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    Book Box

    May 29, 2011 - By 

    I can not take any sort of credit for this box…none at all. Yes, I did technically make it but I used Kimmie’s instructions to create it. 
    I decided I needed something to hold notepaper. The kids keep taking my notepads but for some reason they only seem to like blank papers.
    Since the end of the school year is rapidly approaching, I’m starting to clear out all those saved papers. Spelling tests, one sided worksheets, junk mail flyers..you get the picture. A seemingly endless supply of paper. I might as well write notes on them before they hit the recycle bin.

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    Painting…Tests of Significance

    May 2, 2011 - By 


    I had been planning to stain the deck today…well actually we were going to start yesterday…but it’s been  so cold that at times there are snow flurries in the air.

    I already had “painting” on the brain, so I decided to work on a canvas that I’d covered over the previous painting with gesso and left for the past…well, forever.

    Earlier today I took this photo while trying to decide what else it needed.

    I took a “type” rubber stamp to it in a couple of places and then decided I hated it. I then grabbed a wet rag to try to scrub the ink off in places. As I was scrubbing I was liking the effect. More scrubbing and I was liking it even better.

    After all the scrubbing, I did go back and add a few more bits of paint here and there.

    There are lots of layers on this canvas…just the way I like them. Lots of wrinkles from tissue paper, some modeling paste, book page scraps and the found text that has become the title of the piece.