Medium Lifts

One of the MOST exciting things about printing is creating one's own unique surface. No more simply printing on fabric or shiny photo paper! Make it your OWN!

This is the content of my Digital Explorations Workshop- see workshop tab at the top of the blog for more info. 

Here's a clipped video of creating a medium lift.

last sentence was- " It just peels up all that leftover paint making unique marks on the surface you placed on the gel medium surface." And yes- It's FUN and uses up the leftover paint making the plastic clean again for additional use!

Photo Filter Experiments

so much fun

original image, desaturated 

changing to blackand white

stained glass filter

plastic wrap filter

I love to play around with PhotoShop and the myriad of cellphone app's available!

charcoal filter

black and white image printed on painted surface

charcoal filter on pierced watercolor paper            

print the images on surfaces you can create  

plastic wrap filter printed on paper, torn, painted and stitched together

more ideas in my book- see side bar for link

and



then changing the surface too!

Looking Beyond the Edge- journal pages

time rolls back, cutting a river deep in my memories of you.




available in my Etsy shop- here

Collaging the surface

My last piece, Layers of Meaning, was made from a very large collage with a photo printed overlay of silk organza and hand sewed on to the top.

I am creating another collage background with gesso overpainted photographs from an advertisement. 

I’m debating whether to print on directly on top or do another silk organza overlay. What do you think?