I love interesting metal but I don’t necessarily like new and shiny, or for that matter, new and dull. Sometimes I want it scratchy, other times I want it to be another color. Today, I thought I’d share a video tutorial for altering your metal doo-dads. In this video I’m altering Arte Metal from Vintaj...
I just found out today that you can preorder the 2011 Cloth Paper Scissors Calendar that was created by 13 fabulous mixed-media artists who entered our Calendar Call for art last fall, which got me thinking about our Challenges. I wish I could send each of you a personal invitation and reminders about...
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Cover art by Sue Pelletier about this issue Make time for travel journaling and mixed-media jewelry. Artist Profile with Susan Lenart Kazmer, Go to Paris, Guerrilla Art, Pocket Scrolls, Plaster Collage Learn how to make mixed-media pendants with musling. Read about Susan Lenart Kazmer's love of found...
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If you’ve never experienced the thrill of an antique show like the one held three times a year in Brimfield, Massachusetts, you have live. As I work diligently on the July/August issue of Cloth Paper Scissors , I know that the show has started and I’m missing out. Never fear. I go tomorrow (and...
Last week I posted a list of all the things I learned from the March/April Cloth Paper Scissors, and I issued a challenge. Many of you stepped up from the challenge and I hope you enjoyed the game! We have a WINNER! The winner of this contest is Kristine May ! Congrats, you’ve won a copy of Jeanine...
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Announcing the 2011 Artisan Search Every issue of Cloth Paper Scissors ® has amazing art submitted by our talented readers. This year we're spreading our net wider in search of the best mixed-media artists around and one of them might just be YOU. So get your muse in gear; set out your paints...
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So, I have been sorting, and sorting. I learned long ago in previous attempts to organize aspects of my life that I am not a categorize-to-the-nth degree sort of gal. For example, my recipes are lumped into four categories: desserts, main courses, appetizers, and vegetables. The "desserts"...
Wow. When I set this giveaway challenge, I had no idea I would get so many different responses! They ranged from the spiritual to the practical. Frankly, just reading them makes me want to run to my studio and get started. Of course, everyone who mentioned that flipping through issues of Cloth Paper...
Vintaj is one of the companies we really enjoyed visiting at CHA. Their beautiful metal embellishments are enough to make a mixed -media artist drool. If you're a antique store junkie like me, you'll appreciate how well their elements blend with your collection of found objects. This piece was...
A lot of our readers and artists featured in Studios say they like clear storage, because they can see at a glance what's in it. You can find a wide variety of storage containers and systems at craft and organization specialty stores. But sometimes, the perfect storage container finds you. For example...
Artwork made from objects that are glued down onto a surface, such as a piece of paper, canvas, or board, and the technique of making such an artwork. The objects can be whatever you wish, for example tissue paper, wrapping paper, newspaper pages, magazine pages, cardboard, foil, metal, plastic, fabric...