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Wednesday, 7 January 2009

WEDDING BOOK

The challenge on Wednesday Stamper this week is to you use gesso in your work. This piece is a book I made using my Mum and Dads wedding photos (well copies of them). I love black and white photos but that is not the reason the book ended up completely black and white!



I confess it was one of those happy accidents that I love so much! I started putting the book together, stuck something in, decided I didn't like it and tried to remove it only to rip the page it was stuck to. So in an effort to repair the damage I was adding gesso thinking I would paint over it with some colour when I stood back and looked at it and thought " you know I like it like that" and so carried on in the same way throughout the book adding the gesso around and over the edges of the photos and words.



Have to say that my Dad doesn't like it, his comment was that they were perfectly good pictures before I got at them and splattered that stuff all over them!!! Oh well, can't win them all, at least I like it!!





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23 comments:

  1. Anonymous7 January 2009 at 09:21

    Fabulous book

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  2. Anja7 January 2009 at 09:28

    great use of gesso,love it

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  3. Femmy7 January 2009 at 09:32

    fantastic book!!!!

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  4. Anonymous7 January 2009 at 10:38

    It's brilliant! x

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  5. Connie7 January 2009 at 11:40

    I love what you have done with your parents wedding picture!!!

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  6. Sandy7 January 2009 at 11:53

    STUNNING !!!

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  7. Anneke7 January 2009 at 11:57

    wonderful book and such lovely pages

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  8. Virginia7 January 2009 at 13:22

    Sue I love what you've done with your parents book. it looks amazing!!

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  9. Astrid Maclean7 January 2009 at 14:22

    Fantastic, love every bit of it!

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  10. Manja7 January 2009 at 14:46

    very special, love your book in this style, great!!!

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  11. Manja7 January 2009 at 14:47

    very special, love your book in this style, great!!!

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  12. Sarah7 January 2009 at 15:04

    my parents' reaction would be JUST like your dad's lol

    but I like it :)

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  13. Sija7 January 2009 at 15:24

    Fantastic!

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  14. Gabi MeWi7 January 2009 at 16:23

    All are beautiful...

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  15. http://truutske.blogspot.com7 January 2009 at 16:33

    This is stunnung beautiful work.
    Very nice book.

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  16. Silvia(Barnie)7 January 2009 at 17:35

    Great work. Looks fab.

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  17. Hanne7 January 2009 at 17:50

    This is really beautiful!

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  18. ~*~Patty S7 January 2009 at 17:58

    A classic case of a fantastic "flopportunity"! I Love it when that happens and your pages are fantastic. Your Dad is funny...guess he's just not ready for altered art...yet anyway ;)

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  19. Faye7 January 2009 at 18:38

    Fantastic book, Sue.

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  20. Shelly Hickox7 January 2009 at 20:24

    This is gorgeous! And that definitely sounds like something my dad would say. ;-)

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  21. SUE8 January 2009 at 13:39

    Very, very nice - just love it. What is it about dads - lol ....

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  22. johanna9 January 2009 at 09:44

    you use gesso so well!! what a marvellous book!

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  23. keinname10 January 2009 at 19:44

    So wonderful...and interesting...

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