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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

Archive for October 2006

October 26th, 2006

Look at these cute little thangs!

The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Jan and Jarmila Sobota
The Miniature Book Society has released pictures of the winners for their 2006 competition, and has posted the call for entries for the 2007 competition.
Tags: Book Arts, Mixed Media, Paper

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October 26th, 2006

Free themed fonts

Somehow, I feel you can never have too many fonts! Just wait until you feast your eyes on these wonderful fonts…themed to movies, music, games, and more. Oh, yeah, and they’re free. Even better!
Tags: Digital Art, online-tools

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October 26th, 2006

Prints and artist books

The American Print Alliance has done a survey of museums and universities that have contemporary collections of prints, artist books, and other works on paper. They have compiled a list of all the contact information for these collections. Many have changing shows of selected works from the collection, as well as opportunities to be able […]

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October 25th, 2006

Photoshop yourself a haunted house while you’re at it

Just in case you’ve finished your costume, your jewelry and wig, your pumpkin, your decorations, and all the treat bags, there’s another project you might want to try: turn a picture of your own house into a haunted house!

Instructions
Tags: Digital Art, Photography, photoshop

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October 25th, 2006

More examples of photographic collages

Yesterday, for Technique Tuesday, I gave an overview of how I used colorful leaves to create backgrounds for collages. I just want to show you a few more examples today, which use paper, fabrics, and images, as well as leaves. There’s really no limit to what you can use, since the camera does such a […]

By Cyndi -- 3 comments

October 25th, 2006

Are you bored with the same old pumpkin?

Here are some marvelous ideas to help you make your pumpkin different this year!
Zombie pumpkins includes Homer Simpson, pictured above
Cute stensils from Hormel not as scary as the others!
StarWars themed pumpkins
Paper masks for your pumpkins…it just had to be Martha!
Sculpted pumpkins the scariest of the bunch
This link isn’t for […]

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October 24th, 2006

A brilliant way to display your altered books

On the CaiLun blog, Dennis posted the most ingenious way to display altered books, in a way that makes them accessible and beautiful! Check out his beautiful books and bindings while you’re visiting.
Tags: altered-books, Book Arts, Mixed Media

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

October 24th, 2006

One more use for colored leaves before they’re gone

Making roses from maple leaves. Hey, why not? These are gorgeous, in their own dusky, fading sort of way. Use the largest maple leaves you can find.
Tags: Mixed Media, tutorials

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October 24th, 2006

A photographic collage

Welcome to another Technique Tuesday!
While there are still beautiful leaves available for the plucking or gathering, here’s another way to store them away for later. Last week on Technique Tuesday, we dealt with the individual leaves, but this week we’re creating backgrounds to use…both now and later!

Start by arranging your leaves all over a large […]

By Cyndi -- 10 comments

October 23rd, 2006

Fall tins

Before all of my beloved fall leaves turn brown and the snow starts to fly, I decided to put together one last tribute to my favorite season (at least this minute!).

I found this old baking tin at a junk shop and managed to liberate it for just a few dollars. I prefer free, but what […]

By Cyndi -- 4 comments