Art Journal Swap

I am currently involved in an art journal swap on Facebook with some very talented ladies.  Each person created an art journal and completed one double page in the journal.  Then the art journal was posted to the next person in the swap and they completed a double page and so on until all of the ladies in the swap have completed a double page in each journal.  We have been putting up sneak peeks of each completed journal page on Facebook as we will not be revealing the whole page until everyone has their journal back. So I thought I would share the sneak peeks of the pages I have made to date.  


Sneak peek of my first completed double page for my own journal.

Sneak peek of my page in Paula's journal.

Sneak peek of my page in Fiona's journal.

Sneak peek of my page in Brenda's journal.

Sneak peek of my page in Sonya's journal.

Sneak peek of my page in Karen's journal.

Sneak peek of Kath's journal:

 

 

Sneak peek of Joan's journal 

 

 

Sneak peek of Frances journal:

 

 

 

Sneak peek of Louise's journal.

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed Media Faerie

Here is the piece I made using products from Imagine If NZ.  I am really proud of this piece and I am excited that I will be teaching this as a class at SENZ in Auckland this year.  I especially love classes because everyone can start off with the same inspiration and every single piece comes out differently. Roll on SENZ.

Book of Secrets

This project was started last year and I have finally got around to finishing it.  It is quite cathartic to be getting these projects finished, although I am not sure what to do with them all as I am rapidly running out of room and I can't keep them all.

Anyway here is the project.

Again I used a recycled book cover to make this project and I have sewn in signatures of plain watercolour paper so it can be used for writing in or as an art journal.

I have entered this project into the challenge over at Haunted Design House and Left of Center Challenge

Powertex Angel

I had a great time yesterday at a Powertex workshop with Joanne Bouma and four other lovely ladies.  Here is the project I made:

I love these products and the possibilities are endless.  I am looking to get certified as a tutor so I can teach others how to create their own works of art.

Here is the angel from start to finish.

SENZ Classes for Imagine If NZ

I will be teaching two classes at SENZ this year for Jo at Imagine If using a couple of her MDF projects.  This is my first time teaching at SENZ and I am so excited and very proud of the two projects I have made for these classes.

The first class is a stunning mixed media angel which is designed to hang on the wall and measures 63cm from wing tip to wing tip.  she has a lot of texture and features heaps of chipboard and metal embellishments.

The second project is a delightful little letterbox done in rich reds and golds.  It has a wealth of luxurious embellishments on the top including ribbons and flowers and even a little bird.  The door is hinged and opens using a stunning crystal doorknob. the letterbox stands on a pole and is would make a wonderful Christmas centrepiece.

I am very proud of these two projects and I am so looking forward to SENZ in July, Hopefully people will want to make one of these and enrol in the classes.

Tarnished Angel

I am glad that I finally got this project finished it has been sitting for quite a while as I was not sure in which direction I was going to take it. But here she is in all of her tarnished glory.

Firstly I decorated a wooden placemat using tissue paper and card embossed with gears.  I then painted the whole thing black and dry brushed with Lumiere Pewter and Viva Inka Gold Copper.

I made the wings using a wire armature covered in tissue paper.  I love this method as it gives so much texture to the wings, I then glued the wings to the placemat.  Over the top of the wings I glued a paper mache torso that I made and I painted it black.  The opt of the torso was covered with a sand texture paste and painted black.  I then took some used baby wipes, ripped holes in them and using black Paverpol I draped them over the bottom half of the torso. I used pieces of doily dipped in black Paverpol over the top of the baby wipes.  While that was drying I added wooden and chipboard gears around the torso.  Once everything was dry I drybrushed with Viva Inka Gold Copper, Lumiere Copper and rusty paint.  To finish I added an old earring to the front of the torso to add a bit of bling.  

I am really happy with the way this piece turned out and I am entering her in the 

Left of Centre Creative Challenge

Altered Book

Another finished project.  This one is an old Readers Digest Book that I have gutted and made into a journal. There finished journal has 70 watercolour pages bound into it, perfect for a small art journal. On the spine I wove fibre through the binding and added paper beads made from magazine pages.

I liked the design on the front of the cover so I  did not cover it I just added elements and embellishments on top of the original cover. 

Now back to the rest of the unfinished projects.