In April I took a workshop presented by Beryl Taylor who happens to be one of my favorite artists. Her book Mixed Media Explorations is what really got me started working on my own art. She invented fabric-paper and I just couldn't wait to try it. The workshop was a lot of fun and Beryl was so generous with her knowledge and art supplies. We created three pieces during the workshop although I didn't actually get them finished until I got home. The piece shown here is a small wall hanging that took me quite a while to finish. It is created from fabric-paper, watercolor paper, stamps, embroidery, buttons, sequins and beads.
These are the covers for a min-book we made. It is about 3 inches square. Here you see some copper and aluminum tape that have been embossed and colored with alcohol inks. Working with metal is the only thing I had not done before taking this workshop. The rest of the pages of the book follow. They are made with fabric-paper, felt, book pages, fabric, stamps, embossing powder, copper, etc.
The last project we worked on was a steampunk quilt. This is my least favorite of the three pieces.
