Nov 22
Here’s the finished number plaque that I made the poppy tiles for (shown in an earlier post). I cut the background green tiles out of stained glass, with the help of my daughters (since ones hand hurts after cutting too many tiles, I needed help.) Cutting the background tiles was rather time-consuming, but it saves …
Nov 14
I think I like this best of the books in the rainbow series. It’s predominantly red, which is one of my favorite colors, so that’s part of it. This was one of the first ones I finished, so I wasn’t terribly concerned about making it that different. I decided to just go with the background …
Nov 12
Inspired by the previous book in the rainbow series, I decided I wanted to do some more lettering. It used to be that people who painted signs and drew ads had to paint the letters and numbers by hand, and they had to use both precision and creativity in designing their own fonts. I wanted …
Nov 04
This was one of a series of books I made recently. I started by taking some ironed sheets of thin cotton cloth. I used a marbled paper technique wherein dye is laid on top of a bed of shaving cream, only instead of using food coloring or alcohol based inks, I used some leftover fabric …
Sep 23
This is a second set of oak leaf pendants I made, using a different sprig mold. I didn’t clean them up well, figuring that I could do it once they were bisqued, but that’s turning out to be not feasible. I can’t stand the sound of dry sanding, and I’d rather make all new ones …
