And lots of time to experiment with them, life is good.
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Made lots of paper tubes |
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Used my craft pasta machine to flatten them. Always have a separate machine for kitchen and studio. I use this one for clay mainly, when making piece for jewelry. |
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It does a very good job. |
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And starts to bend them...., |
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ready for curling. |
Now I need to make some paper and for that job need a Mold and Deckle. So I got some wood from Wicks and set about my task.
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Mark out the wood. I want a mold and deckle to form A5 sheets of paper. Therefore I need to measure the size of the paper and add two widths of the wood. I am being kind to myself and leaving a little lee-way too!. |
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Make sure marks are square. |
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I am doing lap joints on these corners. |
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More wood...., |
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More measuring! |
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Funny little saw Andrew likes....., but it is blunt! |
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Get the big chap in. |
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Opps! |
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Chisel out any rubbish. Only 16 of these to do! |
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Paper size fits well. Going to glue and screw the joints. |
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( Note to group members, See what a mess I make in the studio and you worry about coffee cups and bits of paper!!!!) |
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Countersink the holes, these two frames need to sit flush together. |
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Ratchet screw driver, love them. |
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Plain the edges and generally tidy the frames up. |
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Metal letter punches. |
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Sanding the edges, this is sand paper secured around a piece of wood. |
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Add my name to each frame. |
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Good job. |
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Staple fine net to one frame, this now becoming the deckle. |
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Done, pleased with these, I only need another six pairs....., I think I will wait for Andrew to bring the chop saw! |
Now more paper play, Paper Mache.
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News print. |
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P.V.A glue and water 50/50. |
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Chop up the paper. |
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And cover a bowl. |
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Allow to dry. |
OK so now as I seem to be obsessing with circles and spirals, I want to paint/print some.
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Mixed media paper, 250 gsm. |
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It is A2 and I require A3...., cut it in half! |
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Sprits with water |
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Circle stencils. |
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Dylusions ink. |
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Play! Sorry lost some of the pictures here! Just keep adding colours and drying, until you ave a nice back ground. |
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Dylusions paint. |
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Place a small amount of paint on the mat and load your dabber. |
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Now push paint throw stencil, you need a tiny amount of paint. |
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Do the same thing with different colours. |
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Print with bubble wrap to add texture. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmHKJUbUpDaqERjgmi5-MKSRVwnVqKwbyLz8KogtutBqz6ldzN6WpmTrJD0deAOl5nZQ_w7DV6oyp1DQklbRvH3185GtEac0gE4_Lr8bSPzDwuNiMQVT1H7i__YuOl3YINY2gvqVl9dU/s400/moldndeckle+055.JPG) |
Once I have finished with the colour, I like to add black , for contrast and impact. |
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Good paint is expensive, so I do not like to waste it. Therefore any left on the dabber gets but into my journals for background building. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnkPfLNgXkkPiHJYCx_A9T-0WHFF4qsG38dWYjzTytJIOkoBp4894tOBJM-49dgC9ede2bja7UIH_XdRGWbqfNnCJaDfFV8CilYWox5TKnFeh-Uyuo0Ko__qqbAZor1W4Lo6LqAfAtSA/s400/moldndeckle+057.JPG) |
When the paper is close to where you want it, I always recommended you photocopy it. It is your work, you may as well have multiple copies for other projects. The colour reproduction is never as good with an A4 print, I prefer my A3 printer, but forgot to go get some more ink!!!!!! |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGN3-3hzDJdKloISQhp8N75Us_9oQunCTez5WrUwMLtpQlNLiuS3QWLASV8GiHoVT2mGvRiWIzilLUAEuNYzOGC-a4gvRyLVg7N70c0pQb1y91cdQktOCXYeArKM3GAj0hllUS1zP-TE/s400/moldndeckle+062.JPG) |
Added some white dots too. Now I am happy with this I shall have it turned into Fabric. |
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