Artwork consisting of different media
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…
My wonderful ghastly pink cheap bathmat! I got this monstrosity on Ebay. Not for my bathroom, but for art! (The bathmat mask in the photo is what I designed to cut from Tyvek - all the shapes are there, but not the additional texture provided by the suction cups on the underside of…
Does anyone deserve to have as much fun as I am having at the moment? Playing with my new stencils and masks, and my gel press, are giving me soooo much pleasure! Spraying inks and making a glorious mess I began by testing out my new Oriental script block stencils that I wrote…
Shoshi is going to need rehab! I can well understand why people say that gel printing is addictive. I can't remember when I had so much fun in my studio as I had this afternoon, trying out my new stencils with the gel plate. There is something incredibly satisfying about brayering the paint…
I have not blogged for a while because I have been extremely busy designing stencils and masks for my new gel press. This has been very time-consuming as Inkscape, the powerful free vector drawing program, is a continuous learning curve for me and I have encountered various problems along the way which took…
Completing the second page Today I completed the second page in the Organic Journal - more or less a revamp of page 1 which came out so completely different from what I'd planned, that I decided to make another attempt! This page ended up different as well, but in a good way. When…
Completing the first page Last night I completed the first page of my Organic Journal. I had a plan in mind, how the page would look when finished, and it turned out completely different! This was because of several mistakes I made. I look on this page as a steep learning curve in…
Organic Journal I made a start on my Organic Journal today. For details of this exciting book, please see this post. A collection of collage papers. On the right, one of my music sheets painted with coffee. In the centre, a scratch paper with marks created by cleaning off my paintbrush - this…
Teabag Mini-Album Number Two After setting this aside for a period while I was busy with other things, I was keen to get back to it and complete it. Please refer to this post for details of recent progress. What I intend to do in this current post is to show the photos…
I have had such a lovely day on Saturday, full of creativity, receiving gifts, and ending with a really great phone conversation with a friend in the evening. My birthday present arrived from Ebay - my hubby is giving me a lovely boxed set of hardback books - the complete Chronicles of Narnia…
