Creative Play for the New Year

Paper cloth project-in-progress

Color and texture are my primary loves in all my creative endeavors. So I was completely captivated a while back when I ran across a little book called Stitch Alchemy: Combining Fabric + Paper for Mixed Media Arts by Kelli Perkins.

I’m not really much for sewing, but there are many other galvanizing techniques in here that are really inspiring. So over the last couple of weeks I’ve cut muslin, made the glue mix, and started slathering things together. Adding further fun, my Cayce Arts Guild buddy Renea Eshleman introduced me to gel printing…so some of my paper cloth includes prints that I made while volunteering at the CAG Holiday Market. I have incorporated spinning fibers in another.

The work-in-progess in today’s photo is plain white tissue paper glued to undyed muslin, then gel printed on my new very own gel print plate with teal, daffodil yellow, and copper acrylic paints, then stamped with several designs, then today sponged with dark blue acrylic paint mixed with glazing medium for that translucent effect. There will be more layers to come!

The cool thing about paper cloth is that it’s quite sturdy, and suitable for many purposes (book arts, art quilts, jewelry, cards, bookmarks, etc.). I’m already planning jewelry projects that use it, so you will see more about this over the coming months.

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One Response to Creative Play for the New Year

  1. Kate Heald says:

    Beautiful!

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