These are four more of the resin tiles I made with the Ice Resin I splurged on at Art Unraveled. I was at the art store the other day and saw there are lots and lots of different kinds of resins available for painting. Some of them are reasonable, some are even more expensive than …
Category: Art
Oct 06
Butterfly Book
This is the book I decided was good enough to give to my friend for her birthday. She also got a scrabble tile pendant which happened to have a butterfly on it. It was coincidence, but I ran with it and gave her a butterfly sticker and a butterfly card. Like the striped book, this …
Sep 29
Bird on Wheels
I made this book at Art Unraveled, at the eponymous workshop ‘Bird on Wheels’. It was more of assemblage than the kind of mixed media that I like, but it was one of the few evening 3-hour class offerings I could fit into my schedule. The teacher directed people to make a pinkish beige …
Sep 22
Striped Book
This book ended up a lot closer to what I wanted. I left enough space between the edge of the page and the inside cut so that it didn’t get maladjusted. I liked the cloth cover, and kept it clean and free of debris while it was drying. I also attached a strap wiht …
Sep 15
Blue and White Hollow Book
This was another attempt at making a hollowed-book clutch purse for my friend’s birthday. As it turns out, it’s very easy to cover a book with cloth. Plain thin calico adheres beautifully to paper. the inside of this book also worked, and I liked the pattern, but when I was gluing it, I had …