Emulsion Watching Robyn McClendon the other day, she produced some absolutely scrumptious "old wall" prints on her gel press, using matte acrylic or chalk paints. She brayered this paint onto the plate and then spritzed it with dye ink which immediately reacted and started beading up and pulling away from the paint. She…
Last night I completed another page in my Organic Journal. I had been thinking of experimenting with cutting holes in the pages, and then this morning I saw Robyn McClendon doing just that! I couldn't wait to get going on it. When I started this page spread, I was coming to the end…
Yesterday I made my first intuitive collage in the Organic Journal. I couldn't think of a title for it so it's just "Intuitive Collage 1." I didn't take any photos at the beginning as I was just sorting through my various papers to decide what to include in this project. Here is the…
That sinking feeling... I've been binge-watching Robyn McClendon recently when I get the chance. She is awesome with the gel press and I'm learning a lot. I got the idea of the bathmat from Froyle, and was interested to see that Robyn had also bought one, independently of Froyle, and was using it…
I had an Amazon delivery the other day, and after Ruby had finished sitting in the box, I thought it might be useful in the studio to put things in. The flaps were too large to fold inside neatly, so I trimmed them down. The strips were a bit damaged, showing the corrugated…
Another page in my wonderful Organic Journal is complete! I have called this one "Voynich Circles" because it includes images from the famous Voynich Manuscript. What is the Voynich Manuscript? This is a very curious artefact. It is a book dating from the 15th century which contains hand-written text and many illustrations, some…
Before I get started on the main theme of this post, I'd like to share what arrived from Ebay recently. Glorious hand-made papers A fabulous mixed collection of 20 sheets of A4 hand-made papers. They are all quite thick, and deeply textured, and the most beautiful earthy natural colours. They also have genuine…
A quick update with some recent photos which I haven't been able to share for the past few weeks, given that I was too busy posting about my various studio-based activities. Flowers My hubby has outdone himself again this year with bedding plants for our troughs and tubs in the patio, to make…
Completing the Tyvek sunflower In my previous post, I described how I made a sunflower from Tyvek. I got as far as making a mock-up to see how the petals might be arranged, and I still had the centre of the flower to make. I cut a 2-inch circle of Tyvek from a…
What is Tyvek and how can we use it? Tyvek is a non-woven high density polyethylene membrane manufactured by American company DuPont, used in the building trade to wrap buildings. It is water-resistant but pervious to water vapour (breathable), resistant to tearing, but easy to cut. It is immensely strong and flexible. There…
