These little books are the result of my experiments with a technique I had wanted to try. I had an idea of what I hoped to achieve and Stampscapes images were the natural choice.
I started with bare 6 x 6 chipboard covers and painted with a thin coat of gesso. When dry I added light layers of paint in sky and ground areas.
Images were stamped in archival ink on to tissue paper and roughly torn out around the edges.
Colour was added to the back of the images, using inks, paint or colour pencils.
The tissue paper images were then arranged on to the covers and stuck down with Multi Medium.
When dry, additional colour was painted on and allowed to dry completely.
An additional layer of multi medium was applied to seal the surfaces.
The tree trunk trio image was applied to the back covers of each book, and patterned paper to the inside of the covers. this was also sealed with multi medium.
A mixture of ruled and plain pages was added with plain card to separate the sections. The books were bound with rings to allow for addition or removal of pages.
I enjoyed making these covers and decided to get a little more adventurous in the next batch I created. That is a story for another post.
Thank you for visiting.
Till next time
be happy
BaRb
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