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Recently I have been upcycling burlap coffee bean bags into café curtains for my kitchen. (Get it? Café curtains?) Burlap coffee bags ready for upcycling. When I started out, I thought I was just going to use the main part of the bags with the cool graphics. I cut apart the first bag in...
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Earlier this week, I wrote about how to turn your doodles into personal imagery you can use again and again in your art. That got me thinking about another way you can reuse a drawing, doodle, or an entire collage or painting: image transfers . Drawings printing on Rub-onz image-transfer film, then applied...
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Several events have happened lately that have made me stop and ask myself where I'm going in my life, among them a birthday and the realization that my children are getting more independent. And you know what they say, "If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere...
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One of the most fun and creative ways to personalize your art is with monoprinting and screen printing. With screen printing and monoprinting techniques, you can use your artwork as it is, or create cards, clothing, fiber art, and multi-layered mixed-media art. In this new free eBook, Printmaking Techniques...
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I've been making gelatin monoprints for a couple of years now, and I have a stack of printed papers to show for it. My collage using a cut-up gelatin monoprint. Honestly, I could happily churn out monoprint after monoprint, oohing and aahing over each little creation. But I'm at the point where...
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After 23 years of marriage, I have finally figured out how to make it easy for my husband to get me what I want for my birthday. He's not too comfortable in the lingerie department and he can't keep track of which books I've already read. Although we have identical taste in home furnishings...
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My only formal training in printmaking came many, many , years ago in a high school art class. We made intaglio prints, silkscreen prints, and woodcuts. I absolutely loved the class and still have some of my prints (they're all of houses, a favorite theme of mine to this day). Printmaking with mixed...
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One of the best classes I've ever taken was my one-day soy wax fabric art session with Jeannie Palmer Moore last summer. Detail of 'Latte' quilt by Jeannie Palmer Moore. She used a colored newsprint transfer for the "image" under the saucer. Jeannie is a fiber artist who uses all...
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I hope by now you’ve heard about our new magazine for paper lovers because o ur submission deadline is closing in quickly! Want the inside scoop of the type of projects we’re looking for? Here are some ideas! Silhouettes (people and or pets!) Books from a single sheet of paper (origami styles are great...
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You may remember how my daughter and I are planning to share our creative space ? Well, Meredith's got our home studio all figured out. For one of her classes, she had to sketch her ideal workspace, and she made the drawing you see here. My daughter Meredith's sketch for how to outfit the perfect...
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If you read this blog regularly, you know I looooove gelatin printing , especially with my Gelli Arts TM printing plate. But I have to say, I've been in a bit of a rut. I've used some basic masks. I've made marks with a few tools. But I am looking to go further and make my monoprints more...
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This month I’m celebrating my #oneword “give”. I’m so glad to have you along for the journey. To read more about my #oneword adventure for 2013 click here . Check out the links at the bottom of this post to read more about other “giving” situations! Today I’m giving the submission guidelines to our newest...
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I consider myself an omnivart (I term I am pretty sure I coined), a person who likes to participate in nearly all art media. Some might call it art ADD, but it's not so much that different genres and techniques don't hold my attention, it's just that there are so many that I enjoy or would...
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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...