Putting a bookcase together!

Posted on February 26, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged bookcase, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1860, DIY, dowel, Glue, leaning, MDF, Memory, pva, ScrewsLeave a comment

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

I remember fighting to put a bookcase together. We had picture instructions. Various dowels and screws and covers to go over the screw heads, shelves, and a few bits that made a sort of plinth base thing. It was white coated MDF which had white hardboard that slotted together at the back. It came with pva glue that helped hold it together.

Once we got it out of the box we got confused with how to put it together. Place part A next to part C, use dowel B to join together etc etc… But it gets boring after a bit. You spill the glue on the destructions (as I call them), which stick together and then, disaster(ish). It sort of looks like the picture on the box, but a bit like the leaning tower of Pisa! No matter, we will try putting books on when the glue dries…

Him indoors

Posted on June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1962, Glue, Hubby, Joined, Poem, Poetry, Together2 Comments

Who do you spend the most time with?

We have been together so long.

The hours turn into days

Then months and years

Two people glued together

Joined at the hip

You won’t see him

He is hubby, partner

He is anonymous here

But we are together.

One the shadow of the other

I know when he’s coming home

I can understand him

We will always be together…

Pages from my book.

Posted on July 9, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Book, dragon story, Drawing, foil circles, Glue, Illustration, MA book, Photoshop, post it notes, ScalesLeave a comment

These are another couple of pages from my book, the story is on the right embedded in my photoshop drawing. The pattern on the left is a photo of arrow shaped post-it notes and multi coloured foil circles glued together to represent dragon scales. I used a website called Blurb to create a single copy of the book. It even has an ISBN number!

Dragon stone

Posted on October 11, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Dragon, Drawing, Glue, Paint, painted stone, Painting, Pattern, Stone, StonesLeave a comment

I painted a stone with a dragon design, then I edited it in photodirector. The paint is in little bottles with a nozzle and you use it to add dots and lines onto a surface. I’m a bit unsteady with my hand and arm so it’s more wobbly than I would like. Once it’s dry I might take another photo. As the colours dry they seem to shrink because they seem to have glue in the paints. Especially the ones with added glitter.

Broken cat flap!

Posted on May 20, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Broken, Cat, Cat flap, Cracked, Glue, Indoor cats, Messy, Outdoor cat, Photo, Sticky, Tape2 Comments

Crash! Smash! Clatter!

The big outside cat who now comes in has finally broken the cat flap! It was cracked in two yesterday, but with both parts still in place, but today? When we came home from my studio the cat flap was broken with two side pieces twisted away from each other and a pizza wedge shaped piece on the ground outside. The outdoor cat was inside and my female inside cat was staring through the cat flap from the outside! I opened the door and let her in. But how to try and fix this? Glue and wide clear tape. I tried gluing the edges, but I was just making a sticky mess. Next I dabbed glue on the flat surfaces and stuck the clear tape to them like a bandage. Next I slid the wedge shape up between the sides and wrapped another lot of tape and glue around the bottom of the flap. Finally I supported the flap on our toilet roll holder so it’s inside the door and horizontal. Why? Because it’s raining heavily and it would soon be soaking wet if I shut it. The door is also open to keep it out of the rain. I’m relying on the door between the kitchen and the backdoor staying shut to keep the cats in (and out).

Fingers crossed x

My ageing left hand

Posted on May 15, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, black monoprint, Colour, Experiment, Felt pens, Glue, Hand, post-it's, Sketck3 Comments

My ageing left hand. Monoprint in black acrylic of my right hand, then drew round my left hand on top of that, cut it out, stuck a couple of post it notes on the page underneath and shaded with felt pens, then stuck the hand down and added black ink texture to it.

Printing…. Simply

Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Black ink, black paint, board, Glue, Paper, Printing, Scissors, self portrait, simple printing, Something to do on a wet day! Fun, tin foil5 Comments

I have been enjoying some print workshops at college.

We were shown how to create a printing surface by gluing tin foil to a board.

Then you paint it with black acrylic paint or ink.

Use impliments / household objects to make marks on the surface (sponge, pegs, coins, nails, comb etc). Each time you make marks place a sheet of paper on top and rub over with a bunched up pair of socks (stops you ripping the damp paper)

When your prints have dried you can cut them up and collage them. We did self portraits.

Cheap, fun and messy!

Gluey

Posted on March 3, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Background, Coins, Colours, Experiment, Fun, Glue, Paint, pva, Shibui, TimeLeave a comment

I’m doing mark making in my illustration course so I decided to try and make a background (could be a foundation for a shibui image? ) tossed coins, poured and pulled pva and splashed and dragged paint. Will remove the coins then use the surface to work on. I have a feeling I might use it for a cave painting style image.

Layers of a collage.

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Collage, Colours, Design, Glue, Landscape, Orme Art group, Paper, Paper cutting, shiny paper, Tissue paperLeave a comment

From two years ago. Turning a drawing into a collage using Christmas wrapping paper, tissue paper and a shiny, metallic party bag.

I layered up the paper using dark urple tissue paper over a pale background to try and give the idea of silhouetted trees. Having stuck the purple colour down I then cut out the metallic paper to simulate the wire mesh fence. When I cut out the tree shape I wanted to give a feeling of the texture of tree bark. Finally I added paper on either side to act as curtains.

This was at an interesting collage workshop with the Orme art group about two years ago. I enjoyed learning a new skill.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Glue