Pages of Summer

Since it is slightly less cold here than usual and I can actually hear birds singing this morning, I thought I would post these fabric book pages today. I sent these pages to Rachel in Texas whose theme was "Seasons", and so I did both pages on the one I liked best: Summer! One page has a soft retro look I really liked, though I am still not satisfied with the image transfer method I use. I have to use t-shirt transfer paper because Bubble Jet Set and all that are not to be found in France, hélas. I read somewhere though that if you put baking parchment over the transferred image and then iron over it again lightly, this will fix that unpleasant shine you get with those t-shirt transfers, so that's what I do. I PhotoShopped the images, and hand embroidered around them.The other page I made using part of a Tahitian beer can that I cut apart, believe or not, because I just love their logo. How's that for recycling? Later I found the perfect batik fabric to go with it in my stash, which was lucky. Then a few appliquéd flowers, a couple of cowry shells, and voila. It's great when things just come together like that; I wish this would happen more often!

Comments

[Karoda]

It always blows me away to see what ideas other artists come up with to mix with cloth. Did you use something to smooth the edges of the tin?

The other page I loved the lace and the overall softness against the vixen look in the model's eyes. hehehehe...

Peace,
Karoda

[Sandra]

I smoothed the edges of the tin with glue from a glue gun, then I carefully goldwaxed the glue. If I try this again, I will see if I can find a better way of softening the edges. I had tried snipping around the edges and then bending them back, but this can was probably made from aluminium so this didn't work (kept breaking off!). The woman in the picture on the other block is none other than Louise Brooks, silent film star. Wasn't she beautiful?
Have a creative day!
Sandra