026

Computer

Virtual Windows! Further Computer Adventures

VIRTUAL WINDOWS! FURTHER COMPUTER ADVENTURES My existing system, working well but with some drawbacks I have one older HP Envy laptop still running Windows 11, in the studio for art work. I have some ancient software that won't run on Linux, which is now the operating system on my other two laptops. Linux…

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24th May 2026

Embellishments / Mixed Media Art / Recycling and Upcycling

CLEAR PACKAGING TAPE TRANSFERS Following Maremi Small Art on YouTube, today I made some more washi tape substitutes using clear packaging tape. I have got some old catalogues which came as junk mail from a local garden centre and they've got some pretty good pictures in them. I spent some time fussy cutting…

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23rd May 2026