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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Mixed Media Mayhem - Where Next?

Today's journal entry presents a long standing dilemma - Where next?  It’s a question my friends always ask when I come home from an adventure.  Like everything else, there is no long range plan. Something pops up and it becomes a destination. I have not been to Sub-Saharan Africa so this page is a possible answer to the dilemma.  


What’s more fun than a bunch of new tools to try.  An entire book of textured wallpaper with shapes ideal for Gelli printing and a new assortment of stencils gave me stimulus overload. Focus, focus, I chose the circles and ovals for positive and negative printing with Pebeo Studio Acrylics Iridescent Orange.  



Once the Gelii plate is on full speed, I can’t stop so I made a lot of prints on deli paper that I could use for collage.  Some of the deli paper became the translucent circles that I glued on top of my original prints.  


I loved my background and left it unadorned for weeks.  




When my Grand Circle Travel brochure came, I found the images and message I needed.  I fussy-cut the animals and strung together the message.  


The final touch was an old gelli printed mask of a giraffe I had used in one of my classes.  




9 comments:

  1. Wonderful collage Linda...the animals
    work so well with your background!

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  2. This is so eye catching how it turned out. Deli paper ! I have got to get me some of that. I use a lot of tissue paper, but I don't think it would be good for gelli printing (gelli plate is on my birthday wishlist)

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  3. Wonderful journal page. Love the colours and patterns in the background, and the African motives. Thanks for linking to Art Journal Journey! Valerie

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  4. Love the spread Linda, and the deep meaning behind it also!

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  5. Wow great background texture and very nice collage.
    Greetings
    Sabine

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  6. What grand colors to use for such majestic animals! Oh I can't wait till you embark on your next adventure- only to long to hear what it was like!! Another fabulous spread Linda!!

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  7. A really fun page! Love the gelli prints! Have fun on your next adventure!

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  8. Thank you for taking us on an adventure with your beautiful and colorful pages!

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  9. So beautiful, I love all the layers. Very inspiring!

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