Pastimes and Passions

A Handmade Book Club project

A Handmade Book Club project

Here's a little 2 needle Coptic book made with homemade bookcloth.  I make bookcloth using the Heat N Bond and tissue paper method, and it's a great way to use up the huge stash of fabric I have and give me more color and pattern options. This is...

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A Color Wheel of Collage Fodder

A Color Wheel of Collage Fodder

Here is a color wheel full of found and manipulated papers to keep fueling my March 2021 collage-a-day on black paper project.  In addition to the rice papers, some manipulated and some not, there are some ironed-flat plastics and some painted...

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March 2021 Collage-A-Day, Part 1

March 2021 Collage-A-Day, Part 1

I decided March, 2021 would be the month I finally figured out a use for a 6x9 black paper pad I've had hanging around for quite some time.  I was originally inspired to buy it because my Atlanta Collage teacher Chery Baird made a beautiful series...

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