Some mixed-media projects just make you feel happy. On the cover of the May/June 2018 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, you’ll see an inset photo of a wonderful collaged bird, created by UK artist and author Clare Youngs. Being a fan of her work for a long time, I was over the moon when she agreed…
Acryl and mixed media on little 5"x5" wood panel
The wire bird nest is constructed of salvaged wire from wire-bound manuals, cherry wood sticks, raffia and strung beads. It is lined with milk weed pod silk and three tiny wire wrapped egg-jewels snuggle inside. Mama bird is hand-stitched from hand-made paper fabric with bent wire legs. Overall size is about 4x4x6 inch.
Go There Now Go There Now
In a holiday frame of mind, I began this art journal page with a distressed copy of a vintage catalog page layered on a painted background. On top of that was a dove outline sewn on muslin adhered to watercolor paper – this was then lightly stuffed to raise the surface. This was layered onto…
This Mixed Media Bird piece was made with Fabric, Handmade Paper, A Large Handmade Button, Glass Gems, Chip Board and Acrylic Paint. Bird 2 has a confident expression on his colorful face and is a One Of a Kind Beauty Bird. Writing Says; Be Yourself And Be Beautiful! Created by Karen Schoubye of Animalia Art and…
This is a surface designed 3D bird made with white cotton fabric drawn on with markers and colored pencils. I sewed around the edges, stuffed it with cotton balls, and finished with zigzag stitching.
Mixed Media hand painted collaged papers on canvas
Final post for today. Made with: antique trade card (American Song Birds: No. 12, Mockingbird, Singer Sewing Machine Co., 1898), record sleeve (Columbia Grafonola) and endpaper (The New Garden Encyclopedia, 1936); vintage sheet music (The Etude magazine, 1905) and endpaper (Field Guide to the Birds: Eastern Land & Water Birds, 1947); ink, watercolor, acrylic sealer and…
