Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Taking Odds and Ends...

 




This new piece is composed of acrylic painted paper bits and pieces fitted into a shallow frame. The frame has been in my closet for years and running across it recently I thought it was time I either used it or donated it.

There is a large box of watercolor painted papers that I dip into frequently as well as bags of smaller leftovers. I've used the odds and ends to make book and journal covers, journal pages, substrates, and mini-books.


Monday, June 20, 2022

Accordion Fold Mini-Book


 



I love to make prints with various gel plates. Recently, looking at 3" square prints in 9" x 12" Mixed Media paper commercial coil books I had an idea that I could fold a page into a little booklet.

This is one page with a black line showing the way I cut it to use all the images: