Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

April 1st, 2008

Making a paper weaving

Technique Tuesday!

This is one of those really fun little projects that you can do in practically no time, or that you can spend a lot of effort and thought on to make it *really* spectacular! I opted for easy and fun ;-)

Slice up strips of paper, both solids and patterns (or with words like mine), […]

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March 31st, 2008

Cream of the Crop

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A paper weaving, featuring strips from CD covers and inserts, attached to 140 lb watercolor paper.

Tags: paper-art

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March 5th, 2008

Call for entries: Fiberart for a Cause, Collage Mania II

Virginia A Spiegel is hosting a second round of Collage Mania! Last year, she and her partner in the venture, Karen Stiehl Osborn, were thrilled to be able to raise a nice chunk of change to benefit the American Cancer Society during their one-day auction. If you’d like to get in on the action this […]

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December 20th, 2007

Use recycled magazines to make boxes

This is a really cute and useful post by Stefanie (”Abstract Octopus Attack”) on how to slice up those old magazines and make these colorful round boxes. Imagine making a nesting set of them…not only would they be good containers for gifts, but they’d be great gifts all on their own! Thanks Stefanie!

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October 15th, 2007

Organic Origami by Paul Jackson

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Dissatisfied with the current state of origami in the 1980s, Paul Jackson’s work evolved into what he prefers to call folded paper sculptures. Aren’t these gorgeous? Visit his site to see lots more!

Tags: origami, paper-art, paper-sculpture

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July 25th, 2007

Jen Stark: Wonders in paper sculpture!

Jen Stark’s paper constructions are wonderful! Visit her site when you’ve got plenty of time, because I know you will quickly become as mesmerized as I did by the beauty and grace of her work. The site is arranged really well for browsing through her pieces…overall, it’s just a delight!

Tags: paper-art

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May 3rd, 2007

Amazing origami

There’s some pretty amazing stuff out there being done in the name of origami! Some of it is so different from what you’d normally visualize that I decided to gather up a few links for your entertainment!
Joel Cooper’s paper masks
It’s hard to believe that these aren’t cut paper.
Richard Sweeney’s paper tessellations
Maybe these paper sculptures […]

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February 21st, 2007

Post-it notes are art materials too!

I don’t know who actually did this artwork, but it’s pretty darned funny!
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