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You may have been reading Cloth Paper Scissors for four months or four years. You know your way around rusted metal, ledger sheets, and image transfers with your eyes closed. You drink encaustic wax and eat peanut butter and gel medium sandwiches for lunch. You ARE mixed media. Hmm… Then why haven’t...
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28 Jun 2010
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Filed under: stitch, collage, art, mixed media, mixed-media, metal, transfers, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper, jewelry, assemblage, Printmaking, Book Making, gel medium, encaustic
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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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Jenn Mason
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14 Jun 2010
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Filed under: stitch, art, create, Inspiration, mixed-media, text, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper, magazine, glue, photo, found objects, gel medium, craft, Challenges, glazes
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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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10 Jun 2010
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Filed under: sketchbook, workshop, stitch, Collage, Art, Canvas, painting, Cloth, Paper, Mixed-Media, embellishment, Transfers, ATCs, dye, Sew, Pendant Swap, technique, clay, Monoprinting, Lesley Riley, create, inspiration, Scissors, quilts, Artist, collaged, Encaustic, Combine, stuffies, Muse, green, assemble, printing, Charm, Doll, Photo, Ephemera, Studios, portrait, wire, challenges, craft, Metal, Jane Lafazio, digital, Books, Linda Blinn, assemblage, Sketching, Lutradur, Jenn Mason, Fold, triptych, Glue, sketch, cyanotype, magazine, Collaboration, textural, text, printmaking, jewelry, found objects
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CREATE with the Best August 25th-29th, 2011 Rosemont, Illinois Wow! Have you seen the instructor line up for Create? Did you get a look at the workshop schedule ? You can learn everything from no-stitch ATCs with Belinda Spiwak to monoprinting with Jeanne Moore . Or how about making a painted face canvas...
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12 May 2010
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Filed under: sew, stitch, collage, art, create, mixed-media, metal, Jenn Mason, canvas, artist, Cloth, paper, jewelry, Stamping, Workshop, Beryl Taylor, painting, Melanie Testa, Kelli Perkins, Linda Blinn, Jane Davila, ATCs, collaboration, printing, monoprinting, metallic paints, gel medium, surface design, craft, quilts, thread, sketching, altered books
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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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Outside the Box with Jenn
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Jenn Mason
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10 May 2010
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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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10 May 2010
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Filed under: stitch, collage, art, create, Inspiration, mixed-media, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper, jewelry, assemblage, glue, Workshop, gel pens, Printmaking, muse, Book Making, Jane Dunnewold, Screen Printing, found objects, printing
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I'm always on the look out for more inspiration especially when I'm ready to embark on a new series or when I'm immobilized by the possibilities (which happens a lot). I've recently fallen in love with watching Quilting Arts Television for new ideas, tips and tricks to try in my mixed...
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Jenn Mason
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12 Apr 2010
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Filed under: paintsticks, fabric paper, sew, stitch, collage, art, mixed media, create, Inspiration, dye, embellishment, mixed-media, metal, Jenn Mason
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Cover art by Sue Pelletier about this issue Silk screening made easy; Artist Profile: Leo Sewell; Artist to Artist: Erin Zamrzla; Graffiti Paper Quilts; Burned Glue & Paper; Embracing the Blues; “Celebrate Birthdays”; Books with a Repurpose; Mixed Adventures of a Superhero Series; Birdscapes;...
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17 Feb 2010
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Filed under: sketchbook, workshop, stitch, Collage, Art, Canvas, painting, Cloth, Paper, Mixed-Media, Sew, Pendant Swap, technique, clay, Monoprinting, Lesley Riley, create, inspiration, Scissors, quilts, Drop Cloth, Beryl Taylor, Artist, collaged, Encaustic, Combine, Doll, Metal, Jane Lafazio, Books, Linda Blinn, Jenn Mason, Glue, sketch, cyanotype, magazine
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Also known as straight stitch, this basic stitch is done by passing the needle in and out of the fabric or paper at equal intervals, about 1/8"-1/4" apart. Running or straight stitch is used in hand quilting to piece together the quilt top.
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Tell me, does a messy studio stress you out, or is it a sign of a creative mind at work? Can you create better with everything out in the open and available, or when you have everything unneccessary to the task at hand put away, with clean open spaces in front of you? I ask, because there's been...
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In the Studio with Cate
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Cate Prato
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25 Jan 2010
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Two or more fabrics or fibers stitched on top of each other. For example, two pieces of fabric with batting in between, or a piece of felt stitched or fused to another fabric.
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A type of machine stitching that allows you to move around the fabric sandwich or paper quilt in any direction, creating geometric, flowing, or random patterns. Sewing machines must be specially equipped for this function, or must have the capacity to lower the feed dogs (the “teeth” that...
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Cover quilt by Diana Trout about this issue Designing Fabric; Sketches on fabric; Mixed-Media approach to quilting; dyeing technique; Sub Urban Art - selective Rusting; Edges; Monoprinting with texture plates; Journal quilts; Spontaneous explorations in color; Re-create your sketchbook images on cloth;...
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1 Jan 2010
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Filed under: sketchbook, Sketches, workshop, color, Quilting, images, stitch, Collage, Fabric, sewing, Art, dyeing, Canvas, center, painting, texture, papers, medium, paint, Cloth, Paper, Mixed-Media, Sew, Pendant Swap, technique, clay, Monoprinting, Lesley Riley, create, inspiration, Scissors, quilts, Drop Cloth, Beryl Taylor, Artist, collaged, Encaustic, Combine
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Cover art by (left to right): Jennifer Greenwell, Flora Thompson and Michele Y Cushman about this issue Dolls inspired by shape, balance, and movement; creating art with math; illustrative clay painting; multi-layered wax backgrounds; Wabi-sabi inspiration; Ornamental Gift Tags; Floral Gift Tags - show...
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8 Dec 2009
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Cover art by Kristen Beason about this issue Photo, Paint, Stitch - Create whimsical images from your own photographs; Collage a Trois; Watercolor Journeys - Inspirations from travels; Our Bags are always Packed; Studios Sneak Peak; Visual Journaling with Found Papers & Ephemera; Funky Fiber Trees;...
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8 Dec 2009
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Filed under: workshop, Watercolor, color, Quilting, images, stitch, Collage, Art, center, papers, medium, paint, Cloth, Paper, Mixed-Media, Lesley Riley, create, inspiration, Scissors, Artist, Melanie Testa, Photo, home studio, Ephemera, Studios