candyverandavintage: crafting silk screening

Friday, September 4, 2009

on a trip to Kenora and Longbow Lake
yesterday, this little Deer just sat and waited for his picture to be taken on the old number1 hwy.
I feel so much safer on these old back-roads as the trans-Canada is so congested with truckers now that the railway is not hauling to smaller destinations.

We stopped at an antiques store.
Junktion Antiques Hwy 17 just a few miles east of Kenora but before the bypass so you must go through town to get there.

The proprietor's name is Phil and his number is 807-466-1640.
I found a filing case similar to this and I am hoping to acquire it for storing all the collage and crafting items I am bri

nging to the shop.

Friday, February 13, 2009

I Candy Vintage

I candy Vintage
We are changing to LuneVintage.com
we will have still have some great retro clothing and new crafts and crafting workshops.
if you would like to be informed of upcoming events check out the
website and sign up for our news letter for interesting crafting ideas.
we are green from the ground up and always looking for new ideas or ways to recycle and re-use.
some workshops that we are working on.
silk screening, metalwork, journal making, collage, jewelery basics and lots of the needle arts.
if you have an idea for something you would like to learn and are interested in or know of an artist crafter that would like to teach please call us.
415-6400 we plan to be open for March 1 2009

some inspiration on printing techniques from a thrifty artist

Most of the techniques described in the book can be done with inexpensive supply substitutes: Instead of printing paper I print on “found paper” – anything from old atlases to painted papers or cheap copy paper and wallpaper samples. The ink can be substituted with paint in many cases. My favorite way of saving time and money is to reuse some of the less successful prints and incorporate them in my collage or other mixed media art by tearing and re-treating them with paint, ink, or stitching.

CPS: What inspires you?
DE: I am mostly inspired by seeing textures and colors in my daily surroundings. Thermal on Formica I live in an area that is rich with different ethnic cultures, and just walking the street or the market really makes me want to run to my studio and start a project. My home and studio are packed with colorful papers, fibers and decorative items that I have collected and those also trigger my creative juices. Collaborating with other artists is a huge inspiration as well.

CPS: Do you have a favorite project or technique?
DE: I don’t have one specific favorite. I like to change the media or form I am working on every once in a while. Recently I worked in a book form, creating mixed-media artist books that included printmaking on fabric and stitching. Before that I worked in a box form, creating three-dimensional assemblages. There is one aspect that is common in all my projects – recycling and re-purposing. I rarely buy art supplies in the art store and most of my art ingredients come from flea markets, thrift stores and other recycling resources.