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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

Archive for April 2008

April 25th, 2008

Artsy blogging round-up

Cornstarch clay- can it look like turquoise?
Noreen Crone-Findlay is working on a new doll. She’s spun the yarn to weave the body, and sculpted the head from cornstarch clay. She painted it to look like carved turquoise.
Creative Scarecrows book review
Yard people aren’t just for the fall. Check out this book for inspiration.
Keeping a Knitting Journal
Links […]

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April 24th, 2008

Eileen’s offerings…

Eileen, The Artful Crafter, writes:

You showed yours so here are some of mine.
There’s a finished Panadiere, or fabric bread basket along with the original pattern which I did on newspaper. LOL! Then there’s the finished typed and illustrated pattern which I sell on The Artful Crafter. It’s my most popular item.
As for the sketchbooks, […]

By Cyndi -- 3 comments

April 24th, 2008

Painted Threads by Judy Coates Perez

Art Attack Thursday!

Judy Coates Perez makes beautiful quilts…out of lots of different materials! She is the mixed media artist’s dream when it comes to quilts, using paper and fabrics, stamping and sewing…basically whatever she feels like! I love her silly lighthearted pieces, and I also love her deeper ones with layers of meaning. You’ll enjoy […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2008

PicaPica’s recycled artwork

Art Attack Thursday! 
I love this stuff! PicaPica has created happy fun pieces from found objects and recycled papers that are just too much fun. You can visit their Etsy shop, or now their website at PicaPicaDesign. Tell me, how cute is this?

There are also platters and jewelry, more vases, collages, and […]

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

April 24th, 2008

Giveaways, round 2!

Earlier this week we posted a list of our first round of giveaways here on the b5media Lifestyles Channel.  Those giveaways aren’t even over and here comes wave Two!  How fun is that?
If you haven’t signed up for the first round, check out a complete list on our resident Pet Lover Blog and then the […]

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

April 23rd, 2008

Call for entries: The Envelope, Please

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE
Editor: Marthe Le Van
Proposal Deadline: June 2, 2008
Lark Books seeks designers to make unique projects to feature in an upcoming how-to publication, The Envelope, Please, scheduled for release in fall 2009. Envelopes carry our most important and our most dear messages and deserve to be showcased! This book will feature a creative collection […]

By Cyndi -- 8 comments

April 23rd, 2008

Collage techniques

We’ve explored lots and lots of fun collage techniques here on Layers Upon Layers. I figured it was past time to compile some of the methods. This post doesn’t include all fo the techniques like image transfers and making background papers…those posts have been compiled elsewhere! You can always find an up-to-date […]

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April 23rd, 2008

Call for submissions: Expressions Fiber Art Gallery

Expressions Fiber Art Gallery in San Jose
Description: CALL FOR ARTISTS
Deadline: September 30th, 2008.
Expressions Fiber Art Gallery seeks U.S. Artists 18+ creating Artist Books, Paper Sculpture, Soft Sculpture (including dolls), and Fiber Art (quilts and stitchery, woven, knitted, knotted or crocheted works including clothing and accessories) for upcoming group and solo shows in 2008. Gallery […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Lizbeth is next!

Lizbeth wrote:
These are two pages from a Calendar RR I am doing. I dared to draw just a little. Does that count?
Of course it does!! Here is Lizbeth’s Picturetrail album so you can see more!

 

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

April 22nd, 2008

Timaree’s sketchbooks

Timaree Cheney wrote and sent me some images. She writes the blog, Freebirdsings, which you need to visit:
I have a few books going. Mostly I am so unorganized I use a scrap of paper and then promptly lose it. I would have liked to send the picture I know I took but can’t find […]

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