Butterfly child in orbit

Hi Everybody!

Another week is racing by, and it's Friday already.

So, I'll ask again, 'Where does the time go?'

My head is still spinning from my wonderful museum day

this week, and the adventure in Tomas Saraceno's

'Orbit' installation. I think I need to go there again!

The winners of my Tuesday postcard this week are CJ and Chrissie,
so please send me your contact details! Congratulations!

I have an A5 mixed media piece, using a turpentine/lazertran

decal over some printed DP.  These decals are transparent so you 

can see the paper underneath. As usual, I sewed it all together.

The baby is me at about 1 year old.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin

And I made a hybrid version with a little verse so it fits to Jo's 'poetry in 

motion' at Art Journal Journey:

And now I have more pics from Saraceno's wonderful 

installation. Some people asked yesterday if the people are real -

yes, they are the visitors. If you ant to get into the net you

queue up, have to lock all your bits and bobs in a locker,

and then put on an overall and hiking boots, so you have a good grip.

If you wear glasses you get a binder which prevents them from falling 

off. There are cushions in the net, so you can laze around or

walk about as you like. No more than 10 are allowed in at

a time. I so want to go there again. You have to leave your telephone

and camera outside in the locker, too! I just loved the feeling of light, 

and dimension and movement, as well as the great reflections.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

In orbit

Hi Everybody!

Yesterday I met up here with my 2 cousins who live in Wales
and Holland respectively and we spent most of the day
visiting the various big

art Museums in Düsseldorf. I was completely knocked out

by the end of the day, but it was worth it!

For Jo's 'Poetry in motion' theme at Art Journal Journey I have another

mixed-media owl piece, (just over A5) once again using fabric, cardboard,

 painting, stamping, embossing and lots of stitching. The canvas was

dyed and stamped using my home-made vintage ink. The beading 

was ironed on. I am also linking to Paint  Party Friday:

For Michele's 'Back to school' theme at Tag Tuesday

I have a digital tag. I'm there, as well as Erika and my mum:

Yesterday started off with a wonderful sunrise:

 In the K21 museum there is a wonderful installation, 'In orbit'

from Tomas Saraceno. You can see more here

This is the view from the entrance hall looking up to

this madness under the glass roof, wow:

People were enjoying climbing around in the net, like being in space:

Here we are upstairs and next to the installation:

It was very exciting and totally surreal:

More photos to follow, I need time to process them!

It was such an exciting place to visit!

Have a great day, take care,

and thank a lot for coming by!

Owling and swanning around

Hi Everybody!

Today I am sharing another mixed media piece, 9" x 10" made using a skin as I
showed in yesterday's post. As several people asked how the skin was
made, I have made a short tutorial after the finished photos. I used a
magazine image to make my skin, which was then stitched onto canvas
 and peeled and picked corrugated cardboard. The embellishments
were kept simple with some burlap, feathers and a scrap of
canvas.

And a hybrid version for Jo's poetry in motion at AJJ:

I got the ideas for this skin from a book called 'Image

Transfer Workshop' from McElroy & Wilson. It is

available from Amazon and others, and I would warmly

recommend this treasury of ideas and tips to all who like

experimenting and playing. 

You start by choosing a well inked image, either ink-jet or from

a magazine. You cut it to size, and cover it with a piece of  Saran

wrap/cling film which should be just slightly larger than the

image. 

Smooth the film with your fingers, and place

parchment/baking paper under and over it. Place it all on a towel, 

and set the iron to medium/hot. Don't use steam! 

Make sure the parchment covers all the film. 

Iron it till the film melds to the background image, but don't 

let it burn. Lift up a corner to check if it is ready:

When it is done, cut off the overlapping film from the

edges:

Turn the image over. Lightly sand the paper backing, spray with

water and then rub the paper away with your fingers till

the image becomes translucent.

This gives wonderfully, grungy effects!

Some photos from out and about this week:

I have made a collage sheet with the images of the swans. Please feel free to download and use it if you want to.

The first is 'normal', to print and cut out:

Swans collage sheet Jpg

 The second one is with a transparent background for digital work:

Swans PNG 

 Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!