Artwork consisting of different media
PAPER EMBELLISHMENTS - LITTLE SPARK PLUGS FOR NEW IDEAS! Easy peasy things to do while sitting on the recliner watching TV. Paper beads I have wanted to try making these for ages. They are super-easy and fun, and with a bit of work afterwards, they can be made stronger, and you can add…
ALTERED BOOK: "THE JOURNEY" - COMPLETION OF PAGE 2: FRANCE 1 Last night I returned to the first French page in this altered book and completed the spread. Just as a reminder, here is how far I'd got with it before I moved on to the next page. All I had done was…
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…
GEL PRINTING AND INK SPRAYING, USING PIERCED PAPER AND UNSATISFACORY PRINTS, AND A RED LETTER DAY When I was going through my various papers and backgrounds yesterday, I pulled out quite a few not very good or incomplete gel prints ready for further treatment. This morning I spent a bit of time working…
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…
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 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…
