As a child I remember being mesmerized by kaleidoscopes. Turning and turning the tube led to an endless array of ever changing, never repeating bursts of color. This was my inspiration for today's artwork: Kaleidoscope 1
I started by gathering some card stock: black, red and kraft-colored, which die cut using the following Spellbinder's dies...
Exquisite Circles
Imperial Gold Circles One
Standard Circles Small and Large
I then broke into my stash of hardware. With all the bits and pieces I so frequently but, I am thinking the guys at the hardware store must think I am quite the DIYer. The circle with the swirls was a perfectly timed gift that I received from Sharon Walworth just a few days ago.
I got to stacking, keeping in mind the idea of capturing both the circular movement and the depth of image that are such big parts of a kaleidoscope.
I decided to mount this stack on a 4 x 4 inch cradled wood panel...
...which I painted with black gesso and accents of red and iridescent gold
Kaleidoscope 1
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Supply List
Spellbinders Paper Art Supplies:
Other: cradled wood panel, acrylic paint, gesso, paint brush, card stock, hardware, adhesive
12 comments:
Amazing what you do with all your 'toys'.
You are a DIYer! :)
This is a different look for YOU.
I like using Black Gesso lately, too!
Beautiful! I LOVE kaleidoscopes.
Love this piece Seth - I also had a fascination with kaleidoscopes when I was a kid (actually I still love them) Really terrific -
Impressive. Very impressive!! Time to get into my stash of treasures again...my studio is way too clean right now...have to mess it up a bit! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
That looks like way too much fun.
That is too cool! I loved kaleidoscopes as a kid, too. Is the swirly circle a flattened bottle cap? It's awesome.
Did you flatten the bottle cap by rolling it through your Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine or Artisan X-plorer Machine! You can do that! Just like a roller press! Nice work as always Seth. xo
I love this, Seth!
It's so interesting to see how you get from cardboard to kaleidescope by gathering shapes with corners and curves!
Love how your creative mind works. Just the word "Kaleidoscope" istills magic and imagination, doesn't it? I remember the cardboard ones I had as a child, then I evolved to handmade ones by artists. Those handmade ones are divine.
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