PaperArtsy: 2020 #14 Mixed Media Piece 'NOW' with Seth Apter Stamps {by Etsuko Noguchi}

2020 Topic 14: Fused

Etsuko's piece is a riot of colour with some wonderful details. Her embossing powder really looks 'fused' with lots of fabulous little bumps and highlights.

~ Keren

Hi everyone, it's Etsuko My favorite Things with you today, and I'd like to share with you a Mixed Media piece 'NOW' using Seth Apter's fabulous new stamps.

I was inspired by his unique mixed media art and he always brings fresh art to us with new techniques and art materials.

First I used Seth's stamps with these Fresco Paints and to make the master board to serve as the background for the piece. I brayered Blue Oyster, Seagrass and Nougat on the Smoothy A4 Heavy Weight Card, then I stamped ESA13, ESA15 with Blue Lagoon and Amethyst Fresco Paints on it.

After the background dried, I decided to use the ESA13 circle stamp shape because it was interesting. Chalk Fresco paint was painted on top of a rectangular masked Gelli Plate and added to the background. And I embossed these three circles with deep blue powder.

I used the same Chalk Fresco paint to stamp ESA14 in three places but wanted to add a little more somethings so I used Sepia Archival to stamp MN20 all over and marked the top with Blue Lagoon and Amethyst Fresco paints.

Using here, ESA15 NOW stamp with Black embossing powder.

I used colored inks and gloss medium in key areas for point coloring. At first I was going to use Fresco transparent colors, but I changed the color to ink because the color would be muddy inevitably. Of course Seth's Ice is best but I didn't get it right away; overseas is sometime difficult...

I tore the washi tapes around the piece and pasted black papers of different tones and materials to the base board below.

This is the finished project. I tried one layer for this piece, and although I had a hard time with the layout and composition, the process of making it was a lot of fun. I'm trying to make some more pieces.