Completing unfinished projects and books from 2020.

Trying to finish off projects, books began during the year.

This will probably be my last post on this blog, I have no idea if anyone even looks at this other than me. although if you do , thanks and you can see my stuff on my YouTube Chanel, Kaye Wolf Studio, or on my instagram, @rustyhawthorn.

This is the bento box, covered with textured wall paper looks a little to shiny for the look I was after, so its the before pic, although its on the side orientation, sorry about that.

Again the pic is on the sideways orientation, the box is packed with the tins, boxes and books.

This is the look I was after, no longer bright and shiny, and some metal book corners attached to the base and the lid.

Empty box.

Packed box with the clipboard slid into the pocket. 

 

Above are the pages of one of the two tiny books included in the bento box,

These are from the other book, the two little books were made while doing an on line class with Seth Apter in June the class was Mini Book Madness, great class.

I have a quick flip through video but for some reason it doesn't want to upload on to the blog. 

I'll try again, but I haven't had much luck tonight.

 

Drawer in a box, concertina book inside.

This concertina book is encased in a small drawer inside a box, made the same way as the others in this bento box project, on tea stained mixed media paper, embellished with collage.

I still may add a focal point to the pages after I have completed the entire project. Although I don't mind the way they look now.

 

One more Tin

I didn't like the lid graphics on this tin so rather than sand it off or paint it I decided to cover it with textured paper.

 

Decorated the inside of the lid then added the tea stained and dyed concertina folded book into the tin.

Pages are decorated with small collages and some fabric scraps are stitched on for texture and added detail.

 

Another Box with a water colour paper concertina book inside.

As well as collecting tins for the bento box project I collected some boxes, this one is very plain but a good size and fits in well with the other collected items. Simply decorated.

The book is tea stained watercolour paper folded up at the base to form a pocket.

The pockets have a tag made to size and simply decorated with a small collage as a cluster on each tag.

The top of the pocket has some machine stitching along the edge, zigzag.

 

Another tin and a box for the bento box project.

Another saved tin for the project. This little old cigarette tin I found in a church fair/market for $1.00, it was painted white and stored nails or screws in it in someones work room. I stripped the old paint off, but the stripping stuff took off most of the original artwork on the front. I didn't mind the look so I've left it like this.

The pages on this particular concertina book are yet to be collaged/decorated,

the base is tea stained media paper.

A plastic doily was placed on top of the paper while drying to create some marks /patterning.

I found some concertina folded watercolour paper in my studio and didn't have a tin to fit in, so I made a box with a lid. Covered the lid with some textured paper, painted the paper then rubbed the surface with metallic rub and buff to create the look of a metal tin.

I tea stained the water colour paper then added small assorted papers to begin the collage process. 

Front

and back