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Why make your own stamps, stencils, and silkscreens? Inquiring minds want to know! Of course we all love to learn new techniques and processes, but are there concrete reasons to invest the time in learning how to make your own tools? I think the answer is a loud-and-clear yes! And, thanks to Jane Dunnewold...
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28 Jul 2010
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Filed under: art, create, text, Cloth, paper, press, books, Jane Dunnewold, printing, monoprint, carving, old books, three-dimensional art
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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...
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This Just In Whether it’s a product, a tool, or a storage item, we have all used our things in imaginative ways to help make our art spaces or our art our own. A child’s lunchbox repurposed to corral ribbons, a vintage hutch storing paints, everyday items used as stamps—artists strive...
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19 Jul 2010
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Filed under: art, create, Inspiration, mixed-media, text, canvas, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper, jewelry, assemblage, magazine, photo, inspiring, studios, press, fluid acrylics, encaustic, cardstock, card stock, repurposed, junk, handmade paper
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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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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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Over and over again we hear from our loyal readers how they don’t want us to ever stop printing a paper version of our magazine. Well, we don’t want to stop that either. We hear you—we know you like to take your magazine to the doctor’s office, soccer practice, the beach, and even to a well-deserved...
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31 May 2010
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An Editor’s Learning Curve The best thing about working for Interweave is the exposure to all different art processes and media. The worst thing is that I am sometimes so focused on helping to curate the most amazing issue for you readers that I forget to stop and smell the creative “roses”...
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24 May 2010
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Filed under: art, mixed media, Inspiration, mixed-media, text, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper, magazine, photo, muse, discovery, sculpture
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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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Jenn Mason
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10 May 2010
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Filed under: art, paper, found objects, Scissors, Cloth, inspiration, books, workshops, text, create, glue, Linda Blinn, stitch, junk, gesso
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Textural Inspiration At this time of year, Nature puts on a glorious, colorful, textural display to help push us out of our winter doldrums and I am constantly drawn to it: the buds of various sizes, shapes, and colors on the trees; the plants bursting through the soil; the layers of green in the fields...
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3 May 2010
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Filed under: art, create, Inspiration, mixed-media, text, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper, magazine, green, Workshop, Cloth Paper Scissors, Texture Transformation, Textural, ephemera, Paper Scissors, texture, Scissor
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Cover art by Serena Wilson Stubson about this issue Learn to layer texture with Katy Monnot in the Workshop. Read about Robert Maloney's love of texture in the Artist Profile. Discover a beginner's guide to assemblage and try 3-D printmaking. Spend some time exploring text as a collage element...
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19 Apr 2010
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Filed under: workshop, Collage, Art, painting, Cloth, Paper, Mixed-Media, Lesley Riley, create, inspiration, Scissors, quilts, Artist, Encaustic, Muse, Doll, Metal, Jane Lafazio, Books, Linda Blinn, assemblage, Jenn Mason, Glue, sketch, Collaboration, textural, text, printmaking
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Contemporary artists who work in mixed media and paper crafts know that including a texture background in their art projects makes for more interesting, cohesive pieces of art. Layering mixed-media techniques gives the final piece depth and polish. To help you create better backgrounds for your mixed...
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9 Apr 2010
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Filed under: collage, art, mixed media, create, mixed-media, text, transfers, Traci Bautista, technique, CPS, Backgrounds for Collage, canvas, scissors, artist, Cloth, paper
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Did you find the time to finish your pendant yesterday? Yes? Hurrah! Ok, here is a little reward for you--more pendant lovelies. If you came by earlier this week you might have read this blog . I spent a little more time on these pendants just to show you what else you could create, as well as give you...
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Did you read about the pendant swap in Cloth Paper Scissors and immediately say to yourself, "Self, we should enter that challenge!" Did you then proceed to forget all about it? Yikes! Today is just about the last day to get your swap here (using Priority mail) by our April 5th deadline. And...
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1 Apr 2010
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Filed under: paper, Scissors, Cloth, inspiration, metal, workshops, text, collage, create, green, Muse, soft gel, Pendant Swap, wire, transparencies, stamping, workshop, Linda Blinn
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Rainy days and Mondays all ways get me down...but not next Monday! April 5th is the deadline for our Mixed Media Pendant Swap ( read more here ) and I am so excited to finally be able to go through all of the swap entries and see the marvelous things that you sent in! What?!? You haven't sent anything...
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29 Mar 2010
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Filed under: mixed media, paper, artist, text, collage, create, soft gel, Pendant Swap, glazes, transfers, sketching, frame
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Perhaps you've already seen this video in our first Cloth Paper Scissors TODAY newsletter. If not, take a look at my video announcement about CREATE, our first ever art retreat . As we finalize information, I hope to be providing more of these video snippets. Keep an eye out in your inbox for the...