zenspun

Musings and Meanderings My online art journal of inspiration, demonstration, perspiration, and a little art.

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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Latest ATCs


Melencolia

Art Garage Journal



These are pages for a journal entitled My Muse Is....
I tried to evoke a hidden, mysterious, ancient muse, and the barely visible snippet on the top page says "my muse lives in old books and prefers the covers closed"

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Woodland Fairies






Just for fun!

Friday, April 21, 2006

New Artifacts


My husband collects antiquities, so I made this piece for him to hang amongst the display in his library. I scanned it without the glass in front of it, which holds it tighter to the cloth background. It's about 8x11

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Art Journal: Seasons


Here is the front cover of the art journal. There will be 12 artists participating in this round robin, so I created a journal that will allow each one of them to create a spread around a month of the year.

Art Journal: Seasons


This is the inside front cover page for my latest art journal. It has an envelope that will house the signature card for the artists to sign as they complete their pages.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Happy Easter

Friday, April 14, 2006

Making Buttons



I've been working on my art journal. I wanted to make some letters for the name of the book on the cover. I printed out the title on a BasicGrey paper, and circle punched out each letter. I edged them with some ink, the mounted them on a glue dot. I mixed up dripped some polymer finish ("like 50 coats of varnish")on the dots (I added a bunch of plain dots too, so as not to waste the polymer mix). This morning I looked at them dry, and they're great! kind of a rounded top to each of them, and perfectly sealed.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

ATC pop-up



My latest ATC for the Guardian Angel Swap at Paper Traders. The angel is hidden behind the baby, they share her wings.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Dreams Come True


A friend is recovering from extensive hand surgery, so a few of us from the Art Garage are constructing a "Good Vibrations" book for her. Here's my contribution. I added a lot of hand images, and flying images to support the central theme (and wish) for complete recovery.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Artifacts Journal


I've started making a new book called Artifacts. I'd like it to be full of hidden elements and secrets. We'll see how it evolves. This is the cover. It will be accordian style pages. Maybe I'll use it for a round robin, or maybe do it all myself.