Playing with Paint Rags

I have been playing with my paint rags

Here they have been washed and dried

a layer of traditional gesso is added

then left to dry

spending time in the tiny indigo vat

this is outside on the decking railing

and then into the Xanthorrhoea Resin bath

a finished sample

though this one went into the indigo first 

and then the Xanth

Some of these have been folded

into concertina books

and are for sale on in my Etsy Shop

Book 1 SOLD

Book 2 SOLD

Book 3

Book 4

Book 5 SOLD

Now I am exploring what happens 

when I put the pieces in wet

rather than dry

and I am working on a series of books 

with small samples in

to sell

Also getting ready and excited about 

my upcoming workshop

for Wendy Bailye

down Brisbane way

see in the side bar

if you are interested

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Moving Somewhere

Details to follow, not 100% sure what is happening but I will be selling some things off in my Etsy Shop
but only for the next week. So if you want a bargain head on over. I will be putting more up in the next day or so.

3 New paint Rag Books

Sold

New books in my Etsy shop

2 small 

and 1 large

for ideas on how to play

with them

go here

Mo Crow is doing lovely things

I hope everyone has a 

Great Festive Season

I will be up at 4.30 am

to get Dan off to work

but I will probably go 

back to bed for a couple of hours

Not sure if we will be having anything special to eat

as we were supposed to go last minute shopping this afternoon

but I just received a text saying

one of the guys at work has rolled the truck

and Dan may have to drive him to Hospital.

Makes things tricky

But there is always Mangoes

thankfully IGA and the bottle shop was still open

so all was ok in the end

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Painting

Cloud-Walker 2

Cloud-Walker 1

Two new pieces up for sale in my Etsy shop

I had so much fun with these

I mixed up my own oil paint 

with a combination of 

earth pigments and linseed oil

or for the blue natural indigo powder

and I added the pigment to cold wax medium 

which I make myself 

beeswax and pure gum turpentine

I geesoed up some 300gsm watercolour paper

then taped them to the glass tabletop

and built up layers of colour

patiently waiting between

for them to dry

Until one day I looked

and said

that's it

finished

I do believe there shall be more

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More Paint Rag Books

Raw Sienna

available here

Natural Indigo

available here

I am now working on some wax books

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New Book on Etsy

a small 10 x 10 cm book

made of recycled paint rags

The front and back covers 

are coated in encaustic medium

and home made natural indigo oil paint

inside each of the pages 

is coated in traditional rabbit skin glue gesso

enough to make a nice surface

but not so as to completely obscure the marks

Available here

SOLD

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Whats on Etsy?

Wait

Hope

Begin

Believe

Fate

5 new pieces in my Etsy Shop

The Art work is 150 x 150 mm or 6 x 6 in

With mount it is 215 x 215 mm or 8 x 8 in

They are all encaustic on watercolour paper

Mounted on Khadi Paper

All have a loose connection to the Story of Sleeping Beauty

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2 New Paintings

Blue Window

Oil and Wax

on paper

21 x 21 cm

available on Etsy

Yellow Window Red Frame

Oil and Wax

on Paper

21 x 20.5 cm

also available

on Etsy

I had so much fun painting these

I have a few smaller ones in works

plus the large ones which are on board

I think I shall play here for a while

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6 Tiny Books in a Bundle

6 Tiny Books

each one

6 x 7.5 cm

Each book has a 

watercolour paper cover

a dyed teabag

and a centre page

of print making paper

They have been 

dyed

stained

waxed

and drawn on

each is 

a tiny little

treasue

this one has a butterfly wing

this a leaf print

a tiny piece of shell

blue

2 dragons

scratches

circles

the cover is naturally dyed

silk organza

and wool prefelt

hand stitched

and it all wraps up in a nice little bundle

with handmade silk string

finished with a bead and 

2 small cowrie shells

this is for sale in my Etsy shop

here

And now it is 

SOLD

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