Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

June 8th, 2007

My son’s wedding!

June 2, 2007
Lizzie Stukenberg and Nathaniel Hurley

Lizzie & Nate in their apartment…with nothing except
a table with no legs! And chocolate…
 

Who needs furniture when you’ve got love?
 

Nate’s boys from the youth group:
Luke, Nate, Larry, & Nick
 

Steve & Nate’s sister Dani

Lizzie’s girls…and Nate

Nate’s boys

Lizzie has an enormous family! Most of the wedding
party were family […]

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June 7th, 2007

Mystical Places Press

OK, I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for small independent presses, and even more of a sucker for small books. Combine the two, and you’ve definitely got my interest!

Leaves
Mystical Places Press is the publisher of limited edition handmade books. The series that caught my attention first is called Nature’s Details. The picture above is […]

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June 7th, 2007

Online color training and tools

Not all of us in the mixed media world are fortunate enough to have been classically trained in drawing and in color. I have gathered together some of the best online resources available for learning about color and for generating color palettes. Play around with these color scheme toys serious tools and you’ll […]

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June 6th, 2007

CaiLun: a beautiful paper and bookmaking blog

I’d definitely suggest that if you’re a fan of handmade paper and books, you should visit and subscribe to CaiLun. The work shown there is exquisite, and the techniques are inspiring!

Tags: book-art, book-making, bookbinding, Journals, Mixed Media, Paper, tutorials

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June 5th, 2007

Things to do with texture plates (Part one)

Technique Tuesday!
I bought a set of texture plates recently, and then sat there trying to figure out why I had wanted them! In typical fashion, I got interested in the tool before I had thought through the results. But with a little experimenting, I found out that there are a whole host of […]

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June 4th, 2007

Textured polymer clay pendant

Make Art Monday!

After I bought a set of texture plates, I started to look around for what I could do with them. Over the next two Technique Tuesdays, I’ll be sharing some of the results…like the pendant above!
Tags: Mixed Media, polymer-clay, Wearable Art

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June 1st, 2007

Fabric swatch portraits

Swatch Portraits by The Purl Bee

Aren’t these adorable?

If you’re like me, you’ve probably got dozens (if not hundreds) of small swatches of fabric left over from different projects. I’ve also got antique fabrics that I bought and now can’t bring myself to cut into. Isn’t this a clever idea for using them up?

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