So close the the end of January but I have a zillion postcard ideas - I did not realise that postcard making would take over my life as much as it has. I may have to carry on into Feb. I want to find an idea that I can make into something bigger but for now 6 x 4 is great. Great for sampling, using up old pieces and generally having a lot of fun. I like sharing these too, both as pictures on this blog and when the mood takes me as various swaps. Marilyn M I will be sending you postcard 1 from day 26 if that is OK.
To yesterdays set then.... These three are made using the same technique but each one is just a little different. The centre panel of each is made from paper.... I've taken four or five magazine pages -
the shiny front covers - piled them in a stack and then on each panel stitched squares, rectangles or square spirals . Then I wet the pieces and gently rubbed away some of the paper layers. Painted the surface with four or five different two-tone metallic paints in some places and stitched a few straight stitches by hand. To one I added some small bronze beads. These may just be the idea I need...
the shiny front covers - piled them in a stack and then on each panel stitched squares, rectangles or square spirals . Then I wet the pieces and gently rubbed away some of the paper layers. Painted the surface with four or five different two-tone metallic paints in some places and stitched a few straight stitches by hand. To one I added some small bronze beads. These may just be the idea I need...
4 comments:
Anna, these look goregeous!! Love how different colours poke out.
Fantastic Anna so metallic looking.
Ooooh aaaah, I'm in love with these. Is this your paper experiment for January?
Bloody hell Anna these are wonderful, they can't be as easy as they sound! I lurvvve the colours, more exploration, I can see these pieces big.
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