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Very grateful to the lovely Primrose Paper Arts Inc. in Australia for featuring me on their blog this month. Their website is a real treasure trove of papery inspiration, and well worth a look
A cheery hello to any new visitors from Down Under who’ve found their way here via that blog article!
The final project - book cover collage
An avian variation on an origami heart box
Sad to report that the wonderful five week PaperLove e-course with Rachel Hazell is now over. It's been a lot of fun, and a great excuse to make new things that otherwise would never have progressed beyond endless pondering. The final week's projects involved making an origami heart box (which turned into a, less romantic, bird) and a collage on a book cover using stamps, labels, books and ephemera from previous weeks. I really enjoyed working on this collage - like a jigsaw puzzle where you make your own pieces - and I'd like to make more of these in future.
Tiny 'trouser books' made with envelope backs
Multi-section book with embroidered cover
A slightly sinister shot of my book mobile
A bit more in my comfort zone this week with the e-course PaperLove's theme of 'book'. Starting with making single sheet 'trouser books' from envelope patterned papers (combined with last week's folded cover to make them more robust). Quite addictive once you get folding. Then moving onto a mobile of tiny map books (photographed on a particularly gloomy day)… not totally happy with the end result of this one so I may re-visit it at a later date. I like the idea, just not my execution. The larger project this week was making a multi-section book. I'd done this before so I wanted to use it as an opportunity to try a few new techniques: using deckle edged paper (cut with a clip point knife), embroidering bookcloth, leaving longer knot ties on the outside of the book, and also bringing the stitching over the top and bottom of the spine. Really pleased with how this one turned out, and I'm using it as a sketchbook already - hurray!
Collaged off-cuts of lettering practice
Snake concertina book to contain my messy lettering practice
Lettering practice
Concertina books of quotes
Little bit out of my comfort zone in week three of the PaperLove e-course. All about words. Pictures are really my thing, but I had fun finding patterns in letters, and also learning a new way to create a folded book cover to contain a concertina book. Really enjoying creating new work that's taking me in a different direction to my usual, well-trodden, path.
Collage map of my local dog walks.
Collage butterflies.
Making custom strips of tape with vintage papers and double sided tape.
Collaged strips of layered image of three humument painted pages.
A collaged box (made from greybeard and papier mache)
In my element with the second week of the PaperLove e-course - collage is one of my very favourite things in life. My studio is currently covered in snippets of paper, most of which I can't bear to throw away because they might just come in useful!
Collecting and cataloguing paper samples.
Creating different paper textures (photographed on a lightbox).
Pamphlet stitch booklets of paper samples.
Pamphlet stitch booklet of envelope linings.
A very inspiring first week on Rachel Hazell's PaperLove e-course. The first theme is 'paper' - a good excuse to use up some of my hoarded stash of papers in my plan chest.