Trust rust

I had planned to play in WOYWW today, but it took me until late Sunday to visit every person last week.  Because I'm still not feeling well, I didn't want to get that far behind again.  Instead, I decided to join Chris of Pear Shaped Crafting, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.   Her theme is Art for art's sake.

Today I'm placing my trust in rust.

Although I hate my handwriting, I'm trying to use it more often in my art.

There are several techniques in this journal entry, the first of which is this beautifully rusted lid and slightly rusted pipe fitting that are paired with a rusty heart and a piece of rusted book page.

Note the background, though.  I started with a map of a room that I glued to my substrate, an 8.5 X 11" sheet of heavy card stock.

Then I added some fluid acrylics that look like or remind me of rust.   For my next step, which you can't see unless you look at the entire piece, I soaked the entire piece, minus the rusty assemblage of course, in dark coffee.

Finally, I ripped off part of the overlapping piece I had glued to the substrate.

Only a small portion of the map remained once I ripped it away.  Lastly, I added the rusty assemblage.

Materials used include fluid acrylics, liquid coffee, a metallic gel pen, a heart created from a Yahtzee score sheet, a room map, and a rusty assemblage described above.

I am once again grateful and deeply touched that you chose to visit.  I also hope to see you at Art Journal Journey.