Seaside Inchies

Seaside Inchies, March 2014

These beach finds were mounted (hot glued) onto 1" x 1" pieces of mat board covered in Tyvek. The inchies are mounted on mat board with foam dots and placed in a shadow box frame.
Tyvek is a material made by DuPont of high-density polyethylene fibers and is used in construction, envelopes, packaging, etc..  It doesn't tear, but it can be easily cut. The Tyvek was painted with Fantastix mint green all purpose fabric ink then ironed between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Tyvek reacts to heat and causes the material to "bubble".  You have convex shapes on one side and concave shapes on the other side.  If you apply too much heat, it will melt (but this might also be interesting in an art piece, too).

This is a piece of Tyvek that I painted with Lumiere Paint before ironing.  A video demonstrating the entire process can be found on Joggles.com.

Artist Trading Cards

Artist trading cards are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and are made of any media.

Artist Trading Cards, March 2014

These cards are on a card stock base. The first card is made with card stock flower shapes drawn with marker, cut out, and attached with foam glue dots. The second is layered tissue and thread with the face drawn in black Micron ink pen. The third is made with dried hydrangea blossoms under tissue paper with the drawing in micron and watercolor pencil. The fourth is tissue covered music sheet with the drawing in Micron pen. The last is used tea bags (with tea) with the drawing in Micron pen, colored pencil, and painted with Lumiere paint.  

Little Things

In the continuation of "little things"........

Shore Light, March 2014

Acrylic on canvas, 2" x 2"

(a Twinchie)

Evening in Wellfleet Harbor, March 2014

Acrylic on canvas, 2" x 4"

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Inchie Gift Card & Tag

March 2014

I used some of the "completely natural inchies" to decorate this gift tag and card.

Inchies

Inchie Art

March 2014

An inchie is any piece of art that is 1" by 1", and it can be made in any media. (There are also "Rinchies"- round inchies, "Inchies + - those over an inch, and "Twinchies" - those measuring 2" x 2".)  There are many sites online where you can get "how to" instructions and sites where Inchies can be traded as you would Artist Trading Cards.  

 Often artists create their pieces around a theme, red inchies, seasonal designs, holiday designs, etc.. In the book Inchies, Create Miniature Works of Art Using Textiles and Mixed Media Techniques edited by Peggy Donda-Kobert, the first theme is "completely natural".  This is my version:

I also have some inchies made with fiber:

These are done in wool, thread, and fabric with bead, button, and paint embellishments. ( Until I decide how I'll use these inchies, they are pinned to a piece of foam core.)

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I started doing characters in the Ziggy cartoons in the daily paper.  The first one was just penciling over the cartoon, no color.  Did you ever do that?  Draw mustaches on newsprint or magazine pictures?  Silly, but fun.  Well, that's how this started.  My son suggested that I post them online...... so....here they are:

 Sigmund Scherz

More Ornaments

Felt Ornaments, 2013

These little ornaments were made at a workshop with Linda at the Sterling Extension meeting. She has great skill and her hand stitching is precise (obviously - these ornaments were sewn by me....) The ornaments went to adorn our daughter's and son-in-law's tree.  Thank you, Linda, for your wonderful lesson and your patience.