Eco Art "Blue Jeans" by mayah(c)2014 8" X 8"
The paper towels were saturated with blue, grey, red and a few splotches of yellow acrylic paint from brush-wiping. After cutting the towel into an interesting shape and reinforcing it with white glue (I use Weldbond--it dries clear and makes the paper towel very flexible yet strong), red embroidery floss was hand sewn around the perimeter and interior shapes in a back stitch. Embellished with slices of a geode a friend gave to me. Frame, matting, and background white board is also reused, from Goodwill Industries. Family member thought the triangular shaped pattern on the bottom looks like blue jeans; hence the name.
Eco Art Card by mayah(c)2014 Approximately 9.5" X 4.25" This is the full card, front and back.
The process of making this card was interesting: Started with the bottom layers of scrap paper towel left over from the first project (see above); these scraps had just a bit of acrylic paint on them that seeped through from the top layers. They were placed on top of unbleached wax paper. Saturated the entire paper towel with acrylic glaze, placing purple tissue paper scraps on top. Let dry. The acrylic glaze adhered the tissue paper to the paper towel to the waxed paper and turned the now-stiff paper towel creation semi-translucent, with a yellow tone from the golden waxed paper. Put a thick layer of Weldbond glue on top of the paper towel; cut up metallic ribbon and sprinkled it on top of the glue, along with metallic purple embroidery floss scraps. Let dry. Now you have a very flexible, semi-translucent, shiny velum-like material that is tough. Ran the material through the thread-less sewing machine to punch even holes around the perimeter. Hand sewn with 3 pieces of embroidery floss around the edges in a backstitch--two metallic purple threads, to match the embroidery floss scraps, mixed with one regular cotton purple thread. Then glued the whole thing onto green scrap paper (previously glued on top of white card stock). Folded in half to make the card.
Eco Art Book Marks by mayah(c)2014
I'm a big reader and often have two or three books being read at the same time; usually use what ever is handy to keep my place. Having decided that I want to do art every day, even if it's just for a small project, I decided to make book marks out of scrap. The two book marks on the left and right were made out of a scrap of water color paper that was used to test paint colors. The book mark in the middle was made out of a scrap piece of paper that was embroidered free-hand just for fun; backed with another scrap paper to make the card thicker. All three book marks are coated with acrylic glaze, hole punched, with scrap yarn added for a tassel. The embroidered book mark pattern became the template used to create the embroidery for the art piece "Wave": http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2208369
More Eco Art:
Eco Art: "Angel in Field of Flowers" http://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2258036
Eco Art: "Hummingbird Joy" http://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2257441
Shaman's Dream http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2210842
"Wave"/"Scraps" Two Eco Art pieces made from scraps of materials lying around my art table, then embellished with hand embroidery. http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2208369
"Crop Circle Embroidery" http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2206419
"The Power of 1 and 5"; Eco Greeting Card utilizing the numerology of 1 and 5 http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2202987
"Eco Greeting Cards": http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2202986
"8 X 8 X 8 Triple Manifestation": Eco Art and Numerology: The Energies of the 8 http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2196060
"The Power of Four": http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2194029