Eco friendly Christmas wrapping

Here is a great tutorial from one of my favorite Youtube artists lollyrot7. A lovely little way to wrap small presents, AND it's eco friendly. It looks like she uses a cardboard tube from a roll of toilet paper. Everything she makes is stunning so check out her other videos if you get the chance.

The Art of Lotte Reiniger parte 1

Black Eye Suzie Art Dolls

I just love Black Eye Suzie art dolls. They are so expressive and delicate. The one pictured has to be my favorite, with her little parasol and pensive look. She also has a great blog. Some very interesting posts on her actually constructing her dolls. Her doll construction fascinates me. There head, hands and feet are individually sculpted from paperclay (no molds). Some of her earlier bodies were made of fiberfill and cotton fabric over a wire armature. Lately they look like paper clay forms strung together with ball joints. Their faces are hand-painted with water colours, with handmade eyes. Such pretty little elegant creatures.

Distressing Paper

Here are a couple of really good tutorials on distressing paper. Don't forget to use the stipple brush to complete the ages look.

Man Shops World- Australia

A couple of friends have been telling me that I have to see this episode because the artists they feature are so up my ally. I finally found a really amazing blog post about both of the artists Noelle Rigaudie, and Anna-wili Highfield on justblog.com (and now I must subscribe to this blog as well becasue it's beautiful). Here are some examples of their work.














Noelle Rigaudie's creations are made mostly out of cardboard...





















Anna-wili Highfield sculpts in heavey artist papers with accents done in paint and watercolor...