Dogs, Eggs and Hare

Altered book [Altered Somerset Studio art journal calendar from 2003]

Painted and stamped backgrounds, collage, found images of dogs, eggs from a greetings card, homemade stamp of hare

Marbles

I had an enjoyable day at the glass centre last Sunday on a course making marbles.

More Collage in an Altered Book

The Angel of the North is a local sculpture, it is very tall as you can see by the little people near to his feet.

Altered Book [SSAJ]

Altered Somerset Studio art journal calendar from 2003

Altered Books [H of A and SSAJ]

Way back in 2012 I sorted some books for charity and this one [History of Art - Impressionism] was among them. The spine was disintegrating and not good enough to give away so I thought I would use it for art work. The idea was to be inspired by the art in it, although this didn't always work. The book is not finished but I keep having a dabble in it.

Another book I started altering in 2014 was a Somerset Studio art journal calendar from 2003. I'm just using one side and leaving the original art work on the other side. I've just taken photos of my art work this time.

Real plants under plastic

This one was a digital painting which I printed then cut up.

Cactus and Mess

When I go on holiday I usually move the plants out of the conservatory because it can get very hot.  I forgot this time and had a few casualties including this cactus. I thought cactus like it hot?

My untidy room to show you that I have been creating, I'm making another quiet book.

New Faces

A new face on a vintage photo

A new face on an old drawing

The faces were drawn on my tablet

PS - they have not been improved LOL

Altered Art History Book [2]

Way back in 2012 I sorted some books for charity and this one [History of Art - Impressionism] was among them. The spine was disintegrating and not good enough to give away so I thought I would use it for art work. The idea was to be inspired by the art in it, although this didn't always work. The book is not finished but I keep having a dabble in it.

Altered Art History Book

Way back in 2012 I sorted some books for charity and this one [History of Art - Impressionism] was among them. The spine was disintegrating and not good enough to give away so I thought I would use it for art work. The idea was to be inspired by the art in it, although this didn't always work. The book is not finished but I keep having a dabble in it. 

Abstract Doodle

Digitally painted on my tablet, just messing about with the brushes with no theme in mind but I quite like the result.

I thought I would join in with Paint Party Friday, check here for more entries

Who's a Pretty Birdie?

The background was an old piece of work which I altered digitally. If I remember correctly it was a paper bag transfer on fabric, overlaid with a sheer fabric then free machine stitched. 

The bird is a picture from the Naturalist Library, a very old book.

Old Ceramics

Two ceramic parts of a wall seen in the Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini

Altered Embroidery

This is an old machine stitched embroidery sample I found. 

Before I threw it away I took a photo of it then altered it on the computer.

Santorini Wedding

I've been to Santorini to attend my son's wedding as well as having a lovely holiday.

I printed and cut the double sided invites [to James and Claire's specifications] which were sent out last year

The leaves and heart on this one was cut out rather than printed

I also made the cards for the table and to attach to the mini bottles of ouzo

We had silk flowers because real ones die so quickly in the heat

The venue was lovely with panoramic views over the sea, island and volcano

which continued at the restaurant with the sunset in the background

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Continuing the brown card theme I made a memory box as a surprise so they could keep all their precious bits and pieces together

And a wedding day card to match