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Showing posts with label Mod Podge. Show all posts

Friday, February 5, 2010

Art Group Projects

Fourth meeting of the Evolution of Creativity art group. Federal Heights, Colorado  February 4, 2010

On a poster board, Robert had drawn several random images. 
  • A couple dancing
  • A zipper
  • Clasped hands
  • A naked couple kissing
  • A puppet and his master
  • An electric socket
  • A pipe diagram 
  • Picture of a dog high fiving a hand.




The goal was to 'connect' all the images together. I don't know if that was achieved, but we had fun exploring different ways to create.

We used acrylic paint, chalk, glue gun, sequins, felt, markers, and a googley eye to enhance the drawn images.





The original drawing is of a man and woman kissing.  I added a shadowed skull, a wispy heart and wings.

I quite like it!!






Completed collective piece.

I also added the thick black lines on opposite ends, and tinted the dog and hand with watered down acrylic paint.  I added dimension to the zipper pull and other various glittery strands.

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Robert and Christina put some of my fabric around a large wooden spool that I brought.  They added a skull ring and left over fibers from Liz's favorite scarf. 

Lisa and I took a cat from Liz's junk added sequined backed googley eyes, wings and a special Mexican donkey as a pet.  Wired on some more bangles and glitz, podged the words "Things not to feel guilty about" around the base and walla - ART!  


We actually got an offer to trade from a well renowned fine art guy!  We turned him down.

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This was EOC's 3rd meeting at Tivoli Commons.  Student area at a University in downtown Denver.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Mod Podge

I'm gearing myself up to try some Mod Podge! I want to 'podge' magazine images onto puzzle pieces for a fundraiser project but I'm not sure magazine paper is good to use, we'll see.

I found this blog, Altered Obsession, where she gives her tips for using Mod Podge.

The Urban Hippie has some great Mod Podged items, her guitar is beautiful!!

Just for reference, Mod Podge is a liquid adhesive product made by Plaid. It is used sometimes as a sealant to protect fibers such as paper, threads, fabric etc. Product goes on white and dries clear in your choice of glossy or matte finishes. Mod Podge is mostly used for Decoupage.

So, what's decoupage? It's a process of layering Mod Podged items (papers, fabric, misc. fibers) on a surface of your choice such as frames, boxes, books and the like. When one layer dries, another is added until you achieve your desired piece of art. A final layer of Mod Podge is added to seal your piece which will protect and keep everything in place.

Some info contained in this post has been gleaned from Scrap Jazz.

Check out this blog Mod Podge Rocks; talk about Mod Podge!!
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