Showing posts with label bookwrap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bookwrap. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Book Wrap and Spring

The book wrap is complete. I am happy that my journal 2011 has such a nest. Warm, protective and natural. The calico cover is tea dyed, the images are transferred using a range of techniques from printing to spraying, gel medium transfer to emulsion transfer. Inks used are walnut and eucalyptus. There is machine and hand stitching of the three layers and a tie made from slubby sheep's wool.
I shall definitely make more.
The weather today is a joy. There was a honey bee on the snowdrops this morning - I have never seen that before. He has made it through the winter and is willing to try any flower available - imagine that; Snowdrop Honey!
The croci have opened their hearts too.


Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Clare's Pears

Just loved a wonderful workshop making bookwraps with Annette Emms on Saturday.
Mine is to cover my 2011 journal.
I seem to be in a 'pear' sort of mood at the moment. I love their angular shapes and their 'shoulders'.

Talking of pears, I took the children to the wonderful Jackfield Tile Museum at Ironbridge last week and we had a super morning designing and painting a tile each. They were fired and we went to collect them on Saturday.