Code on front of the card is Happy Birthday.
Monoprint of a Brugmansia Leaf
Category: Needlework
Thanks Bunches Card
A thank you card for a friend who sent a parcel filled with flower bulbs.
Used finishing nails with a solution to rust them.
Materials–Rust paper, fiber, and sealant.
Scale–3.75″ x 5″
Harmony
“Happiness is when what you think, say, and do are in harmony.” Based on a Gandhi quote.
Sealant applied to protect the rust paper and to secure the fiber.
Details of the rust paper, code, and binding. The piece is still damp from the sealant.
Notes attached to the back of the piece.
Idea for the piece was the result of seeing the vent over the door to the laundry room.
Hung the piece over the door inside the guest bathroom.
After it is hung for a few days, I will attach a piece of foam tape to the bottom. It will secure the piece and prevent it from moving about every time the door is opened and closed.
Friendship
O.Henry quote–Friendship is not an accident.
Modified Morse Code is used. Green background is used for dots. Cream background is used for dashes, Kraft paste paper is used for spacers.
Materials–paper, rust paper, paste paper, fiber, bamboo, packing tape, sealant.
Scale–30.25″ x 9.25″ x .25″
Friend Gift
A friend is a gift you give yourself.
This is a Robert Louis Stevenson quote.
Material–Packing envelope, rust paper, fiber, bamboo, and sealant.
Scale–14.75″ x 13.75″ x .5″
Lost Connections
Materials–Paper, Rust Paper, Fiber, Metal, Adhesive, and Sealant
Scale–16″ x 9.25″ x .5″
Book Gift–Indelible Mark
The quote is from the movie-Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont.
Replaced Closure
Wasn’t keen on the paper closure, so I used hemp to knit an I-cord. Added pit-fired beads to the cord ends.
There are
People
Who Cross
Our Lives
In Tiny Fractions
Of Time
,
In The Briefest
Of Encounters
,
And Yet
They Leave
An Indelible Mark
In Our Hearts
And Minds
.
Materials–Rust Paper, Packing Paper, Painters’ Paper, Roofing Felt, Metal Bits, Fiber–Raw Linen, Bamboo, Jute, adhesive, sealant, hemp, pit-fired beads.
Scale–5″ x 4″ x 1.25″
Words are the Source of Misunderstandings
The quote used is from The Little Prince, a novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
I neglected to include liquid starch on the materials list. I saturated the piece with liquid starch to help keep everything in place.
