Saturday, February 2, 2013

Gelli Good Intentions

Yes, I intended to have all the Gelli Arts printing plates paints, stencils, bubble wraps, paper of all types, tools, textures etc., etc. cleaned up and the dining room returned to it's purpose - dining!  TWO WEEKS AGO!  Well, I waited for the new Crafter's Workshop stencils to arrive, ordered more stencils from iStencils.com and waited for them to arrive (conducting several Gelli sessions in between the waits).  Last night I was fully DONE, packed up all of the supplies, tools, textures, and paper into two large plastic totes. We carted them off to the storage unit until the next urge or the next visit from paper painting friends.




Here are some of the additions I made to my rather plain muslin painter's smock.  The smock had managed to go thru three days of paint slinging on the Gelli plate with nothing more than a one inch smear on the right arm cuff to show for all the messing.  The Gelli plate worked great on the fabric using the same acrylic craft paints from the paper projects.  The belt (just a one inch woven ribbon from JoAnn's) was particularly fun to Gelli print and stamp.  Not sure how I will use the belt or how I will attach it.  To the sides, tie in back?  At the front and wrap around to tie in back or around again to tie in front?  Just another project on the list.


This is what my very talented husband was doing in his basement workshop those three days.  Bowls.  Gorgeous bowls.  From cherry, box elder, soft maple.  Some with natural edges, one with burned grooves.  The bottom right is a larger bowl from an unknown wood.  It's my favorite so far!  But I do love the vase.  I hear him down there now.  I think he's gone on to making "band saw boxes."






Here is a collage of some of my papers.  I am ordering some fresh Ice Resin and plan on making another mess when it arrives.  Resin papers.  More on that mess, later!

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And now to start gathering some bead soup for the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party!  Will keep you posted.  That's what blogs are for, eh?


12 comments:

  1. Love everything...I may have to get Steve to make Jesse something else, he loves his pen! And you may have to share your resin papers!

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    1. It's so good to have a friend/artist/sister/"fan!" Steve is working on boxes and whatever else he can saw, sand, and polish from wood! I'll be glad to share some resin papers! The Ice Resin is ordered. Mine has expired!

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  2. Oh Carol, I LOVE those papers and can't wait to see them pop when the resin hits them! I too probably have expired ice resin, best intentions and all that. I am in the process of working on a blog post about my dad and his woodturning as well. Steve's bowls are gorgeous! Have fun making soup!

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    1. Went to CJS Tuesday and found the perfect bezel for the papers. . .I see another mess in my future. My new resins have arrived!

      Steve's bowls are gorgeous. I want to keep them all! But I may need one for "soup!"

      Thanks so much for the visit! XOXO

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  3. Beautiful!! And those bowls are absolutely gorgeous. How one earth does he get that 'painted' effect on them?

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    1. Hello, Jay! So glad you stopped by! The "painted" effect in the wood were created by the presence (?) of fungus in the wood. The black grains and the red smears are called "spalting." God's way of painting! I think there are other markings that are caused by insects - I love little holes in the wood that are made by some bugs.

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  4. OOH I like what you are up to....

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  5. Lots of monkey business! Glad you stopped by! Are you going to be coming this way soon?

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  6. I think it is awesome when two people in the family are artists - it's like you "get" each other. Those bowls are fantastic!! And I did not know you could use that paint on fabric - I absolutly love the art smock! Glad to read that you are having so much fun!

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    1. It's so good to let off some steam/laughs/art with like-minded friends. And I'm blessed to have a hubby that understands the need to create! Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. beautiful work! stopping by from the bead soup blog party!

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    1. Thanks for coming by. More next week on the bead soup. Me and partner are a bit slow off the block with family issues getting in the way a bit!

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Your thoughts and comments are so encouraging! This blogging business is hard work for me!