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Still experimenting with Art Journal Making

9/24/2020

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Watercolor Art Journal

Well, this 30 day challenge sort of got away from me. I was not able to post each day. But I'm still working on my experiments and making. I finished a Watercolor inspired journal yesterday. It's a simple journal with watercolor pages for the covers. I made bookcloth for the spine with a handdyed cotton and inserted eyelets. The binding is pamphlet stitch. I added a simple elastic closure. Inside some of my favorite drawing paper which is a nice weight for this size journal. On another note, more digital art printables are coming to the shop soon. Well, I better get back to the studio and see what happens today. Thanks for stopping by. 
Watercolor Art Journal
Watercolor Art Journal
Back Cover Watercolor Art Journal
Back Cover Watercolor Art Journal
Eyelet Spine on Art Journal
Eyelet Spine on Art Journal
Back Inside Cover Art Journal
Back Inside Cover Art Journal
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New Digital Packs in the shop

9/18/2020

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Wabi - Sabi Barn Digital Art Printables

A couple of new Digtial Art Printable Packs are now in the shop. Wabi - Sabi Barn and The Beauty of Weeds.
The Beauty of Weeds Digital Art Printables ©DL Rigter
The Beauty of Weeds Digital Art Printables ©DL Rigter.
Inspiration from my nature walks at my favorite park. There is always something interesting to see. Milkweed always catches my eye. With Autumn coming I'm hoping to get more photos to work with. Hope you can pop over to the shop and take a look. I really enjoy offering these for people to be creative with. I know I love working with them for book and journal covers and pages. I hope to be posting some videos of my art journals soon. A flip through.
Wabi - Sabi Barn Digital Art Printables ©DL Rigter.
Wabi - Sabi Barn Digital Art Printables ©DL Rigter.
I'm currently using some of these images on book covers. I'll be posting more when the art journal is done. 
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Day 23 Making Art Journals and Studio Dilemma

9/14/2020

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Posting daily is getting difficult

 I got a little side tracked this weekend. I'm trying to get my weaving studio into some sort of order. Fall is coming and I'm itching to weave but things are pushed all around and sort of crazy. We had to make an office space for my husband when Covid-19 hit so he could work from home, so he is in the weaving studio. Months have passed and we don't think he will be going back to the office any time soon. So I need to probably do some down sizing of looms etc. I've been thinking about this for some time. I really need to sell some looms. It's hard to decide what to keep and what must go. I'm all over the place with this decision. If your a weaver then you know what I speak of. It's hard to let go sometimes. Oh well, I need to get on with it. 
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Now back to the challenge subject. My art journals in progress are all over the studio upstairs. I work in batches. I can never just start one thing and go from start to finish. Maybe I should. I have book covers in progress and pages and the sewing of cloth journals going on and I'm feeling like I need to get organized. It's feeling a bit crazy. So today when I get into the studio after this cup of tea and I stop procrastinating maybe I'll try and get organized. I hope to be back with some pics of something getting closer to being done. Done is good. Well, the day got away from me again. No pics yet but I'm getting there soon. Working on testing out a grommet or eyelet kit that I got for the fabric journals. Nothing beautiful to see yet just a big mess on my work table. Hang in there Peeps. And some new digital printables are coming soon. 
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Day 16 of Making Art Journals

9/10/2020

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Preparing fabric for resist dyeing

I'm doing a little fabric dyeing for some art journals and thought I might do some faux shibori. Instead of hand stitching or hand tying resist areas I sometimes like to just use my sewing machine to add stitching that I pull tight. I can also add some hand wrapping to it as well. It's fun and fast to do. I have found that my Bernina baste stitch works great for this. That stitch sews every other stitch so it is long and easy to pull out after dyeing. If your machine doesn't have a long basting stitch just set it to the longest stitch you have. Sometimes a gathering foot helps but with this stitch I don't need one.

