The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon took another mug,
and then rolled beneath his chair;
And there he dozed and dreamed of ale,
Till in the sky the stars were pale
and dawn was in the air.

Let me introduce you to my Man in the Moon, a kind of altered art mini assemblage.
This all started of with a plastic ball, a zip from a pair of jeans, an old box frame and a glass eye.

Of course I had to add a light somewhere... so I decided to illuminate the glass eye!

Lots of fun doing this one, hope you like it.

Lights off...

Lights on!

Thanks for taking the time to read,

Andy

Industrial Mixed media stix 2 workshop

Well after three days, 400 miles of driving on our mad roads, two demonstrations and two workshops I am now back home to a pile of paperwork.

Hello to everyone I met at BarjanB Crafts on Friday, such a friendly bunch and I was very well looked after by Barry and Maureen so thank you.

On Saturday I went down to the Craft barn for a demonstration, this book which I made on the day I have called the book of evolution because it went from acrylic paint to spray dies... these were a little too bright for my liking so it was back to washes of acrylic over the top, dry brushing and then archival ink.
This morning I was still unhappy with it so the paint was back out again!.... Kinda like it now :)

I had a great day on Sunday holding my first Stix 2 workshop.
We used Stix 2 Texture Mounting sheets which I had pre-printed a background design onto, so everyone started of with the same background, here are their finished paintings all now very individual!

Thanks for reading,

Andy

The Book of Ruination

I have been working recently with a new technique and I have now nailed it after much experimenting... just need to come up with a name for it!
I have used it on this Altered book and so pleased with the result now.

You may remember its first appearance on my Here's Johnny Book below.

Going to have to cut this post short as preparing for a busy weekend, tomorrow I am going to be at BarjanB Crafts in Leicester then Saturday demonstrating at the Craft Barn and Sunday Holding a mixed media workshop also at the Craft Barn so lots to prepare for.
I will leave you with this Alterations tag called Timeless Treasure.

Thanks for reading,

Andy

With Faith comes Hope

On Saturday I was demonstrating at the Craft Barn where I started work on a Papier Mache picture frame as a gift for my daughter Jade.
The picture is my Grandaughter Faith, although she is a little older now I do love this photo of her.



The frame has card stuck down on the surface that was first embossed with a selection of Tim Holtz texture fades before painting with acrylic paint.


The letters were die cut using the Tim Holtz Wordplay die and then given a rust effect.


It was then finished of with a few idea-ology embellishment's before adding the photo


Over on the outcasts workshop there is some fantastic pieces being produced, this plaster artwork below was made by Jools called the green goddess aka Ellalouise as she has been affectionately named and stands approx 80cm high, isn't it stunning!


There is an outcast gallery on my Pinterest page where you can view all the works so far http://pinterest.com/andysskinner/
Oh and if you like please follow, these pages are in their infancy but working hard over the next few weeks to add lots of stuff!

Also new January dates have just been set both for Timeworn and The book of Secrets
Thanks for reading,
Andy

Big Bad Boris..bot-ology MK2

Here is my second Robot using bits from Tim Holtz idea-ology range… I've named him Boris.
Another configurations box was used for Boris and the only parts not idea-ology came from my scrap box, the arms are made from plastic pipets and the head is an old valve which I modelled a face on resembling the Peperami man!

Here's Boris








Hope you like him!


Andy

bot-ology from idea-ology

I am currently working on some samples for Tim Holtz using his idea-ology and Sizzix Alterations range, sometimes in the work I do I am sent and forced to use stuff that does not inspire or enthuse me but for these projects I have been given choice!… yes you heard me correctly….choice….. it's a wonderful thing and very much appreciated!
It all started with one of the square inner boxes from a configurations box and here is the finished little fella… bot-ology!

I cut the front panel from grunge board and die cut it with No 6 from the Cargo Stencil Movers & Shapers die and stuck some aluminium mesh on the back.
Card was then embossed with Diamond Plate & Riveted Metal Texture fades and glued onto the box.

A corked vile was used for his head and cogs stuck on for the eyes, then a label tab from the Grunge board mixed minis was used for his mouth.
I drilled a hole in the top of the box and fitted a small battery operated LED light inside to light up his head.

I could go on and on but I am sure in the pictures below you can see the idea-ology parts used before painting, I will say however that the arms were from a toy robot and the legs made from two old pens which were filled with nails before attaching to give him some weight and stability.


This bot-ology robot is a prototype… yes more of these to come lol
Here is a back view.


Lets all build a bot!
Andy