Memory Jar Collage

A wide mouthed, cylindrical container used to fill the best (or bad) moments in our daily lives. 

I made a series of collage card in the shape of bottle (container). Have fun time making those, I wanna to turn them into beautiful things. 

Sometimes, life may looked hard but we have choice not to dwell on the past, keeping busy to enjoy the present moment. Keep those feelings into a jar and lets the life goes on. 

Making Washi Paper

I attended a short session of making washi paper yesterday at Oriental Art & Cultural Association. 

According to the craftsmen from Japan, the ingredients used for Echizen Washi paper are mainly Kozo, Mitsumata and Ganpi. 

Process of Making Paper

1) Steeping & Washing - to steep barks into pure water for 10 hours to make the barks soft. 

2) Boiling - To boil the barks into the solution liquid for 1-2 hours to melt the main components and let them cool, then proceed with washing away of impurities.

3) Removing harshness & dust off- To float 1-2 barks on the water and remove the harshness and dust by hand. 

4) Beating - To beat the fibers. Well beaten fibers will become strong paper. Only perform by skilled person. 

5) Paper Making - To scoop the wood pulp by screen and reed and to spread them, swing and scoop for few times and leave it on the bar.  

6) Compression & Dry - To compress the paper not to change its shape carefully and dry them one by one. 

7) Finishing - To select the paper, polish, cut and wrap. 

Basically at the work shop, we are giving chance on trial making the washi paper (as step 5 above), to decorate (with dried leave and flower) and dry the paper on heating board. 

My finished deco. washi paper. 

Painted Background papers

Another sort of color meditation for me. 

Messaged to a good friend of mine, she is with her 2 son now resided at Australia. 

When she decided to go to lived abroad and now she did it by leaving her awesome pay and position and live her dream. :)

I had signed up Japan tour this October, to the place that I always admired at ~ Shirakawa-go. 

I want to make my dream reality , so here am i something for myself this year. 

Hooray..can't wait for the visit .  

Surprise mail arrived in my doorstep

I've received a sweet surprise mail from Patty Szymkowicz.

The envelope fascinate me.

The collage postcard

and

beautiful art works !!! 

 

there are gorgeous !!!

tape on the fabric strip and stamps inside the translucent cover, index cards

my favorite sunshine girl

Thank you my dear friend, Patty.

Funtoystic Christmas

I love those paper template given free by MidValley (shopping centre in Klang Valley).





Aren't there cute !!

Easy peasy paper snowflake

all you need is a pair of scissors, some tape, a stapler and some nice paper (I used magazine pages).









and the tutorial is here...

Tags: paper art | christmas ornament |

Paper Art : Lotus Flower Book

What I had busy at last weekend in played with those papers

Folding those papers, calming my mind

Lotus flowers are amazing and have strong symbolic ties to many Asian religions especially throughout India.

The lotus flower starts as a small flower down at the bottom of a pond in the mud and muck.

It slowly grows up towards the waters surface continually moving towards the light.

Once it come to the surface of the water the lotus flower begins to blossom and turn into a beautiful flower.

Lotus - Estranged love, forgetful of the past

I remembered Linda had shared in her blog regarding How to Make Lotus Flower Book.

So colourful to look at !!!!

Hope you feel inspired !!

Tags: Mazy Mescrap Studio Mixed Media Small Art Project

More to challenge GPP Crusade 40

Further explore the extend to go about for the challenge from Michelle about Step on The Scale.

Make this L,S,XS & Inchies size for the mazy frame.

The original size that I worked on

The collage I make for the 'S' size.

Fun with these ..which it was easy to carry.










Size XS ~ The handy 'dream' list

The inchies size can be easy to work with ....

Little inchies vintage images for 'ME & MYSELF'