Tag: Threedimensional Art

Announcing the finalists for the Mixed-Media Book Sculpture reader challenge

  Art by Mary Gubbels Thank you to everyone who took part in our Mixed-Media Book Sculpture reader challenge.  Congratulations to the artists who were chosen as finalists. We would like those listed below to send their Book Sculptures to us for consideration for publication in the March/April 2015 issue. Please send your art to:Interweave/Cloth Paper Scissors490 Boston Post RoadSuite…

One Egg Hunt That Rain Won't Affect

Holidays are what I live for. They're a great reason to gather family members that I may not see in between these special days. I've always thrown an Easter egg hunt for my husband's family and my next-of-kin and their husbands, wives, and children, but this year it will be slightly different. Since we've moved…

Deck the Halls with Handmade Mixed-Media Art Houses

My house is full of houses, and never more than during the holidays. From the vintage paper village houses lit up on the tree to the ceramic Dickens village my husband and I started collecting the day after we were married. A sampling of the mixed-media houses from the Home Sweet Home reader challenge, featured…

Make Three-Dimensional Art Pumpkins, Vintage-Style

Decorating for Halloween can go many different ways. You can take the scary route, the natural route, the Gothic route, and so on. I prefer the folk arty route: cute, vintage, artsy. These plastic pumpkins now look like vintage paper-mache art. By Leslie Brier. So I perked right up when I saw these three-dimensional art…

Altered Books: Ideas for Your Next Party

A dear friend of mine from my newspaper days has her first book, a memoir coming out in September, and I can't wait to help her celebrate. Because the book is about raising and training a service dog, we're making arrangements for a reading at my local gourmet pet food shop and other friends are…

New: Four Free Techniques for Making Three-Dimensional Art

Everyone wants their art to stand out, right? Well, there’s no easier way that by going 3-D. Take your mixed-media art into the third dimension with this new eBook from Cloth Paper Scissors Today: Three-Dimensional Art Sculpture: Free Mixed-Media Sculpture and Paper-Mache. In it, we’ve brought together four techniques for three-dimensional art using paper-mache ideas, clay sculpture,…

Texture-Boosting Monoprinting Techniques

If you read this blog regularly, you know I looooove gelatin printing, especially with my Gelli ArtsTM 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…

Upcycle Wool Felt Scraps into a Jewelry Bag

Today I'm sharing a little project from Kristen Robinson for making sweet bag for your jewelry or to hold a special little gift. Kristen makes these bags out of wool felt or linen; you can use purchased felt or make it even more personal by upcycling a wool sweater into felt or upcycling your fabric scraps…

Five Reasons Real Artists Make Their Own Tools

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 and…