Albums and Books Archives - Shoshiplatypus

Masterboard Book – Voynich Manuscript, and Printer News

MASTERBOARD BOOK - VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT, AND PRINTER NEWS Some more pages for my masterboard book, this time using images from the Voynich Manuscript, but first, I was unhappy with one of my earlier pages: This was the one with the financial documents and Payne's grey water. It looked messy and dull and I…

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15th September 2026

Books and Albums / Mixed Media Art / Recycling and Upcycling / Studio Equipment

Masterboard Book – Inked Kitchen Paper

MASTERBOARD BOOK - INKED KITCHEN PAPER Another stash-busting project! Cleaning up operations When I work with inks and paints, I don't like washing left-over media down the sink. For paints I usually wipe off the brushes onto various scratch papers which mature nicely with time and make good collage fodder or backgrounds for…

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13th September 2026

Books and Albums / Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Paper Dyeing / Recycling and Upcycling

Masterboard Book – Text Collage Pages

MASTERBOARD BOOK - TEXT COLLAGE PAGES Today I added five more pages to my masterboard book, which is a scrap-busting project that I started last month. It is an A4 spiral bound sketchbook which I am using to create a number of masterboard pages ready to be cut up and used in projects.…

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11th September 2026

Books and Albums / Embellishments / Mixed Media Art / Oriental Design

Oriental Style Album Part 4

ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM PART 4 Please see part 1 for details of the cover and part 2 and part 3 for the pages of the book up until now. This post completes the flip-through of this interactive album. I hope you have been enjoying it so far. Page 13 - Puzzle page This…

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5th September 2026

Books and Albums / Embellishments / Mixed Media Art / Oriental Design

Oriental Style Album Part 3

ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM PART 3 Please see part 1 for details of the cover and part 2 for the first pages of the book. Sorry to leave you on a cliff-hanger last time but I had to make a break somewhere or the posts would get far too long! Page 8 - Twist…

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3rd September 2026

Books and Albums / Embellishments / Mixed Media Art / Oriental Design

Oriental Style Album Part 2

ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM PART 2 Please see part 1 for the introduction, and details of the cover and closure. Time to open the book. Page 1 - Waterfall Inside the front cover, I have created a waterfall with papers from the DCWV paper stack "The Far East." The waterfall of four flaps is…

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31st August 2026

Books and Albums / Embellishments / Fibre and Textile Art / Mixed Media Art / Oriental Design / Recycling and Upcycling

Oriental Style Album Part 1

ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM PART 1 BREAKING NEWS - UFO crash lands in Shoshi's Studio! No alien bodies reported found Great news. One of my longstanding UFOs (UnFinished Objects) is now complete! I began this project in the spring of 2023, with one or two bursts of enthusiasm to work on it further in…

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29th August 2026

Books and Albums / Mixed Media Art / Paper Dyeing / Recycling and Upcycling

Masterboard Book – Book Page Collage

MASTERBOARD BOOK - BOOK PAGE COLLAGE I have just added another page to the masterboard book which I recently started. It is a book page collage. This was relatively quick to do, because I had a pile of book pages after trimming away the white borders, ready for making tags and other projects.…

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22nd August 2026

Books and Albums / Christian Art

Vintage German Books

VINTAGE GERMAN BOOKS For some time, I have been looking for old German books with their classic Gothic typeface which is highly decorative. I love using old book pages in my art and wanted to include this, to go with a stamp and stencil in my possession which feature it. Book of Hours…

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8th August 2026

Books and Albums / Mixed Media Art / Recycling and Upcycling / Teabag Art

Little Tea Bag Book

LITTLE TEA BAG BOOK Have you ever gone into your studio intending to do one thing, and coming out having done something completely different? I have - this afternoon. I am in the middle of a major tidy-up in the chaos pretending to be my studio, and have made good progress. I fully…

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27th July 2026

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