Cutout Books framed artwork

This week I have been busy making a framed piece of work for my colleague and friend Stu for a wedding gift to him and his wife Jo. They both love books so I thought I'd make them a book themed artwork along the same lines as my Butterfly wall art.

I used thick cartridge paper and cut out 9 shapes of opened out books, then I made thin paper pages and glued them behind the cartridge paper books. Next I selected some vintage music sheets with text on them to use as the background. The whole thing was then framed in a deep box frame.

If you'd like me to create a similar piece of wall art for you then please do not hesitate to contact me!

 

Crafty Bits

Ooh British crafty bits, what shall I make? I have an idea :)

I shall reveal when I've finished.

Owl collaged screen print - V&A museum paper

I've used my much loved Caslon Owl (see older post) design for some screen prints, some are screen printed with three colours. My favourite however are my collaged versions, where I made the body background design from various different paper stocks, and then I screen printed the Caslon bit (the letters which make up the body) in black paint on the top.

I'm really pleased with the results, I did four different versions with different papers so watch this space, more to come!

Christmas Wreath

I decided to make my own christmas wreath, but not out of spiky mean holly, but out of festive paper. I basically got the idea from a tutorial which I found here, so I'll admit I did have a bit of help. It was pretty easy though and didn't take too long, once you've found a thing to be the base of the wreath! I'm pretty pleased with it :)

Easter Cards