ALTERED BOOK: "THE JOURNEY" - TITLE PAGE, TEXTURE PLATE AND MARK MAKERS A red letter day for me - first day back in action in the studio after my recent run-in with Covid. I can't tell you how good it feels to be back. Title page of my new altered book Just a…
THE END OF AN ERA, AND BLACK BOTANICALS ALBUM - FLOWERS FROM STAMPS The end of an era Yesterday, the nation, the Commonwealth, and the wider world, mourned the passing of our beloved Queen, the longest reigning monarch, having reigned over us for seventy years. I was able to sit and watch the…
INTERFERENCE PAINTS, AND PREPARING FOR THE ALTERED BOOK Another session pottering in the studio. New paints I ordered this cheap set of 18 interference acrylics from Amazon and they arrived today. They are supposed to be interference colours, or as it says on the box, colour-shifting. This is the range of colours. Opening…
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…
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…
