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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Circus
This spread is number, I can't remember which, in the barn series. It has taken me quite awhile to finish this piece. I tend to "paint" myself into a corner and then have to problem solve to get myself out of it. In this case, I loved a paper towel that had coats of paint from various projects on it. So I adhered the towel to the journal. It sat and sat until this week when I thought about a circus theme. I added circles of tissue paper and then I decollaged circus posters to the spread. I found a photo of a barn that had circus posters plastered to it and then I found the clowns and the uni-cyclist. Once they were glued down on the pages I quickly called it done. Then last night I realized I had done the whole piece upside down in the signature. So I guess I can now called Topsy-Turvy Circus.
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6 comments:
Really terrific John, definitely worth the wait and good from any angle! ;o)
Great Spread John! What wonderful colors and layers.
I so much appreciate the fact that you "owned" up to working in the journal upside down. I have several photos I added when constructing my Africa journal that are upside down. I usually find clowns sort of creepy, but your's don't strike me that way. I think this works very well.
This is a really interesting spread and the circus ads on the barns' sides were still around when I was small.
Hahaha what a wonderful spread! Can't wait to see this irl.
So so happy
REALLY terrific, John! I've got some dyed paper towels I haven't figured out how to use yet...anything I put over them will make the dye run. Any bright ideas you have would be appreciated!
Love it - can hear the oompahpah music. I so enjoyed circus skills when I was a child. There were still the big animals then too but the plate spinners, unicyclists, human pyramids were almost as spellbinding - all so exciting.
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