Richard Minsky is the founder and the current chairman of the Center for Book Arts in New York City. The center has presented over 140 exhibitions since the opening, and has been prominent in establishing the artist book movement. Minsky’s book art is extraordinary, and as a master teacher, he has inspired his students […]
Welcome to another Technique Tuesday!
Cut two pieces of craft foam into identical sized squares. Using an exacto knife, cut geometric shapes out of the middle of one piece, leaving at least a thin border all the way around the outside. Mount one on top of the other using spray adhesive.
Paint a background piece […]
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Hope
Tomorrow for Technique Tuesday, I’ll be explaining how to make a grid stamp that you can use on background papers that you’ve painted :-)
Tags: Mixed Media, paper arts, stamping
Several pieces of mixed media jewelry that I sent off for photographing by one of the magazines I write for regularly have come home…yay! It’s always a bit of a relief to have them back, so that I can get on with the next item of business, which is getting rid of them permanently! That’s […]
If you’re like me, you often end up with a piece that is hard to imagine framed in a traditional style. Even so, I think that the basic principles of how to choose a good frame are the best place to start when making your choices. Here are three sources of info that I think […]
Tim Baker is a sculptor, makeup artist and specialty prop maker in the Los Angeles area. And he’s very good at what he does!
Tags: Book Arts, Mixed Media
Weirdomatic has a lot of great photos of strange strange things. I really liked the line-up of bass guitars. This post is pretty image-intense and can take awhile to load. Be patient…it’s worth it!
Weirdomatic has lots of other great stuff to browse through as well.
Tags: bass-guitars, Mixed Media
Technique Tuesday!
This is what happens when you try to use texture plates as a stamp! Not much!!
Another use of texture plates is to use them as a reverse stamp. They don’t make good stamps in the classic sense, because the ridges are not all the same height. Therefore, when you try to […]
Make Art Monday!
Continuing our theme of texture:
My soul follows hard after Thee
(Psalm 63:8)
Tags: Collage, Mixed Media
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
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