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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Salt Tree

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Tasteful crafts, with great directions and nice variety, at Amber’s Salt Tree blog. I’m especially interested in trying her Earl Grey Tea cookie recipe.

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Taking advantage of the wind

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Took a break from the computer screen to rest my bad eye, and put the time to productive use by molding another bowl.

Raw base pulp:
pulp

Roughed out on the form:
rough

Smoothed with a palette knife:
smooth

It’s bright, sunny, and extremely windy outdoors today — perfect weather for drying papier mache, so the new bowl (still on its form) is sitting out on the balcony to begin the drying process:
drying

Once it’s dried sufficiently to hold its shape, I’ll take it off the form and complete the drying process in a 230F oven.

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Work in Progress: mini-tray

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Here’s a good comparison of what a piece looks like after initial creation in base pulp, versus after a coat of finishing pulp has been applied:

Before
Before

After
After

Some sanding would make for an extremely smooth surface; in this case, however, I opted for only light sanding and a more irregular finish, so after painting and sealing with a satin-finish acrylic varnish, the sides look like this:
finished

Want to see the complete piece, with decoupaged decoration? It’s available on Etsy. 🙂

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Work in Progress: “Hidden”

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Here’s the current piece after drying:

raw form

And after painting and decoupaging:

decoupaging
closeup

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Epicurean Mom

26 Monday Mar 2012

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Just stumbled across Katie’s Epicurean Mom site — oh, my! My mouth is watering and my stomach growling, looking through all her wonderful recipes…

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Finished piece: Butterfly Flames

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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Completed Work, Decoupage, Papier Mache, WIP

Another piece that I finished today, “Butterfly Flames” (available on Etsy).

Here it is, dried but before decoration, with a layer of finishing pulp applied to the exterior:



And here it is after painting, decoupaging, and varnishing:

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Finished piece: Metamorphosis

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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The final result, as posted this evening to Etsy. I like the effect of leaving the original pulp visible on the interior:


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DIY Home Sweet Home

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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I find the layout a bit too cluttered for my tastes, but there are some good ideas at DIY Home Sweet Home. I particularly like her tutorial for an ultra-simple firewood carrier.

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ArtFire

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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ArtFire: it’s not Etsy, but it’s still worth checking out.

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The Graphics Fairy

24 Saturday Mar 2012

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If you haven’t discovered Karen’s blog, The Graphics Fairy, yet, you’re missing out on a great resource. Amongst other things, Karen collects and shares vintage images for others to use in their artwork and craft projects. Some gorgeous inspiration there!

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