It was by chance when sourcing to purchase some metal art materials that I was introduced to Lin Brown, a pleasant, friendly artist who is the owner of LB Crafts, located in Olney, a pretty lil town in Buckinghamshire. Lin is very experienced , creative and is the designer for Tim Hotlz. Many of her art pieces have inspired and encouraged me to go on creating something different.......Woooo so many on my to do list!!
Being one of the top designer/artist in UK, Lin's classes are difficult to book, very popular indeed but yesterday I was lucky to take over a cancellation place for a class called, " Paper Artsy Meets Metal". I had a terrific time, met new scrappers and picked up wonderful new techniques. I adored what I have made and wish to share.....
Here's today's sneaky peek for all you artsy crafters...........what else...metal stuff of course!!
This was my 1st metal art class with Lin. A mixed media art piece using Paper Artsy stamps, corrugated papers, metal aluminum and .........
A closer peek on this piece - metal were rubber stamped/put thru BigShot to get the image/embossed designs.......then followed by detailed touchup.
Corrugated card boards/papers give a lovely rough texture. Here they were given a coat of Kaiser paint rubbed with the beautiful colours of the Inka Gold. So thrilled with this!
Layering technique gives depth....
The frame of the butterfly has a design created using a decorative wheel.
Never knew why bird's cage always attracts me! Here I have it painted and inked with Inka Gold with hues of yellow, gold and purple. Pretty??
Lin must be commended for her 'tape sandwich' technique which is so fantastic when working with metal, so cleverly thought of and practical. Thx Lin your are a genius.
This is an interesting piece with a few layers of metal and every piece created from a blank sheet of colored aluminum.
Just loved this, the image stamped with StazOn and painted. Woh.... the colour turned out to be awesome!!
A tip from Lin, instead of having to fill up each alphabet of the word 'Dream' from the back with filler, we can opt to deboss it...
Another stunning metal flower made from copper metal. Thanks to Leandra from PaperArtsy
who was so innovative to come out with stamps and matching dies .....how cool is that!! I am addicted to
making metallic and grunge board flowers nowadays....wanna join me??
Lin Brown and me......Thanks Lin for sharing and I certainly enjoyed creating at yesterday's workshop.
Look forward to Tim Holtz Master class in Feb 2011, the Organizers are Lin and Leandra and I'll be there!!
EVERYDAY IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
