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We're celebrating Put a Bird on It month with 12 hours of free projects, techniques, and eBooks featuring our feathered friends today. If you missed the 12-hour free fest on our Facebook page , here is a list of links taking you to each free how-to or download. Even if you're not a fan of things...
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Cate Prato
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3 May 2013
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Filed under: collage, mixed media, encaustic, fabric art, Handmade Books, art dolls, art to wear, Mixed Media Art Techniques, Felting, Softies, Embossing, Mixed Media Materials, Metal Art
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Treat your mom (yourself, or a friend) this Mother's Day! Fill out her crafting WISH LIST with up to $50 worth of product from the Cloth Paper Scissors Shop . We'll pick one lucky winner to receive everything on their list! Winner selected May 7. Choose from items like Workshop TM videos, mixed...
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Today’s photo comes from one of those gift moments in life. This is one of those times where you’re just walking down the street, minding your own business and something special appears. I took this shot in Portland, ME. A town I highly recommend you look up if you’re in the area. Make especially sure...
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Taking a new look While walking in New York City recently, I realized the dichotomy of the dirt and filth of the streets, buildings, bridges, and sidewalks against the beauty of the city when taken as bigger chunks. This is a photo I shot while walking back to the subway in Brooklyn. I love the play...
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My kids revel in April Fool's Day. They spend hours conjuring up devilishly creative ways to "get" their parents. (The best was a fake letter from Olivia's college of choice rescinding her acceptance. Or maybe that was the worst.) We've always told them they can do anything, as...
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One of the aesthetic pleasures of working with encaustic medium is the smooth, rich surface that seems to make the artwork glow. But that doesn't mean encaustic art has to be flat. Encaustic village by Jan Avellana. The only requirements for encaustic substrates is that they must be rigid and porous...
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My younger daughter recently switched her riding lessons to a new barn out even farther into the country than the one before. I don't mind, because it's a nice, easy drive and there's a coffee shop nearby. Rubbing made with encaustic wax onto paper by Isobel Hall. From Cloth Paper Scissors...
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I’m feeling super saturated today! I can feel spring right around the corner. I can buy three bunches of brilliant daffodils at the supermarket for just $6. And I am looking forward to wearing my fun green-feathered fascinator on St. Paddy’s day. No, everything is not all perfect and rosy in my life...
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Making collage art seems simple. After all, schoolchildren do it all the time. Mixed-media collage art by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. But, making an original, well-designed piece of collage art takes more than a session of cutting and pasting pictures from an old magazine (though that is a lot of fun and very...
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It's probably safe to say that the digital scanner vastly increased the possibilities for using and reusing your artwork. Scanning a two-dimensional piece so you can print it out over and over again as digital art — and even manipulate it in the computer first — allows you to use it in...
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In case you didn't notice, today is December 12, 2012, aka 12.12.12. Therefore, I feel obliged to offer you a dozen of something. How about 12 tips for collage art ? Three-dimensional collage art by Sue Pelletier, from her Workshop TM video Preparing to Paint . 1 Be inspired. Whether I'm making...
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When you want to apply a drawing or painting to fabric and you don't have the resources to print your own fabric, what do you do? Use an image transfer technique . Quilt derived from art journal pages with stitching, image transfers, and paint, by Jane LaFazio. Image transfers can be accomplished...
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Cate Prato
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7 Nov 2012
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Filed under: collage, mixed media, assemblage, Cloth Paper Scissors, encaustic, fabric art, image transfer, art journaling, paper art, Mixed Media Art Techniques, Stamping Techniques, Mixed Media Materials
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So many of you commented on the encaustic blog posts last week, saying you were excited to try encaustic art or delve into it more. For myself, I was curious to try using natural elements and Pearl Ex powders from Jacquard. My encaustic collage. I opened the windows, made sure the fire extinguisher was...
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Well, that was fun, wasn't it? I hope you learned a lot from our week of encaustic endeavors. I know I did. The Interweave/Jacquard Encaustic Prize package for blog comment winners. I'll have a final wrap-up on Wednesday, but here's the news you've all be waiting for: the winners of the...
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When the idea to do this Encaustic Week was announced, I immediately knew what I wanted to talk about. Assemblage! As editor of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, I get a really good look at a lot of new techniques that I want to try. I’m always wishing for more time in the day to check them out. Then...