Please let me know your thoughts on my art work. I live out here in the woods with my husband, granddaughter, two cats, a bird, and two dogs. Everyone always says "That's nice honey/grandma"...
This is the front of my latest altered book. The ladies woke me up at night to create their pages and statements.... I found allot of deeper meaning just wanting expression.
Here are the first pages. I used Photoshop to create digital collages throughout this book. I love to make my own paper!
Here are the next pages.... I played with a vintage catalog, then cut the ladies out, used encaustic medium to give them a sturdiness, then applied more wax to adhere them to the pages. Ended up covering some of my collage, but it all fit together.
This collage created herself! I took one Victorian nude image of a woman looking into the mirror and created copies of that, lessened the opacity, and circled the images around the original. I could probably write pages in my journal about the feelings this image invokes.
More fun pages.....
I especially loved creating these images.... those poor Victorian women really had to suck it in! I think I might make some ATCs out of catalog ads.
I wanted heavy cardstock, or bookboard weight paper to make these tags. I took a class at the Center for the Book in SF last month and learned how to make bookboard out of old book papers. So these pages are all from a 1890's French/English dictionary.. the pages were already distressed! Each card has a nice weighty feel to it since they are six to eight book pages thick. If anyone is interested, I'll be happy to post a "how to" make bookboard paper.
I found two 1950's Milton Bradley domino sets at a garage sale and was going to list them on eBay.... BUT, had fun using them here instead! The silk ribbon I dyed using permanent inks from my stamping supplies. Loved the way the colors blended.
This bevy of beauties turned out fabulous (if I say so myself). I played with the vintage images in Photoshop, created a white halo around each image, turned them all sepia, then coated them with wax. The wax makes them almost transparent.... I love the depth that encaustic creates.
Finally.... since the bookboard pages were all too big for the album, I had some scraps left over to cut into 2x3 sizes for ATCs. I just love the feel of these!
So, I'm thrilled to say that this creation of mine sold in less than one week on eBay! It's such a thrill to know that someone values your creation and that you have, maybe, touched their life in a small way.
2 comments:
Gorgeous art journal pages - well done. And I love your soul collage cards posted previously. Wonderful.
When you made the journal pages, were you tempted to add "I am" statements as is done for SCC's or did you approach with a different mindset altogether?
Keep up the good work.
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