WEATHERED METAL

Aluminum tape is applied criss-cross to the cover - then I added alcohol inks. The book itself is made from the cardboard ends of a large empty ribbon spool I got from a fabric store. I took the ends off the spool and folded them in half. Instant book! I covered the back and part of the front with a material called Etal which is a metal fabric.

BELIEVE JOURNAL

A handmade Journal I purchased but did not really like the covers. So I altered them!
A large foam stamp imprinted into Flexible joint compound, sea glass with melted Opals, Mica powders, Mica circle, paints, inks, dyed cheesecloth, bead trim. I pressed a rubber stamp into the molten Opals.
The bottom photo is the back. This I covered with hemp fibre paper, painted it with gel medium, and brushed mica powders onto it, as well as metallic colored paints.

FELTED CURVES

I started this piece with an odd shaped piece of cotton batting, to which I applied a variety of fabric paints. I then placed pieces of organza over it and felted it down. I placed wool roving here and there over the organza, felted that down, then did free-motion stitching all over, adding the flower trim. I made an image transfer onto glue-backed cotton and sewed that on. I put some medium on a piece of sea glass, 3 colors of Opals, heated it, and glued it to the bottom.

ENCAUSTIC WAX WOODEN FRAME

This is my second attempt (playing) with encaustic wax. The wooden frame is a child's learning tool. I waxed the frame, but used a medley of techniques on the wooden shapes, each one different.

FIRST ENCAUSTIC POSTCARD

Using Suze Weinberg's Hot wax stylus and encaustic waxes by KandiCorp.

NYMPH - molding paste on fabric

FALL book spread

This is a FALL spread I am doing with the ABCanada Yahoo Group I belong to.

We each make an ATC pertaining to Fall, and send it out in the mail. That recipient has to make a spread with the ATC as the central focus.

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