Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

March 30th, 2007

Spring issue of Skin Deep is online

J Hewit and Sons has posted the spring 2007 issue of Skin Deep on their website. Among other interesting articles, it contains one on the restoration of an ancient manuscript in a monastery in Ethiopia!
The archives for the newsletter can be found at the same link.
Tags: artist-books, book-art, book-making, bookbinding, Journals, Mixed Media, Paper

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March 30th, 2007

Dani’s alabaster carving

While she was home on spring break, Dani was busy working on a few projects for school. She’s a college sophomore, art major/math minor, and never ceases to amaze me by her fearless attitude towards every new thing she tries. Her favorite professor teaches the stone carving class, so Dani says, “Great! […]

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March 29th, 2007

Artist Profile: Corinne Stubson

Diamond in the Rough
Artist: Corinne Stubson
Location: Medford, Oregon
Website & Blog:
Glitz-Oh
Glitz-Oh Girl
Corinne, how do you describe your work?
My art is mixed media. My first and foremost love is working with books as art medium. I love to alter them, cut them up, carve and slice and dice them if needs be. I call them my book […]

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March 29th, 2007

Pub Calls Blog: constant calls for entries!

Attention, all you paper arts and scrapbooking junkies! You really need to subscribe to Pub Calls if you are at all interested in getting your stuff published. Listed are calls and contests from magazines, stores, manufacturers, and other pertinent events!
Serious about your art? Read this one regularly!
Tags: Calls For Entries & Submissions, Mixed […]

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March 28th, 2007

Jacob Hashimoto, paper artist

Wall art and installations of unimaginable delicacy are the hallmark of Jacob Hashimoto. The American born artist draws on Japanese sensibilities to create these open, airy, and uplifting works.

Tags: Assemblage, Mixed Media, Paper

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March 28th, 2007

Knitting, crocheting, and…geometry?

“I had to try it,” Hinke Osinga said when her partner challenged her to come up with a 3D way to visualize the complex Lorenz manifold that they were working on. The 2D models were just not satisfying. Science News reports, “Eighty-five hours and 25,511 crochet stitches later, Osinga had a Lorenz manifold almost a […]

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March 27th, 2007

Caulk image transfers

Technique Tuesday!
Today I’m wrapping up the series of tutorials that I’ve been sharing on my favorite image transfer methods. This last one, using clear acrylic caulk as the transfer medium, is a really wonderful and very permanent method, but it’s also more time consuming and a bit more physical. You really need to use a […]

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March 26th, 2007

Caulk image transfers by Judy Wood

Judy Wood of Glasswood Studio sent me this lovely image, which incorporates image transfers!

Judy writes:

The transfers on this piece are transparent caulking transfers, and the collage is done on stretched canvas. Total size is 20″ x 24″. I use either Golden gel medium or caulking for my transfers, using the method where I […]

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March 26th, 2007

Arte & Scienza

Make Art Monday

arte/scienza
Leonardo da Vinci’s beautiful drawing of a woman is the background for this interplay of artistic and scientific elements. Framed by quill bobbins, the piece is intended to unite the opposites in much the same way that they are united in my husband and me. Yes, that’s us…on a fishing trip!
The […]

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March 23rd, 2007

Best books on altered books

Maybe it seems funny to think about buying a book about how to alter another book, but there are so many wonderful techniques that book artists are sharing…why not learn something from their experiences?

Altered Books 101
The supplies are simple…discarded books, paper, glue and assorted embellishments. You’ll soon have books for every theme and […]

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