"Failed to Publish" is back. I can publish about once every 12 hours or so. Very frustrating.
As most of you know, whenever possible, I like my Second Look to somehow reflect what our current host at Art Journal Journey is featuring. That means I looked for something that included Alison's chosen theme, Autumn Colors and Inspiration. This post was originally published on October 7, 2015. It was for a challenge and the theme was Autumn.
This was my first ever assemblage made using a book cover for the substrate.
I
thought this looked like autumn, especially after I colored the white
flowers (yes, they all started white) with yellow pan pastels and brown
walnut ink.
I
sprayed each flower with a fixative before I added it to the cover.
I'm out of E6000, my adhesive of choice for anything like this, so I
grabbed the hot glue gun and promptly made a mess of things.
Except
for the very first (and last) photo, these were all taken before I
realized I hadn't cleaned the hot glue strings properly from the piece.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. I started with some autumn fabric and
sprayed it (using a spray adhesive) to the book cover I had gessoed
late last month.
To
that I added fabric I rusted, some of my handmade paper, and an image
of a young girl I fussy cut. I sewed the paper assembly to the rusty
fabric, then was horrified because the yellow from the pan pastel got on
the rusty fabric.
Although I eventually noticed the problem, removing all that pan pastel dust
was a real problem. I also forgot to show the back, which I covered in shaving cream paper I made several years ago.
One
final look at this first altered book cover after I removed the hot
glue spider webs, but before I got rid of the excess pan pastel dust. I
still need to punch holes to add a wire hanging, but I wanted to show
this before time runs out on that challenge.
Materials I used were five white flowers I colored, filler grass from my
yard, commercial fabric, rust dyed fabric, handmade paper (made by me),
a printed image, thread, shaving cream paper (on the back), all on a
gessoed book cover that was about 8 inches by 10 inches (20,32
centimeters by 25,4 centimeters).
Now it's time to share your own Second on the 2nd. The rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back. All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed. Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable, as long as it's been published sometime in the past. Then link below (direct links only, please) and Bleubeard and I, along with other Second on the 2nd friends, will be by to visit.
12 thoughtful remarks:
Definitely Autumnal. The flower petals were coloured sooo well. Sorry that the blight of failed to comment is back.
That is beautiful! (At first glance I thought it was a small cushion) but it's an altered book cover. Now you are doing justice to your blog name. I love the colours.
What a bummer about not being able to comment. Perhaps you can email people if they have a 'contact' button on their blog. And of some people (like me) you already have email addresses.
Happy Second on the 2nd,
Lisca
...and now I am having trouble creating a new post!
Beautiful piece, love the design and flowers. Hugs, Valerie
I can't believe you colored those flowers. That's a lot of work. But they do look lovely with the fabric, and it's definitely autumn. Hope your commenting comes back. Perhaps you should try another search engine to see if it's that or not. hugs-Erika
Autumn isn't my favorite season, but your page captures the colors and is very pretty. Especially the little angel.
I thought it was a cushion too! Then scrolled down and saw what a lot of wow of work went into that, love it! Lovely colours , love the flowers and it has given me a few ideas! Sorry I'm sooo late!! Happy T day!! ((Lyn))
Beautiful colors. As I said about your previous autumn creation, I love the coppery reds and golds that are traditional for the season.
best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Beautiful work!!!
Sad with blogger.... this sucks big.
You have such a good eye for colour and style!
I do enjoy fall season.
I'll never catch up from weeks (months?) without posting so I will start right here. You created a beautiful piece and so much work went into it. Thanks for the details.
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