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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Shimacho
The image to the left, courtesy of wafuworks is of a page of a shimacho. Shimacho (Japanese) means stripe book. They are fabric sample books. They have a number of purposes. Sometimes they are commercial samplers. Sometimes records, created by … Continue reading
Posted in Altered Books, Art, Artist Books, Collage & Assemblage, Encaustic Art, Stitch, Stitch
Tagged encaustic, Japanese Folk Textiles, Plaster of Paris, Shimacho, Stripe Book
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January Blue Note
I don’t do January at all well. The crescendo of Christmas and New Year has past. I am diminished. January is a grey note, repeated. I want to hibernate. Sleep till spring. Curiously, when I do sleep, I have colourful … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Encaustic Art, Inspiration, Mixed Media
Tagged collage, Encaustic Canvas, Encaustic Ground, January Blues
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