Posted by rubychew on 2006-01-04 13:30:21
Post Subject: using gold leaf or gold sheets in a collage
I was a the art store the other day and I saw these very very thin sheets of gold. I would really like to be able to add them to a collage, but how does one affix it to the paper? I think it would just mash up with glue.
Posted by JRGweb on 2004-10-11 16:12:00
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get waterbased inks, or fabric inks, stay away from plastisol, it's way hard to clean up.
you can buy screenprinting stuff from your local art store or go to http:///www.dickblick.com
your best bet would be to buy a starter kit that has everything you need
actually dickblick.com has a little page on beginning screenprinting too:
http://www.dickblick.com/info/screenprintbasics/
other things you'll need include:
Squeegee (for pulling ink)
turpentine (for cleaning up)
I would reccomend when starting out to use stencils rather than using emulsion, because emulsion can be hard to figure out so it's best to go with the easiest way until you are comfortable and want to start more expiramenting
Posted by craftytricks on 2005-11-15 14:50:17
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If you head to the kids' section in the art store, they usually have some sort of stained glass kit that works on vases and other glass surfaces. I'm not sure exactly what it is that makes the stained glass effect, but you could check it out and give it a try on one of your panes.
Posted by quornflour on 2006-11-19 11:24:16
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If you live in a place that will not let you paint the walls:
head to your local art store, (in a truck or similar) and buy a large canvas 48"x48" as a minimum and a few tubes of different shades of your favorite color and a paint brush or two.
When you get home paint the canvas and hang it on your wall. It will work great to add the color that you want and way easier than having to repaint the wall when you move out.
Posted by felt on 2005-04-08 11:44:11
Post Subject: Re: tiny quick watercolor question
will the pencil fade? do you use pen for watercolor, is pencil unprofessional or lazy or something? these are small pieces, and I like the scratchy look of the pencil, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. or as close to right as I can.
Nothing is ever unprofessional or lazy in art..!
If it's graphite pencil you're using, yes it may fade. You can use colored pencils but if you like the 'scratchy look' as you mentioned, use a hard pencil. 2H, 4H, 6H are hard whereas 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B are soft pencils. HB lies in between.. You can also always ask someone at the art store. Hope this helps, good luck! :)
Posted by Nancy Flynn on 2005-04-11 13:46:53
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there was a cute needlepoint kit of trout at my local art store for 1.99. And one of my best friends needlepoints GORGEOUS watteau-like scenes-- she says the French make lovely needlepoint canvases. And she is under 30.
i love the look of needlepoint, and i say we should bring it back if it has become passe! i'd bet there are computer programs that can turn an image into a transfer for a canvas...
Posted by sewing stars on 2004-05-06 13:54:17
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I was in retail for way to long...
At the Bookstore I worked at people would get upset when:
we didn't have their 50 year old out-of-print book,
the book jacket was shelf worn and a little scuffed, "S'cuse me do you have another in the back?",
or the best, I had on more than one occasion had a customer ask if they could photocopy the page they needed (Go to the Library!).
At the Art Store I worked at people were just down right rude, Here are some of the fun things they would do:
throw their credit card/cash at me across the counter,
at closing when I was at the door letting the last customers out I have had people from outside yank the door out of my hand and rush me to get in after we were already closed,
i have watched/caught shop lifters try to steal all sorts of things,
half empty/half eaten food left on shelves,
i could go on and on...
I was so happy when I quit that job!
As a secretary I run into rude people sometimes, but mostly it is those people who don't listen, and then get irriated with me because they weren't listening and I give them the condensed version.
That phone sex thing must be a strange job, especially with those guys talking to their wives/g-friends on their cell phones.
Posted by delqc on 2004-11-02 14:03:27
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I am so broke this year - everything will be minimalistic
I am making sets of dinner napkins from leftover fabric I got by hemming a set of curtains for free for a friend. That will give me 18 napkins so I will do 3 sets of six ...
I am making polar fleece socks for my sisters, mom, and for some aunts, uncles, and friends. They are pretty comfy, and one metre of fleece which makes about 4 pairs is only $6 from the fabric store around the corner.
Some books that I have had in my possion long enough to love over and over will be passed along as gifts to the literary inclined.
I am *supposed* to be making an embroidered stocking for the BF but I just can't get inspired enough.
Last year we made wine charms from seed beads, some fancy beads, and memory wire from an art store. That was fun, but the beads ended up costing almost as much as bought presents.
Posted by msfish on 2007-06-07 09:24:45
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well done again, girlsavage! you're winning me over to the felt, though i'm not sure where i'll find the nice kind - the reason mine pulls so much is that the only place i can find it is a local art store (i'm in manhattan, so no joann's for me) and it's not the best quality.
as for making a sock giraffe, the neck troubles me: i think what you suggest sounds pretty good, Thrift Shop Romantic, but i worry that it would either come out too thick (if stuffed tight enough to stand up) or too floppy. maybe i should start scouring the local shops for baby kneesocks? :) i think if i went with the sock method, i'd have to abandon hope of having the giraffe stand up at all (or i could maybe give him the coloring and details of a giraffe and then just shorten the neck). i'm still sort of puzzling it out.
Posted by sewing stars on 2004-05-05 14:25:14
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office assistant i liked my boss a lot, it was my college workstudy job.
shelver/book info helper at the oldest bookstore in l.a., Vromans. it was okay but the pay sucked.
supervisor at the new Vromans Museum Collection store. pay still sucked, and i had more responsibilies.
printable invitation designer with a very small company. so small i also packaged, shipped, and supervised other workers. my two bosses sucked, though. i quit after 9 months.
factory worker packed up boxes of valves. people were nice, job itself was super boring.
cashier/retail at local art store. pay okay, but first time getting benefits, like health and vacation days. i liked some of the people i worked with.
secretary, painting at the college i graduated from. i like it a lot. lots of benefits, no punching of time cards, nice people to work with.
my real job is making crafty things in my 'spare' time.
Posted by pteryla on 2005-09-04 18:52:48
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i love the city quilter on 25th between 6th/7th, closer to 7th, north side of street. obviously it's quilting-specific, but there's great fabric, mettler thread, quality scissors, rotary cutters, rulers, mats, tons of books (i walked out with "stupid sock creatures" the other night, and love it already). thimbles, embroidery thread, etc. i also like lee's, and i love pearl paint. then there's a little place that bills itself as an art store on 7th betw. 29th/30th, east side of avenue. but it has a ton of yarn and various craft supplies too. there used to be a hipster yarn/knitting store on bedford ave. around s. 4th or so, but i don't know if it's still there.
Posted by singlemomindebt on 2008-08-24 00:31:09
Post Subject: HI !
I am a single mom with a 12 year old son. I love doing crafts. Alot of times I see something that I like and then try to duplicate it. I saw this AWESOME fleur de lis painting at a local craft fair. It was $100. I do not have that kind of money to spend on stuff like that b/c my money is so tight. I went to the art store a few days later and got a canvas, paint and tried to finr a fleur de lis stamp. Could not find a single one I liked, so I bought some sheets of foam- similar to the green foam placed in bottoms of vases for fake flowers.
I found a few images online and selected the one I really really liked. I copied it, printed it, and enlarged it a few times, printing 4 different sizes of the fleur de lis. I then used an exacto knife to cut them out of the foam. The painting I did came out really really good. I was really impressed that I was able to do this. I plan on posting a spot on my blog where I can sell them custom made where the buyer picks out the colors. And also where I can show the image of the one I already did.