There are so many ways to experiment with your machine and doing various resist techniques to fabric. Chain Stitch is another that is very helpful because it pulls out easily but you have to make sure you knot it so it doesn't pull out during dyeing. The only machine I have right now that does chain stitch is an old Singer 626 Touch-N-Sew. That is why I bought it for the chain stitch set up. If you look for one of those make sure you get a model that has metal gears. You don't want those old plastic ones. The Touch-N-Sew 600 series had metal gears but it's always best to look inside the machine to check before buying one. If your doing Craig's List or Thrift Shops just bring a screw driver with you.  Here is an article about the 626 if your interested.

​ I purchased mine for the chain stitch but it does a lovely satin stitch as well and a beautiful straight stitch. I heard someone refer to this series of machines as "Stitch and Throw" once. I think many people might have had issues because they were not winding the bobbins correctly and you must keep the bobbin area clean. It has that wind in place bobbin system. I have never had any issues with it. But you know I love Vintage Sewing Machines as well as my Bernina and Juki. All of my other machines are Vintage. The thing I love most about Vintage machines is that I can work on them myself because there are no computer parts. Also they are just cool. The look and the sound that they make and the stitch quality is really outstanding. Ok, I got off on a rant about Vintage Machines. Anyway, if your getting into resist dyeing or Shibori looks give your machine a try for some interesting effects. I'll post these after dyeing. Here is a little video clip of the basting stitch. Catch yo later.
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Day 15 of my 30 day challenge

9/9/2020

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30 Days of Making Art Journals and My New Book Sewing Frame

I took some time off for the holiday weekend. But I did get a couple of photos of my book sewing frame that we made. If there is enough interest Ron says he can make them as made to order so I'll list it in the shop if people contact me and say they are interested in one. 
I'm so happy with the way it turned out. I love it. And the fact that we made it makes it even better. The maple is lovely and I have always loved beautiful grain on Maple. It will only get darker and richer over time. That honey look of aged maple is so sweet. Catch ya later. And if your interested in a Sewing Frame drop me a line from the contact page. Or Direct Message me on Instagram. 
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My Book Sewing Frame in Maple with copper over threaded rods.
My Book Sewing Frame in Maple with copper over threaded rods.
My Book Sewing Frame in Maple with copper over threaded rods.
Isn't she sweet! Love my new Book Sewing frame.
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Off topic of my challenge. Collage work.

9/7/2020

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Mixed Media Textile Collage in progress.

I was working on this piece today and I thought it was done. But then I was thinking maybe more stitching but I just was not sure. I posted to Instagram to get some opinions. So far people say it is done. I will put it aside as to not over do it and see what I think.
Over working something is the worst because you can't go back.
​Sometimes less is more. This is painted Linen on Linen canvas with stitching and a tiny handwoven tapestry style fabric done with a silk warp, and silk and wool weft. The little drawing in watercolor and graphite is stitched with asemic writing. It's on linen and paper with a touch of a beautiful handmade Japanese paper remnant that I love. I've got a few of these that I'm working on for the shop. When I paint Linen like this it has a very Wabi-Sabi feel to me. I often call this color Wabi-Sabi White. The working series name was Remnants. That may or may not change.
Hope your labor day is going well with some nice time off. 
Mixed Media Textile Collage in progress.
Mixed Media Textile Collage in progress.
Closer look. Mixed Media Textile Collage in progress.
loser look. Mixed Media Textile Collage in progress.
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Day 10 of my Art Journal challenge

9/4/2020

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Making Little Book Covers

 This is my first Youtube video and there is a learning curve. I thought I would add some little snippets of me at my work table etc. Still working on some little book covers. Hope your having a lovely Labor Day weekend. Me.... I'm going to try and figure out the ins and outs of Youtube a bit for now. Catch ya later Peeps. 
Working on book covers. Collage with digital papers and linen stitched.
Working on book covers. Collage with digital papers and linen stitched.
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30 Days of Making Art Journals...Day 8 and 9

9/2/2020

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The art journal challenge continues with Pamphlet Stitch...

