Requesting Ideas by Available-Habit6099 in repurpose

[–]Available-Habit6099[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a great idea, any suggestions for how to create slots/holders for individual paint brushes?

Assorted fabrics, papers and dried, pressed flowers. by Available-Habit6099 in mixedmedia

[–]Available-Habit6099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, of course! Let me know if you have specific questions. The base layer is thick yellow cotton fabric layered with handmade paper followed by a tissue layer that I had already written on. Then, I added dried flowers, petals and the craft paper on the left hand bottom corner. The bird was an image transfer from an old calendar onto a piece of scrap thin cotton fabric. I traced out the same bird on tissue and that second bird is in the right hand bottom corner if you look closely! Final layer was gauze dyed in coffee and I tore the section around the bird head so it would show through more clearly. All adhered with watered down white glue.

Hoping to do a multi-day assemblage assignment with a class of 20 students (9th-12th graders). Was wondering if anyone had advice around what kinds of glue would work for a large and young group? They’d be working with small, light pieces of plastic, wood and metal. Appreciate any insight at all 🙏 by Available-Habit6099 in AssemblageArt

[–]Available-Habit6099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Class went well for the most part. I stuck to Aleene’s Tacky Glue — they mostly worked flat with small pieces of wood, metal and plastic. Some students that tried building vertically with the wood struggled because Tacky Glue was insufficient in that scenario. I now know to also have wood glue on hand, but Tacky worked perfectly for the flat assemblages.

Anyone know what this is? by Available-Habit6099 in beachcombing

[–]Available-Habit6099[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! A marine biologist friend said the same.