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Found objects are everywhere-from flea markets and thrift shops to the beach and the city street. With new technology, you can make molds of your most precious found objects and replicate them for use in your mixed-media assemblage and other found object art. Register now to learn how to choose found...
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The other day I was taking in some eye candy on Pinterest and saw some beautiful mixed-media jewelry made from bent silver spoon handles. Some had beads attached and some had words stamped onto them. Poetry Spoons by Kelli Nina Perkins could be turned into art to wear. I immediately thought of Kelli...
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Today I'm sharing a little project from Kristen Robinson for making sweet bag for your jewelry or to hold a special little gift. Kristen makes these bags out of wool felt or linen; you can use purchased felt or make it even more personal by upcycling a wool sweater into felt or upcycling your fabric...
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Did you know you can turn a piece of metal into a component for wearable art ? All it takes to make jewelry from found objects are some common mixed-media art supplies, some metal found objects or pre-made blanks, and a few basic techniques. Of course you can use found objects or purchased blanks as...
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Well, friends, we celebrated 12-12-12, we survived the Mayan apocalypse, and we're on the verge of a New Year. (Depending on where you are when you read this, the New Year may have already arrived.) Lisa Thorpe combines stamping techniques with stenciling to create a graphic design. Personally, I'm...
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This is when the gift-making season goes into high gear, so I thought I would round up some of my favorite easy gifts to make from around the Cloth Paper Scissors community. There's sure to be something here that you would like to make for your friends — or yourself! 1. Strippy Fabric Bracelet...
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My favorite Halloween costume is the gypsy fortune teller. It has served me well from youth through mom-hood because all you need to pull it off is a peasant blouse, long skirt, a fancy shawl, and tons of jewelry. Gypsy Gelatin Mixed-Media Jewelry by Jenn Mason. This year, the only place I plan to go...
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Babies. Puppies. Disney princesses. What do they have in common? Big eyes, a large forehead, and features scrunched up cutely in the middle of the face. Pleasing face collage art by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. It's what's called a pleasing face, according to artist Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. One that makes...
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A while back I talked about how to make art stamps the easy way using foam . Honestly, those kinds of stamps could take you a long way. But if you want to achieve even more texture and detail in a custom rubber stamp, learning how to make a stamp using a carving a block is the way to go. A selection...
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A note from Cate: Today, we have a special guest blogger, Jennifer VanBenschoten, who is the editor for Beading Daily . Jennifer is here to give you ideas for using beads to turn your jeans into wearable art . A little bit of bead embroidery goes a long way to turn a pair of my favorite jeans into wearable...
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When you're an artist you want to announce it to the world. So why not make art to wear? In this free eBook Making Art to Wear: 5 Free Mixed-Media Designs for Wearable Art and Steampunk Jewelry , we'll show you how to make mixed-media jewelry and art to wear on your head, wrist, neck, and ears...
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Want to make a good impression? Then make your own stamps! In this free eBook from Cloth Paper Scissors , How to Make a Stamp: 4 Free Articles on Carving Art Stamps and Stamping Techniques , four talented artists will show you how to make art stamps, foam stamps, and roller stamps; teach you stamp carving;...
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My daughters and some friends recently attended a concert featuring Steampunk violinist Emilie Autumn and her band The Bloody Crumpets. Of course my girls had to dress up for the big event, with corsets, lacy skirts, fingerless gloves, and so on. I only wish they'd had time to make some Steampunk...
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I was catching up on my "Project Runway All-stars" episodes the other night when I realized I really missed Tim Gunn. Pam Carriker often upcycles photocopies of her drawings, using them repeatedly in her art to saving time and money. From "Art Journaling Fast & Easy." Tim's...
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Cate Prato
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13 Feb 2012
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Filed under: collage, mixed media, Cloth Paper Scissors, fabric art, upcycling, recycled art, art journaling, art to wear, paper art, Mixed Media Jewelry, Mixed Media Art Techniques, Mixed Media Materials, Mixed Media Painting
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My husband and I have an arrangement when it comes to home improvement projects: he does all the building and I do all the decorating. Seems fair, no? So when I spied these adorable Chirpy Birdhouse Pendants on the cover of Handcrafted Jewelry magazine (a special issue from the editors of Beadwork),...