I'm still here plugging along. I'm working on some simple bindings. This one is pamphlet stitch.
And google says:pamphlet stitch is a simple binding often used to bind chapbooks. Chapbooks are inexpensively made booklets, originally sold by “chapmen” door-to-door and village-to-village.
And there is the term Chapbooks again. It just keeps popping up.

Anyway, I used pamphlet stitch and hard boards. I made a linen bookcloth for the spine. I have purchased bookcloth before and it was quite heavy so I wanted to make my own with a finer linen cloth and it turned out very nice. The weight was lighter and not so bulky. I'm going to be making more. The linen I used was a medium weight not too coarse. 

The cover boards are where I just played with collage, stitching, digital papers, pastels, and wax. I was worried that the wax would warp the boards but I put them into my handmade press and that worked. The edges that I left uncovered I painted and dyed. More experimentation with that is in order. To wrap the edges or not? It depends on the paper. If it is too thick it doesn't wrap nicely. Heavy watercolor paper for example, it looks better trimmed clean to the edge. I wonder if I lightly sprayed it with water first if I make it more pliable? Maybe. Ok off to the studio to take it out of the press. 

Well lesson learned. I forgot to put parchment paper on the top of my waxed cover before putting it in the press. It stuck to it. Ugh! Not too bad I got if off but I did lose a little wax in the process. No biggie it just adds to the wabi-sabiness of it. I had sealed it with spray varnish and I thought that would do the trick but now I know. It's always a learning process but that is what keeps things fun and interesting and never boring.

​The back cover was fine no issues with sticking there. So as you can see this is just a simple pamphlet stitch binding stitched with waxed linen thread. The paper is a 80lb drawing paper. It  takes all dry media very well. The next one I do will have mixed media paper  so you can use wet media. I love how the asemic free form stitching I did is bonded into the wax and also with the hand stitching on the back cover. I'm going to keep experimenting with the coldwax and when the weather breaks I'm firing up the Encaustic wax pot to use on some covers. I'll probably use wood or masonite boards for that. The hot wax might be too much for the book board. Ok, another day is slipping away. I've got to get back to it. Ta Ta and hope your getting some creative time today. We have a 3 day weekend coming up so maybe you will. The weather is suppose to be fine here so I'm going to head to the mountains again for some forest bathing and recharging of my batteries. 
Mixed Media Art Journal and Book Press.
Mixed Media Art Journal and Book Press.
Front cover. Mixed Media Art Journal.
Front cover. Mixed Media Art Journal.
Back Cover.Mixed Media Art Journal.
Back Cover.Mixed Media Art Journal.
Hand for scale. And I love touching books.
Hand for scale. And I love touching books.
Inside Pamphlet Stitch with Waxed Linen thread. Simple but very effective.
Inside Pamphlet Stitch with Waxed Linen thread. Simple but very effective.
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30 Days of Making Art Journals...Day 7

9/1/2020

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Making Art Journals and Digital Printables

Hello,
Today I played with fabric hinges for journal pages. I'm thinking about combining them with sections that are pamphlet stitched so the whole book would not be only fabric hinges. I don't know if that will work but it might. I'll just have to play around with it and see. I also got a new Digital Pack into the shop today. Asemic Art and just for fun I put an image of myself in one of the pieces. That picture is from many many moons ago. I think I was sweet sixteen in that photo. That got me thinking I might want to do a pack with old family pictures. Maybe just title it Family. So on my list it goes. 

I still have not gotten a good photo of my sewing frame. It is stormy here today. So black with no good light. Sigh... I'll get it. 

So here are my fabric hinges below. Some watercolor paintings collaged with silk organza overlays and some tea printed paper. Well, it is time to get off of this computer. Too much time on here today and I'm getting what I call a "computer eyeball headache" my body is telling me enough all ready. Later Peeps...
Fabric hinges on book pages...watercolor paintings with silk organza overlay.
Fabric hinges on book pages...watercolor paintings with silk organza overlay.
A closer look...Fabric hinges on book pages...watercolor paintings with silk organza overlay.
A closer look...Fabric hinges on book pages...watercolor paintings with silk organza overlay.
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