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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

Archive for February 2007

February 12th, 2007

Tara Bryan, book artist

Tara Bryan creates artist books in some beautifully innovative shapes. The one pictured here, for example, is a tunnel book, titled World Without End. While it is only 3×3 inches closed, it extends to a full 15 inches. Isn’t it beautiful?

Tags: artist-books, Book Arts, bookbinding, handmade-books, Mixed Media, Paper

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February 12th, 2007

Francis, Walter, and Grace

Make Art Monday!
I love Photoshop. I adore Photoshop. I am crazy about Photoshop!
Get the idea?

Francis, Walter, and Grace
I made this piece from a teal-colored background painting that I did on fabric. Teal? Yup! By scanning the background and the vintage photograph of the three lovely children into Photoshop, I was able to […]

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February 9th, 2007

Artist showcase over at Noreen’s blog!

Our February Artist Showcase is entitled From the Heart and can be found at Hankering for Yarn, written by our own Noreen!
My entry this month is rather ironic! I made a piece back in December, but didn’t get around to posting it until last week. It’s called Dreaming of June, and is about […]

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February 9th, 2007

Co-Creators

The important thing is that creation is G-d’s, and that we are part of it, and being part of creation is for us to be co-creators with Him in the continuing joy of new creation.
~ Madeleine L’Engle
Tags: Digital Art, Photography, photoshop, Quotes

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February 9th, 2007

My son is getting married!!

Nate & Lizzie
Not that I’m particularly surprised, but I am just totally thrilled for them both. The wedding will be then end of June, so it’s time for me to go pick out a beige dress and practice keeping my mouth shut ;-)

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February 8th, 2007

The World in Stitches

One of my favorite local shops is The World in Stitches. My friend Randi Nelson owns and runs the shop, and her claim is that TWIS is the largest needlework shop in Massachusetts, with the expert staff to help you in any aspect of cross stitch, needlepoint, knitting, and other needle arts that interest you. […]

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February 8th, 2007

Carnival of the Creators #18

Welcome to the 18th edition of Carnival of the Creators!
We had quite a few literary entries this time as well as a number of entries on creativity and achieving your dreams. There were updates on on-going projects, and new projects for your to try. Altogether, I think this is a wonderfully diverse group of posts. […]

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February 7th, 2007

Don’t throw out anything! Pens this time…

No even used up ballpoint pens!! You never know when you just might want to construct a chandelier from your cast-offs.

Volivik Chandelier
A limited edition chandelier, handmade by the enPieza design team. If you want one of these, it will set you back $1000. They chose to use the under-appreciated “bic ballpoint pen as an icon […]

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February 7th, 2007

Alyson Souza’s painted wood assemblages

They were NOT
Alyson Souza draws, cuts, preps, assembles, and paints the most extraordinary wooden creations. They are dimensional, although not usually quite as much as they appear to be: her painting skills include many trompe l’oeil techniques. Some of Alyson’s assemblages, such as the one above, are animated on her website…I suggest going there to […]

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February 6th, 2007

Lions and tigers and bears…wonderful fleece hats to make

Instructables has some great directions for how to make yourself a fleece hat, totally customizable to suit your animal preferences. How about a dragon or a scifi character?

Ryzellon, the creator of these hats apologizes for how general the directions are since everyone will want to customize. I don’t feel that […]

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