Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

May 8th, 2008

Artist Profile: Elis Cooke

Artist: Elis Cooke
Business name: Into the Blystic
Location: Tara, Ontario, Canada
Website & Blog:
Into the Blystic
Into the Blystic blog
Elis, how do you describe your work?
Loosely I would describe my work as mixed media. I am especially focused on acrylic painting, making textural works with handmade paper, monoprinting and bookarts. My business name is a reminder […]

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March 27th, 2008

Artist Profile: Di Hickman

Digital papers printed and used to cover a journal.
Artist: Di Hickman
Location: California, USA (but born and bred in Derby, England)
Websites & Blog:
Di Hickman
Di Hickman Designs (store)
Di Hickman (blog)

Computer journaling onto traditional scrapbook layout
How do you describe your work, Di?
I create cards, scrapbook layouts, mini books, altered projects, and ATC’s, using either paper, digital or hybrid […]

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February 28th, 2008

Artist Profile: Boris Bally

Installation
Artist: Boris Bally
Website: Boris Bally

Metamorphic Light
Boris, how did you get started as an artist and what kind of training did you have?
I started working metals in 1974 because of a very enthusiastic and talented jewelry teacher: Steve Korpa. He changed my perception that metal was an unworkable and unforgiving material: “I will make you all […]

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February 13th, 2008

Jen Worden’s weekly challenges

Jen writes:
I realized that I work really well with deadlines over my head and tucked that information away for a later day. When I began thinking about the New Year and what I hoped to achieve here I revisited that idea, turned it round, fiddled with it and came up with idea of implementing […]

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February 6th, 2008

Call for entries: The 6th Annual Ugly Necklace Contest

What’s Up Wednesday!
It’s not that easy to do ugly. I mean to do really gut-twisting ugly.
It’s easy to make a necklace that isn’t that great, but how about to make one that breaks all the rules of good design and leaves your viewer feeling squeamish? I can’t show you a picture of my entry from […]

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February 6th, 2008

Call for entries: Quilting Arts 2009 Calendar contest

2009 Quilting Arts Magazine Calendar Contest
The theme for our Quilting Arts Magazine® 2009 Calendar will be “Celebrating Home.” Show us in stitch, fabric, and embellishment how you celebrate home. You can interpret the theme many ways: as a celebration of the concept of home or what makes a house a home, celebrations at home, honoring […]

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February 6th, 2008

Call for entries: Cloth Paper Scissors, True Colors Challenge

Show us your True Colors in a Mixed-media Paper Quilt.

Make a mixed-media paper quilt that incorporates a color or colors that reveal the true you.
The entire quilt, including binding, must measure 12″ x 12″.
You are […]

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January 31st, 2008

Artist Profile: Christy Grant

Artist: Christy Grant
Location: Mechanicsville (a suburb of Richmond) known for its Hanover tomatoes and good schools,Virginia
Blog & Online Gallery:
Art Chickadee’s Reflections
Christy Grant’s Gallery
Christy, how do you describe your work?
Layers, not unlike your site here, Layers Upon Layers. I’m happiest with lots of “stuff” going on in a mixed media piece. Sort of telling […]

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January 30th, 2008

Book Review: The Art of Personal Imagery

What’s Up Wednesday

The Art of Personal Imagery
by Corey Moortgat
Corey makes a strong request of her readers: please keep an open mind about using imagery that you’ll probably consider too personal and intimate. This request echoes what I read each month in the mixed media journals…”please, no more dunce hats and cute children with wings.” Although […]

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January 17th, 2008

Artist Profile: Zura Beth

Artist: Zura Beth
Website: Creative Clown
Zura, how do you describe your work, and why did you pick your business name?
That is an interesting question, because reading the first part, I would have answered that a lot of my work comes from a deep emotional place and a lot of it is quite dark. But reading the […]

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