Feb 27
Finally got my kiln working, and was able to glaze some of the tiles I’d made last year (or was it two years ago?) I had the idea of basing some tiles off of the Tarot, because Tarot cards are defined enough to provide concrete parameters, yet still have room for personal interpretation. I doubt …
Feb 21
For this book cover, I started with orange printed calico over paper, and again did Rorschach-like blobs of black gesso on it. I wanted to try a photo transfer onto colored paper, so I chose a blue square with brown seedpods printed on it. The transfer worked fairlywell, and I glued it to the orange …
Feb 18
For the cloth of this book, I used thin, rainbow tie-dyed cotton. I added black gesso just as I did to the other two books in this series. Again I wanted to experiment with photo transfers, so I transferred the images of a poritco (front cover) and gate (back cover) using acrylic medium. I love …
Feb 15
I began this book by putting black gesso on to some printed calico in what I hoped were random patches. Once that was done, a book on photo transfers inspired me to attempt to transfer a photo. I found a photo of a landscape, and transferred it onto the cloth using a thin layer of …
