Bday tag!

steampunk art-journaling page

golfer tag...

UK police hat - tag

butterfly tag!

Work on repeated pattern.

Flamingo

Hi there!
make yourself a cuppa, as this is going to be a long post!!!! with lots of pictures!

It is almost two months I have been living with a Flamingo. Yes, a Flamingo!! not a real one, but a paper-mache flamingo, 105cm tall.
I transformed my kitchen in a temporary studio (not that Marisa, the rabbit, was extremely happy....), so I could decorate it.
I am proud to present to the internet community the result tonight (I did a night shoot as well).
The flamingo was gesso-ed twice, and covered with tissue paper. I did not want to use ready-made paper, so I made my own using Gelli Plate! It was very interesting and rewarding, drawing patters with Catalyst tools, and using acrylic colours. In a matter of minutes, the living room was inundated with drying stamps.
Once dried, I cut the printed tissue paper, and decoupaged all the surface, using the Decopatch glue. It is similar to PVA, but I found this glue excellent for ironing out all the creases the tissue paper might have. The white gesso underneath really makes the bright colours (and white) pop out! I repeated printing tissue paper for each section (body, legs, neck, base, etc), and I co
At first, I was not satisfied with the legs. I made them too red. So I re-gessoed the legs (over the glued paper) and reapplied a new layer of paper, this time printed with much more white.
The flamingo will be moved soon into its permanent location, which is our pottery studio (www.3madpotters.co.uk). We are having a grand opening soon, so it will be displayed alongside our pottery items which will be on sale (the flaming won't be on sale!!). Hopefully, it will inspire our visitors, being a centrepiece! I will miss not having the flamingo around the house, but I am making room for my next project (which needs to be moved from the attic to the kitchen... the kitchen is like a home-studio!!!).
I hope you will like the flamingo!!
Please feel free to leave your comments below!
Dario

admission tag

music time

Hi there!
a journaling page for the Art Journaling Facebook challenge.

Background with Gelli Plate and Distress Paints, sewed tag, decorations with Claudine Hellmut acrylics, silhouette cut with Silhouette Cameo.

Supertag

Hi there!

just wanted to share the latest creation: a Supertag!!!!!
I used a Giant Manila tag, Size 12, which is 5.12 inch x 10.5 inch (12.8cm x 26.25cm).
The background was coloured with Distress Paints. Stamps were stamped with light blue archival ink. Butterflies were die-cutted and coloured with Distress Paints.
The three flowers were stamped with archival ink and coated with UTEE.
I hope you like it!
Dario

Tag mini album

tag

Hi there!

a really packed weekend, a lot of creative art work!!!!!

I am working of three large projects, which will be revealed as soon as ready!! I am so excited!!! I suspect they will be ready in 2-3 weeks time….

But, in the meantime, I post my latest tag: a simple distressed tag with Kraft Glassine paper! 

I hope you like it.

Dario

two butterflies tags

I am exploring different techniques with Tim Holtz's butterfly stamps, Distress pads, tissue papers and Distress markers…..

Here some pics of my experiments so far!!!

Dario

Workshop at Art from the heart

On the 6th and 7th April 2013, I attended a two-days workshop with Kaz Hall at the Art from the Heart (aka; Dyan's kingdom). The weekend was focused on "tag production" (learn as many as possible techniques) and create a mini-album with envelops where to store the tags.

The weekend was great fun, and highly productive!! The course inspired me to open a blog, to keep track and share of my creations in paper. I can envisage to post two posts a month (more or less). I cannot warranty that Gelli plate, Decopatch, Letterpress and Pottery/Ceramic won't creep in!! I consider myself a mixed-media part-time artist, so the blog will receive influences from other media!!!

I hope you will enjoy my work, and will stop by to say HI!!