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Mysterious

Posted in Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , on April 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Tried this new background technique this morning. This is not a small piece. It’s approximately 11″x12″. My intent was to create a few background pages for future use. Why is it some of us can’t seem to stop at just the background? LOL I just get too involved. This technique is a lot [...]

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Posted in Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , on April 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Weathered Metal Challenge – added alcohol inks, metal rubs, and black acrylic – final sanding [Image from the New York Public Library]

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Posted in Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , on April 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Gesso, paper, transparent acrylics, luminieres, and frozen opals background. [Image from 1916 Harper's Bazar Cover]

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Mistake ?

Posted in Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , , on April 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I finally had some time to play around with backgrounds this afternoon. There was a nice background layer of inks and metallic markers. Next was supposed to be scrunched up tissue papers.
Didn’t I decide to use up an old bottle of Mod Podge instead of my usual medium.
More than half the bottle spilled all over [...]

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Ideas Begin

Posted in Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , , on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Decided to add what I could before it dries (and it’s going to take a LONG time to dry).
Hard to believe this was thick cardstock.
This image just seemed to be the perfect one.

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Ideas Continue

Posted in Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , , on April 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Added just a little bit more. No further growth until it is completely dry. Drat! Sure hope it doesn’t take days. This is fun!

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Connection

Posted in Altered Postcards, Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Another altered post card. We were given another card and selected some images from artist Marilyn Rock’s class to take home and alter.
The images, mica, and aging created a haunting look to the piece. A little ‘bling’ added some zest.
Can you find the face of the second female?

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Remember

Posted in Altered Postcards, Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This is another altered post card created in a class taught by artist, Marilyn Rock.
Layering of images and transparency brought about a very interesting result.
It put me in mind of the Titanic tragedy and gives the appearance that a woman is being raised up from what would have become her watery grave.

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World Traveler

Posted in Altered Postcards, Collage, Mixed Media, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This is an altered postcard created with a peeling paint background.
The background technique was learned in a class taught by artist, Marilyn Rock.
The butterfly is a sealing tape transfer and the wheel is from a sheet of some sort of mica composite.
The rest is stamping and aging techniques.

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