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March 17, 2016Editor's PicksDate: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET Where: Your Computer Enjoy a live webinar with mixed-media artist Roxanne Evans Stout! We will peek inside her new book, Storytelling with Collage as Roxanne shares her best …
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Editor’s Pick
Editor's Pick
Editor's PicksDate: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET Where: Your Computer Enjoy a live webinar with mixed-media artist Roxanne Evans Stout! We will peek inside her new book, Storytelling with Collage as Roxanne shares her best …
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March 11, 2016Art JournalingEditor's PicksMake: Mixed Media Art ProjectsWatch previews and find out about 4 new hand lettering instructional videos from artist Joanne Sharpe, author of The Art of Whimsical Lettering.
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The Creative Life
April 25, 2014The Creative Life: A Mixed Media BlogToday we feature a podcast with Sal and Ellen, the creators of Art Is You retreats, as they talk about Living in Generosity.
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Assemblage Art: Projects & Ideas
Make Tissue, Fringed and Cone Paper Flowers!
Flowers are one of those embellishments that stands the test of time. Here author Ronda Palazzari shares some of her favorite flower tutorials—perfect for adding the finishing touches to any of your pieces.
Modeling Film Flower: A Tutorial
In this tutorial, the author of “Delight in the Seasons” will show you, step by step, how to make a truly mixed media embellishment that will knock your socks off!
Tutorial: Making Things Rusty and Blackened
A beautifully rusted item or one darkened with age can add an air of mystery to almost any mixed media piece. But sometimes you can’t find just the right item in just the right condition. When new just won’t do, you can follow these simple instructions from author (Dusty Diablos) and artist Michael deMeng.
All Dolled Up
Wire wrapping and soldering are the techniques you’ll use to create an amazing doll all decked out in fantasy materials—collage items that are beautiful and meaningful. Through detailed step-by-step photos excerpted from her book Pretty Little Things, Sally Jean Alexander will take you from wire cutting and shaping to soldering to embellishing. And like your dreams, the
possibilities are endless!
Ruth Rae Altering Fabric and Metal
Ruth Rae, co-author of a Charming Exchange and author of Layered, Tattered and Stitched, demonstrates to the students in her workshop at Art Unraveled, multiple techniques for altering fabric. Here she plays with fire, burning and melting craft fabric in …
What is a Pin Drill with Keith Lo Bue
Keith Lo Bue is a master at working with found objects. But sometimes those found objects need just a bit of altering and often times everyday tools will be too aggressive. Enter the pin drill, a delicate tool that can …
Building Ex Votos
Ex votos are typically on tin and often not much larger than twelve inches and depict a moment of tragedy, or potential tragedy, that was thwarted by Divine Intervention. In this project, Michael deMeng, author of Dusty Diablos, provides instructions not only for the process of building your own ex voto, but also how-tos for a handful of creative techniques that will set your work apart, including “the tricky burnt paper routine,” and “the burning flesh trick.”
Solder Secrets
Whether you are working on a flat-surfaced project or something three dimensional, finishing and edging your work with solder is easy. Pretty Little Things author Sally Jean Alexander takes the mystery out of soldering with three great mini lessons and a handful of tips that will have you packing heat in no time.
Crown Me
In this project, Lockhart, author of Objects of Reflection, illustrates the many kinds of elements that might be included in your masterpiece. She also helps to motivate you further down the path of creativity by providing a series of prompts, open-ended statements like, “I am indulging in …” and “Self discovery means to me …”. By the time you’re done you’ll have made something that truly represents … you.
Attaching with Wire
Annie Lockhart, wire artist and author of Objects of Reflection, shows you step by step how to use wire to secure items together, how to create garlands, how to make hooks and more. And best of all, your work doesn’t have to be perfect! In fact, it almost can’t be perfect! It’s the pure happenstance, the individual uniqueness that makes working with wire so rewarding!