Artwork consisting of different media
ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 1 - THE DRAWING A second-hand frame At the recent village fete we attended, my hubby bought a large square picture frame. I immediately saw potential in this for my own work and begged it off him - he gave it to me a little reluctantly! None of…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - THE SPINE EMBELLISHMENT AND COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT Now that I had finally sorted out all the problems with binding the mini-books, I was able to concentrate on the final stage of the project: the spine embellishment. Tassel I found this fancy ball of yarn in my stash, and was…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - SUCCESS AT LAST! After all my recent struggles to attach the mini-books inside the binding, I am very happy to report that I have succeeded at last! I should have gone with my initial plan (apart from the slipping-under-the-belly-band idea) - MAGNETS!! Magnets I did a little experiment a couple…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - A VERY TRYING TIME Ever since I discovered that glueing the mini-books inside the back cover was not going to work, I have struggled with this project. Everything I try seems to fall flat on its face. It is extremely frustrating. My first plan My first idea was to make…
MASK AND SPRAY - VISITING AN OLD TECHNIQUE In the process of re-thinking the binding of my Infusions Mini-Album because of an unexpected problem, I needed some flowers for the process. When I was doing this technique several years ago, I made a lot of Infusions-coloured flower pieces but I had used most…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - COMPLETING THE COVER I have at last completed the cover with its inner parts, but I have had to re-think various things which were not going to work. Vellum disaster! Vellum can be a pain to deal with. It's very sensitive to moisture and 99 percent of glues aren't any…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - WORKING ON THE INNER COVER AND TAG EMBELLISHMENTS Now that the cover construction was complete, I was able work on embellishing the inside. End papers I trimmed down the larger sheets of Infusions papers to size and glued them in place inside the cover, leaving a very narrow black border…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - PROGRESS ON SEVERAL FRONTS I've had another couple of very fruitful sessions in the studio working on my Infusions Mini-Album. Cover Sometimes it's hard to find patterned paper which is large enough for book covers. For most crafters, the largest size available is 12 x 12 in, which is usually…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - THE THREE VOLUMES COMPLETED All three small volumes of this album have now been completed and bound. There were a number of title pages to complete, and tags as well. I was glad I still had my printed instructions, so I was able to complete this task. The completed volumes…
DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 9 - COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT The final stage in constructing the book was to glue the end-papers inside the cover boards, sandwiching the reinforcing roofing felt and covering the insertion of the ribbon ties. The completed book With all its embellishments, the spine embellishment and the ribbon closure,…
