Last week I taught a class on how to alter National Geographic pages to make some really cool papers.
We used spray bottles for the CitraSolv concentrated cleaner, and aluminum trays to contain the mess. Rubber gloves are a good idea too!
Let the fun begin!
And here are some of the happy results! A lot of coolness can come out of one magazine!
(Sorry I didn’t get everyone’s photo, my camera battery died!)
Next week, we will have a class on USING our lovely papers!
Like this:
rainbowfingeredcrafter
Looks lovely! What is CitraSolv? I’ve never heard of it!
victoryrd
CitraSolv is an ecofriendly concentrated cleaner that just happens to do a lovely job of dissolving the ink on the pages of National Geographic magazines. To read my how to tutorial: https://fromvictoryroad.com/2013/09/28/making-art-papers-with-citrasolv/ and to visit the official CitraSolv artist’s site: http://www.citrasolv.com/art/index.html
rainbowfingeredcrafter
Yeah it looks great, I think it’s something that maybe we don’t have in the UK? I’ve never heard of it. I wonder if you can use anything else!
victoryrd
I think it is supposed to be available in the UK through http://www.ecohip.co.uk/ Good luck!
rainbowfingeredcrafter
Thanks, it’s out of stock!
Kathy Hunter
Kayann, I discovered this unique technique about 5 years ago and enjoyed the paper altering process and results so much. Since there were some pages that I found absolutely fabulous, I couldn’t bring myself to part with them, so I reserved the originals and made copies of them for use in my artwork. I have shared many of these reproductions with my workshop students, who have produced their own one-of-a-kind masterpieces. It’s so nice to see your posts and the ways you share your creative talents.
victoryrd
Kathy, thanks for the comment! Would still love to see your work! I too scan and save the best pages and use them over and over, or when both sides turn out great. Some are just too hard to cut into! Good idea to share. Maybe I will have to post some downloadable ones…
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