Fate sometimes intervenes when we need it most. I have been thinking more and more about art journaling, but had much trepidation about starting. Serendipitously, through an altered paper swap delightful, talented artists, I was introduced to the Soul Journaling group on yahoo. You'll see some samples of their papers in earlier posts. I have finished my first prompt, which was to create a weaving of some of our hopes and dreams for the coming year. I wove mine with strips of vellum for the vertical elements, some paper I painted and some resist stained with Nancy Curry's technique for the horizontals. The thought process really helped me solidify some of the ways I can be most positive and useful. In my case, I placed the weaving on the top of a mailing envelope so I can store little bits I might use in my journaling.
4 comments:
This was brilliant to use vellum. That way you can read your whole "dream" wish. What a smarty pants! jeanne in oregon
I like the use of vellum too. I just did something similar with the weaving. I am from Oregon. I do like it here. I'm about 1.5 hrs from the coast. I moved to Illinois for about three years and missed Oregon terribly. It is pretty here.
Beautiful use of vellum, and the quotes are lovely, as is the background.
i too love the use of vellum, another great technique. one of my goals is to find a mentor too. i would love to mentor through BigBro/BigSis.
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