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1. Alices Adventure

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 2/21/2013
Blog: paperwork (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: ink, alice in wonderland, sketchbook, book covers, monochrome, personal work, Add a tag

In honor of my family's first community theatre experience (not counting the letter I earned in high school for painting sets....)

Have a wonderful day !

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2. happy monday

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 12/3/2012
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Lately we have been treated to warm weather and beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Somehow these views from the car lane and the back porch have led to a series of imaginary landscapes.

In other business, I'm spending a lot of time building the entry for this year's christmas parade (pictures tomorrow, if you can stand the suspense....) Illustration friday this week is "stretch", I think I'll go do some of that before I head off to bed.

Good Night.

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3. pretty poisonous

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 10/5/2012
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In honor of Halloween I've decided to celebrate October with a series of portraits of poisonous plants.

Phytolacca americana

We have a lot of Pokeweed here in South Carolina, and although I knew it was poisonous and grows like, well, a weed, I hadn't given it much thought. It turns out the US constitution was written with ink made from fermented pokeberries. Once you start looking there is a lot of information about the American pokeweed. It 's a "food and medicinal plant", native americans used to paint arrows, feathers and even horses with juice from the berries, and although every part of the pokeweed is poisonous, it's also a popular food. Surprisingly enough, the berries are the least poisonous part .

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4. giant papercut process

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 9/26/2012
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I'm back! I know you've been waiting impatiently to find out all about this project of mine.....

Well, my wonderful new studio space sometimes doubles as a guest room, and sometimes as my place to do yoga, so I was looking for a little more privacy. The large glass insert in the door lets in a lot of light and definitely brightens up the space, so I didn't want to lose that.

whole door in action

I considered frosting the glass, but I wanted something reversible, I considered a light curtain, blinds, ,window film, but I wanted something more unusual. (picky? who, me?)

I got started on this papercut when I realized how to avoid the stretching and flopping that would happen if I tried to make a papercut this large and then glue it somewhere (not a pretty thought).

detail

Reverse papercut! I cut out all the small shapes and scenes and started from the outside in with a nod to symmetry, but not completely even. I used liquid laundry starch to glue down most things, and took a glue stick to the tiny details. Now that I'm done, I found this other tip, it seems that milk is also good for attaching paper to glass and mirrors. I'll try that next time.

Ta da, I'm pretty happy with it, and when I'm tired of it I can use some water and a spatula and scrape it all off. Don't worry, I don't spend a lot of time washing my windows anyway....

time to sweep up the little pieces today

detail

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5. giant papercut

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 9/25/2012
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Lately I have been working on covering the glass part of my studio door with a giant reverse papercut. (I know, we all have our little hobbies)

Here is a view of the whole thing, I can already hear the school bus honking, so check back tomorrow for some detail shots and an explanation of the process.

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6. Wonka!

By: Christopher Denise, on 3/7/2012
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Fantastic projects have been keeping me up late at night and, of course, I can't share any of it. But I did remember that I was going to post some pics of a side personal project.

Two years ago I was swept up in the enthusiasm for my kids school play and volunteered to help produce the sets for the next show. The date of the show was approaching and I was essentially out of time but the good folks at Arts Alive had applied for and received some grant money and suddenly we had money for printing-large scale printing! Large scale as in 15 feet high and 30 feet long. I did a bunch of 8 foot square panels as well. Two nights of photoshop painting, a very accommodating large format printing company and ta dah! A show!

The amazing and fearless kids made the show a smash hit. But I look at the backdrops now, a year later, and I think they still look pretty good!