Just a quick peek at what has happened with the rusting I did a couple of days ago. It has dried with some lovely rich colour and some gorgeous patterns ready to be worked. The first couple of photos are of fairly large sheets - 55cms x 19cms. The folded sheets are half the width and then folded, forming the beginnings of a lovely book shape. Looking forward to working into them soon.
What wonderful results! I love the palette of colors and the patterns, and the wavy pages are very evocative...It's inspiring to be party to the 'birth' of your book.
ReplyDeleteI've got a serious case of rust lust complicated by rust envy. What splendid papers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, and SO much control over the shapes and splodges, Susan
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beautiful!
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am blissfully rusting away...
xox - eb.
These colours are incredible! Are they really all from rust or have you added other media?
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa, Jennifer, Noela, Elizabeth and Alice. I know anytime any of us talk about rust or rusting there will be interest ...... and I think we are all guilty of lusting after what the other has done with it. Good healthy envy! Lisa, I too like the waviness of the pages - you can of course straighten pages flat but I like the irregularity of them ... having said this, rusting is really only my starting point. Years ago I used to work with the rust - now I tend to use it as the impetus for darkening and ageing the paper more with ink and graphite etc maybe thread and piercing.
ReplyDeleteAlice - yes - only rust here. that is to say I use three three traditional baths - tea, caustic soda and ferrous sulphate. I probably added more of the Ferrous into the mix, and I began with soft grey hannemule paper (not my favourite actually) but I often manage to get these deep colours starting with white - mostly Arches - which is my norm. I have seen people rusting into blotting paper and it is sensational.
Hard to resist taking a peek - the results look excellent.
ReplyDeletewonderful rich color. very delicious!
ReplyDeleteI liked pictures thank you very pleased to see the scenery and colors were my soul Thank you very much
ReplyDeleteHello Arwa - is that your name? I visited you blog but am unable to read the Arabic..... It is amazing to me that you found your way to my blog from Sudan. I am glad you found the earthy colours of the rust warm your soul .... Those colours do something for my soul too.
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