Sewn – Joyful Ploys

patterns everywhere…

July 16, 2013July 16, 2013Mary4 Comments

I have sewn my book cover together for the sewn class. I choose to make triangles. The stitching was fun but I think I prefer stitching fabric. I am continuing to paint patterns this week. I have gotten behind on my index card a day but I think I’ll catch up by Friday. Here’s my pattern book cover. I don’t have any pages stitched in it yet but I’m working on that.

Last week, while I was in the midst of painting patterns, two books I ordered came in the mail from Amazon. I ordered them because they are full of patterns…great ideas for doodling and all that. The first book is Chinese Cut-Paper Designs:

This book is a Dover Publication printed in the USA. Here are a few designs from inside the book:

Detail at the bottom of a dress:

The other new book is: Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from Harper’s Bazar. This book shows some of the fashion drawing by Erte. This is also a Dover Publication. For twelve years, from 1915 to 1926, Erte, a Russian born artist, working in Paris, created beautiful fashion fantasies for Harper’s Bazar magazine. Here is the book cover:

some illustrations from the inside:

ICADs(Index Card a Day) and more painted papers…

July 8, 2013July 8, 2013Mary7 Comments

A really quick post to show my ICADs, for July 6-8. ICADs are a two month long project hosted by Tammy at Daisy Yellow. I’ve also been painting more patterns on paper. The second lesson of the “Sewn” class by Mary Ann Moss was posted this morning…I watched the videos once but I’m going back to take another look at them. If you don’t know about “Sewn,” there is a short video on the sidebar by Mary Ann explaining about the class. So far, I’ve been having great fun slinging paints and inks all over the paper.

ICAD 36 is collage from magazine pieces:

ICAD 37 is painted deli paper glued onto the card…and I wish I had not added lines…oh well:

ICAD 38 is all magazine collage…I was going to use some advertising logos but this is how it turned out:

This is growing right by my bird feeder in the back yard. Three Sunflower plants have grown there all by themselves from stray seeds that the birds missed:

Here are some painted papers from the weekend:

another shot:

One more thing. I want to mention, is that Karen over at MAIL ME SOME ART has several swaps going on this month. There is a button on my sidebar that will take you to her mail art blog. One of the swaps that intrigues me is a zine swap that must be mailed to her by July 29th. I hope I can do one…I have a lot of projects going on right now but I’m going to try to enter that swap. The zine is all complete on one piece of copy paper. Go here to read about how to fold and cut the sheet of paper to make a zine. She made a video to show the entire process. She made two examples to show how she made a zine from a single sheet of paper.

ICADs and painted papers

July 5, 2013July 5, 2013Mary22 Comments

I’ve been in a flurry of painted papers …..the “Sewn” class by Mary Ann Moss opened yesterday. Our assignment is to paint patterns on paper until Monday. That’s when the next lesson will be posted 🙂 To find out more about “Sewn,” see the short video link over on the sidebar. I love to paint patterns, I like the more abstract process. You just do it without much thought. I will be doing more patterns this weekend and I’ll post my patterns I have painted, thus far. Before that, let me show ICADs 33-35:

ICAD 33 is a collage of map, book and deli papers: