Tuesday, July 13, 2010

a different sort of bird

 I wouldn't say this is my best work, but the process was fun and a learning experience. I was inspired by Alma Stoller's fun tutorial using magazine pages and then Lyric Kinard's post on Citrasolv, which I'd been meaning to try--so I combined the two! First I used citrasolv on a bunch of National Geographic pages (yes, quite messy and they all sort of look like acid rain) and then I free-motioned one on top of a bunch of old magazine pages...then I doodled on it, and added one of my hand carved stamps. So, like I said, this isn't such a winner, but I have more stitched/citrasolve concoctions ready to play on!
I'm off to Utah to teach a retreat, returning briefly next week. See you then! Meanwhile, I'll post on Facebook.

8 comments:

  1. It's nice to see the process, Jane. Even though each piece of art we make may not be a masterpiece, we learn so much by staying open. thanks

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  2. Well, i like it very much :)

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  3. very cool! i love the stamp you made love to experiment with new techniques...see you next month.

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  4. Jane, I REALLY like it!! Very cool!

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  5. I like it as well. I am interested in what sort of inks you used with your stamp. Sometimes these pages are not very receptive to other media. I really like the contrast of the organic stitching and bird with the geometric stamps. The stitching adds a nice textural element that plays up the carving marks on the stamps.

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  6. I do like the background textures and ocher colors with the black bird.
    I read about the citra solve method but wasn't sure I wanted to sue the chemical or not.

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  7. I really really like it! The contrast and texture are great.
    Messy is fun!

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  8. Jane, I like it a lot. You have a knack with working with geometric shapes behind your main image.

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