Nov 04
This was one of a series of books I made recently. I started by taking some ironed sheets of thin cotton cloth. I used a marbled paper technique wherein dye is laid on top of a bed of shaving cream, only instead of using food coloring or alcohol based inks, I used some leftover fabric …
Nov 02
My favorite, of course, is the red one with the K in it. I also like how random the gold leaf turned out, and the familiarity of the watch buckle. Might see more watch parts, as we have quite a few broken watches and watch bands around here.
Oct 31
I finally got the resin working right in these. I managed to get some disposable graduated mixing cups from my dad, and when I scrupulously measured each part, it cured properly. I tried very hard to make the suspended doo-dads within the resin match the background. I particularly like the small mirror and the piece …
Oct 28
These bottlecaps were also thrown away because of a problem with improperly mixed resin. Pouring new resin on top of the uncured resin does not solve the problem. At least I have plenty of bottlecaps left.
Oct 26
I’ve been saving these bottlecaps for some unspecified future project for so long that I have quite a collection of them. Finally my idea coalesced into these. I cut circles of either scraps of old book covers (that I made) or pieces of decorative paper, or both. Then I found or made small ornaments to …
