MINI SEWING MACHINE One of my favourite YouTubers is Natasha from Treasure Books. She makes amazing journals with interactive elements, as well as creating her own papers and other creative things. One of her signature techniques is the use of the sewing machine in her paper projects, and this certainly adds an interesting…
A CHARMED LIFE Over the years I have collected numerous small charms for use in projects. Many of them were given to me along with other materials no longer required by their owners, and I have also dissassembled various bits of junk jewellery. I stored them all in a box and they were…
FROTTAGE - A NEW WAY TO USE MY TEXTURE MAKERS Today I discovered a whole new way to use my texture makers - Frottage! Max Ernst I was looking at the work of Ernst Haeckel because of another project I am involved in at present, and in my YouTube feed, the work of…
RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG MINI-ALBUM VIDEO FLIP-THROUGH Two years ago I completed a mini-album created from paper bags with a glassine pannel. You can see the final photo flip-through here. Here are a few sample photos of the finished book, which I posted at the time. I haven't done a lot of videos 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 - 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 - 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…
INFUSIONS MINI-ALBUM - THE REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT UFO There are too many UFOs in my studio. UnFinished Objects. Every now and then I have a blitz and finish some of them, only to find they have been replaced by more. Does anyone else have aliens in their studio? Infusions Back in 2017…
NEW KURETAKE PENS I have my friend Caroline on the ArtKula forum to thank for these - she is the great temptress on the forum, introducing us to all sorts of art materials that we've just got to have!! These water-based brush pens are a six-pack of gorgeous smoky grungey colours. Right up…
