2015 #20 Vintage Parisian Trio {By Florence Adam}

2015 Topic 20: Triptychs

Hi everyone Florence of Mlle d'Antan here, joining you this evening with a post about Triptychs. 

This is my very first blog post for PaperArtsy and I have enjoyed working on this project. I’m French and live in a small city called Guerande in the west of France. I’m married to a British man and have a 6 year old boy. It is probably because I am French that I chose the lovely Sara Naumann stamps. I’ve been thinking about making a Triptych for a while now and I thought that I will give it  a go with this blog post. I am happy now that I’ve made it!

Step One: For the first part of my trio I used a rectangular board, this was painted with Taupe, and then used different stencils with grunge paste. Once it dried, I used Treasure Gold (mainly silver, and a bit of Amethyst) and then stamped a little over the rectangle with black Archival ink.

Step Two: Onto my tiny linen canvas, I stamped some words and add a little bit of Chalk on the sides to brighten it. I finished by adding vintage embellishments in a haberdashery theme. I stamped the Parisian lady from ESN16 onto card, this was added to a vintage frame.

Step Three: For the middle section I used a canvas and covered it with an old book page. Then, I stamped here and there with Taupe and Chalk but also with Black Archival ink. This section was also decorated with vintage sewing elements and images and text from ESN16.

Step Four: For the third, and bottom part, I used a wooden arrow that I painted with Taupe and a little bit of Mushroom and Chalk. I stenciled arrow on the left side.

Step Five: One of my favorite parts now: I read Wanda’s blog post about wearable art, and the fact that she used shrink plastic (literally called “crazy plastic” in French!) inspired me! I stamped my beautiful lady on the white shrink plastic and then heated it (no need to use the oven). Thank you Wanda!

Step Six: I then stamped some words on the arrow with Black Archival ink. To soften the black text, I like to brush over it with a small amount of paint left on my brush. It links the all background. Then, I glued my real cogs (found in a garage sale) and painted them over to harmonize everything. I could not finish this part without adding of bit of … treasure gold of course!

Finally I had to think about a way to hang every thing together. For the hanger with the heart... don’t ask me where I bought it from… garage sale again. These hangers are used for embroideries.

Here is a closer look at the centre section.

I hope that you like this project and I also hope to see your version at some point! This Triptych could work with any other support or shape that matches nicely. Note that you need the perfect glue for heavy embellishments! I think that next time I want to do it just on fabric, it could be fun!

So in the meantime, stay inspired, stay creative!

Florence

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Hi Florence!
What a lovely project and oh-la-la you have given it the French shabby chic gorgeous treatment! I adore the dry brushed style and little touches of Treasure Gold! I know how much you love that stuff!! Thanks so much for showing up a vertical Triptych with texture - I'm longing to reach out and touch it! Perfect! ~Leandra

We would love you to join in with Challenge #20: Triptychs. If you are inspired by any of our guests who blog with us over the fortnight, then please join in and link up your creativity HERE. 

All links go in the draw to win a voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Triptychs link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, Nov 8th winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.