Finished - Monochrome Handmade Book

The monochrome book completed. 

It is a concertina style book. All the pages have been stitched together back to back with a layer of interfacing in the middle and joined one to another.

All the pages are 4" x 4", mixed media - such as paint, stamped, embroidery, stitched, found objects, collage.

There are ribbons either side to keep it together when not in use.

I decided to stitch clear plastic on the outer pages with the machine but the but it puckered up a little.

I tried hand sewing the plastic on the front but it still puckered and looks untidy, quite difficult to do with it being made up. I was going to leave it without plastic but the M bead came off, it was in my bag and I caught it on something. The beads stick out a bit I thought it may be more secure with the plastic on.

Monochrome Book - WIP2

More 4" x 4" art - pages for my monochrome book

Monochrome Book WIP

This collection of tiny pages is for my latest mixed media art book. The colour? as you can see is monochrome and the size of the work was inspired by a project by Jane Davies. It is a 4"x 4" x 400 project and you can read more about it on her blog here.

I have already made up the book, the page above on the left was not included as the background is felt rather than paper  - it wouldn't behave when I was sewing the book together.

More pages to follow and of course the finished book when I've taken photos of it.

Cat and Birds Tablet Art

I worked these two digital collages on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. and used the same background for both pictures. I've also done a repeating fabric design [on the regular computer] using the background too which I'll show at a later date.

It is the same bird repeated and one of the cat's eyes is a bit odd. The 'note' has its own pen but I sometimes find it difficult to control it for small parts.

Dogs

Molly with a stuffed toy, now demolished

Molly with a different head - messing about on my tablet

These dogs were also created on my tablet - Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with photoshop touch

More pages from Sketchbook 26

Painted background, flower stamp, wax crayon, collaged stag and butterfly

practice at drawing faces [copied from a TV paper]

collaged, painted, drawing with pens and promarkers . I like the look of the bleed thru from the promarkers on the next page

Six pages from Sketchbook 26 [Brusho]

Quick doodles and paintings from my sketchbook. I used Brusho colours for these - if you have not used Brusho's they come in powder form and are mixed with water. A little goes a long way but they do stain and being the messy person that I am, I usually have dirty fingers for a few hours. I make up little bottles ready to use, I find I don't make quite as much mess that way. 

 also pen and a collaged ticket

also an orange biro - cheers!

a biscuit cutter for the shape and wax crayon

I painted the flowers separately and collaged them on the background.  also used a pen, wax crayon and textured on the background and promarkers on the flowers.

TAST 59 and 60

Take a Stitch Tuesday - 59 - Breton stitch.

I used a hand painted/stamped fabric for the background and I stitched over the ric rac ribbon like couching.  I decided to do the stitch in a meandering kind of way like the ribbon.

Take a Stitch Tuesday - 60 - Diamond stitch.

I used a hand painted/stamped fabric for the background and layered painted laces. The pearl thread normally looks quite thick but it looks thin here. I attached flower sequins and beads too.

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Dog & Girl Digital Creations

Two pictures created on my galaxy note tablet using photoshop touch.

Robin and Doodles

A robin created on a tablet, a Samsung galaxy note, with a photograph for a background.

Two pages from sketchbook 26, I used promarker pens for the one above and brusho inks and pen for the picture below. I also textured the page with newspaper.

Little Drawers

I've probably mentioned before that I like little drawers so I thought I would show you these. I've had them a few years now, and although they are not the best quality I like them and they are very useful too.

My machine embroidery threads are kept in some of the drawers.

And beading threads in another.

The larger drawers at the bottom look untidy so I didn't take photos of them, but they are full of beads, jewellery and trinkets.