A Spoonful of Art

Hello Friends!

Today we are saying goodbye to our lovely talented Irina whose creativity and countless ideas inspired us all so much. All her projects  had this special 'something' and today is no different. :)
This new artwork will make you want to grab your spoons.. ;)

Hello! Irina Honcharyk with you here today. I am glad to present my new project.

It is dedicated to Art in my life. Thanks to scrapbooking and mixed media I learned to see the beauty in the most ordinary things. And today my artwork's substrate is a spoon! Yes, a simple spoon that you can find in your own house, too. :)
So here it is: a combination of ordinary and artsy, a simply shape and rich textures, an everyday object and a piece of art at the same time.

I painted a spoon with Art Alchemy Black Berry acrylic paint on both sides. Maybe it doesn't look too special yet but then I added a paint of a different color - Light Patina. It was applied unevenly and it resulted in a worn, vintage look.

I used metal Mechanicals embellishments that I tied to the spoon with a wire.
And here you can see how the colors finally turned out.

Then I prepared some decorations by myself. I took a piece of gauze and white thread. I painted it with sprays in different colors matching the colors of acrylic paints I used.

I applied Clear Sculpture Medium to the gauze to give it a desired shape. Thanks to this medium, the fabric becomes hard and sculpture-like. You can read more about it {here}.
I glued it to the spoon with Heavy Body Gel.

I wanted to add some more decorations to make the spoon look a bit more interesting.
Using 3D Matte Gel I glued some Art Stones in different sizes.

Then I decided the Art Stones needed a little color and I covered them and my Mechanicals with alcohol inks.

The final touch was applying Art Ingredients like Art Sugar, Micro Beads and a teeny-tiny metal Tin Heart.

In my opinion, Art without the heart - it is just empty! :)

Now my Art Spoon stands on my desk and every time I will look at it, I will always smile and remember my time in Finnabair's Creative Team.

Unfortunately, this is my last project as part of the Finn Team... I am very happy to have been here - it truly is a dream team! I am extremely grateful to Anna and other designers who are all such wonderful, creative people and I'm really happy we could meet and create together!

xx
Irina

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August Time Memories

Hello my Friends.

I'm sure you'll agree that any kinds of albums are priceless memory catchers. Irina create an amazing family album (attention: it's mixed media and it's flat! ;)) that will help her hold this summer in her heart for many days to come.

I'm sure you'll feel inspired to grab some paper and paints and follow Irina's instructions.

Hello everybody! I'd like to present my new project - an album. It is dedicated to last August which was a special time for my family.

This month was full of moments I want to remember forever and so I decided to capture them on paper - beautiful, bright and full of life. I hope I managed to express this atmosphere with paints and stamps. :)

I started with cutting several sheets of watercolor paper for watercolor to 15 * 15 cm in size.

I chose some of my favorite August photos and printed them in color.

Right from the start, I decided that all the album embellishments will be flat this time, but at the same time multi-layered.

I started to create layers with ink blots - I simply splashed some black ink with a calligraphy pen.

The next step was using a black marker and stamps from different Finnabair's collections.

I planned the layout of my photos on the pages and then added a bit of texture using White Sand Texture Paste and a silicone brush.

Then I worked with color and composition. I distinguished the compositional center using sprays, alcohol inks and Art Alchemy acrylic paints. Each page has its own vibrant color!

After the paint dried, I added some decorative elements - small tags and labels from 7Dots Studio.

On each spread the black ink lettering duplicates the sentiments from the embellishments.

Finally, I collected all the sheets in the right order and then added the sawing machine stitching around the edges.

Then I made the cover and put all the pages together. For the cover I used paper from 7Dots Studio, acrylic paints, again White Sand Texture Paste and Granite Mica Flakes.

My album was ready. Here are some more photos of the pages and the details shots.
I hope you enjoy them and feel the atmosphere of this very special August time.

Enjoy your creativity!
Irina

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