New Project Finished!

I have been working on this old type drawer for a few months and finished last week. It was great fun to do.
Did my best with the photos, took details, but if you click on images you will get a better view.
The top bit is packing paper and coffee, the middle section has rust drawings, sewed and burned teabags, rusty bits and an old root and wasp nest.
the bottom bits have Venetian plaster, coffee, and pen and graphite. Measures 32"x 17 1/4".
I loved doing this so much I am going to do another at some point.
I always love to hear from you.
Happy Easter.
XOXO

Teabag and Rust Art, This is for you Suki

My wonderful blogger friend Suki asked me to do a show and tell about the tea and rust pieces I have been doing, so this is for her and anyone else who is interested. First let me say that I have no idea what I am doing or if it is the proper way :-). I read about getting rust with tea bags and just thought I would try it, many blogger artists are doing it and it looked fun, but I never read any real instructions, so I just made it up as I went along. This is how I do it: Starting with the bottom photo, I put a paper towel down in the sink and lay down 3 pieces of small art paper, then I lay out some rusty bits, I steep a bit of tea with various size teabags and lay them out on the rusty bits, then I pour the tea over it all, it makes a mess :-). I usually do this before bed and then in the morning I remove all the teabags and rusty bits. I let the teabags and paper dry  and then I cut open the teabags and empty the tea out, I am left with many teabags and 3 rust and tea papers which I can draw and paint on, do anything you wish with. The tip top pieces are finished drawings from the last batch. These are not going to my Etsy shop yet as I really like them and want to keep them around for a while for myself, but if you are interested in one just email me, they will all be 39.00  plus shipping when I do decided to sell them.
My Christmas sale of 10% off all items is still running in my ETSY shop, I am not sure how long  I will run the sale.
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.
Love and kisses, XOXO