SCRAP-BUSTING - CLUSTERS, AND A NEW PRINTER Another studio session in an attempt to reduce my overflowing scrap collection. I decided to make a set of clusters, simpler than my previous collection. The earlier ones are quite thick with a lot of layers and bead dangles etc. I needed to make some that…
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…
UV RESIN - SMALL CIRCULAR DIGITALS Shoshi is resinating with a new art form! I've done a bit of UV resin work with a small starter kit, but the lamp proved rather inadequate. I have now bought a new one which is much better. Some time ago I downloaded some digitals from Dragana…
A TINY FOLIO FROM A BISCUIT PACKET I think this is the first time I have ever produced an album or folio in a single day! I spent all afternoon and most of the evening yesterday, working on this project, and it was a joy to produce. It is very small, measuring about…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 8 - DECORATING THE CHECKATRADE FLIER Change of plan My original plan was to introduce some fun interactive elements into this late add-on to the folio. However, over two afternoons, I spent many hours trying to perfect these elements, without success. I found video instructions online showing…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 7 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now completed the decoration of the inside of the second folio of this project. I am continuing the vintage theme, with red as the focal colour, but in this case with the addition of a little bit of green…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 5 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now begun work on decorating the second folio in this project. Again, as you open it, you see the inside of the first panel and the outside of the third. At this stage, I have completed the inside of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 4 - DECORATING THE FIRST FOLIO I had a very productive long session in the studio today and completed the decoration inside the first folio. I didn't take WIP photos but just ploughed ahead, so the following photos are all of completed panels, which I will describe…
SQUARE TISSUE BOX FOLIO 1 - FLORAL Fortunately I have not had to pray for a cold! We are getting through my order of 12 cube-shaped tissue boxes fast enough for me to start upcycling the boxes. Again I am following Chasing Paper on YouTube for another of her excellent tutorials, and again,…
DIY WASHI TAPE - FINALISING THE CANDY STRIPE PROJECT A quick addendum to my previous posts about this DIY washi tape. Cutting the strips After thinking about this further, I managed to cut the strips using my guillotine. With the faulty-printed edge on the right, I lined up the other edge to the…
