Guest Designer Frieda Oxenham

1.     Collage was calling me, so I started by making a collection of papers to collage with. Most of them already had some colour as they were produced for previous projects or used to clean up brayers and brushes. There were copy papers as well as deli papers.

2.     Using a 9 x 12” gelli plate and stencil L117 X-12 I added acrylic paints to the gelli plate with a brayer, put the stencil on top and took partial prints on the papers selected in step 1, then removed the stencil and took more prints. I used a variety of acrylic paints, including some metallic ones. Pic2A, 2B and 2C

3.     I’m working on a black Arteza DIY frame sketch pad, where a pre-scored sheet of black paper can be folded into a 7 x 8.6” frame.

4.     Collage pieces of the papers from step 2 onto the frame. Start with a potential background lay-out and take a photograph as a reminder before gluing them down. 

Once glued down add more pieces until you are happy with the finished piece. 

5.     Using gold acrylic paint and a cosmetic wedge, stencil on the frames (I worked on two frames simultaneously) through stencil S200 Illegible. 

6.     Using stencil S104 Flowerhead, a cosmetic wedge and titanium white acrylic paint, add flowers to the backgrounds on both pieces.

7.     Outline the flowers with a permanent red pigment marker.

8.     Glue on the vintage text and outline with a black Stabilo All pencil

9.     Outline the edges of the frames with a gold permanent marker.

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