I'VE BEEN SHOPPING! I have been shopping today for the first time for two years! - apart from visiting National Trust properties and buying stuff in their shop. Eye test I had my two-yearly eye test this afternoon and we combined this with a shopping trip, in one of our neighbouring towns. Two…
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" - PAGE 3: FRANCE 2 I am working on the two French-themed spreads in parallel because I have so many collage elements that I wanted to decide which page they should go on. The second spread on a French theme This time I was better prepared, and began by…
ALTERED BOOK: "THE JOURNEY" - PAGE 2: FRANCE 1 Today I began the next page in my altered book. I didn't get very far because I spent the earlier part of the afternoon doing some organising - sorting through a lot of my background papers (gel prints, printables etc.) and ephemera, and filing…
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…
THE END OF AN ERA, AND BLACK BOTANICALS ALBUM - FLOWERS FROM STAMPS The end of an era Yesterday, the nation, the Commonwealth, and the wider world, mourned the passing of our beloved Queen, the longest reigning monarch, having reigned over us for seventy years. I was able to sit and watch the…
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…
BOOK ALTERING, GEL PRINTING AND DIATOMS A busy couple of sessions in my studio today. Altered book A while back, my hubby gave me some old large format hardback books he no longer wanted, which were perfect for altering. I have never altered a book before (apart from my recent Organic Journal which…
