Joanna Grant Mixed Media Art

LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS now in stock!

"Honor" (Namaste - I honor the light in you)

Hello friends;

I thought I'd share with you some of my recent listings in my Etsy store of a new line of limited edition art magnets I have had made.

These are all reproductions of my original mixed media work. Each magnet is about 4" X 5.5" and has a semi-glossy professional finish to it.

They make great gift ideas (easily mail one in a standard No. 10 envelope). You can jazz up your kitchen appliances or those boring office filing cabinets too!

More designs to come so stay tuned.

Thanks for looking!

"Enjoy The Journey"

Etsy Listing = "Enjoy The Journey"

"Sing Your Song"

Etsy Listing - "Sing Your Song"

GELLI PRINT PACKING TAPE ART MAGNETS - HOW TO

Art Magnets Made With Gelli Tape Transfer Technique

Hi friends;

Here's a long overdue post for you on how I make those art magnets, using my gelli prints on packing tape.

If you haven't see the Gelli Arts video on how to make cool, arty packing tape with gelli prints, then go here first to see what I am talking about:

Gelli Arts Packing Tape Video

So, here are some photos of two of my Gelli plates with acrylic and dimensional paints.

12 X 14 Gelli Plate With Acrylic & Dimensional Paints

6 X 6 Gelli Plate With Acrylic Paints

And here is the tape I made from those two plates:

Gelli Tape - No Glitter Or Pearl Ex Powder Used Yet

Gelli Tape With Teal And Purple Glitter Added To Fill In The Sticky Areas

The tape was just about the perfect width for me to make backgrounds for my art magnets I create so often. I use those sticky-backed business card-sized magnets you can buy at the office supply store. They are 2" X 3.5" and are great for making small-scale art magnets.

Sticky-backed business card magnet blanks

All I had to do was peel off the white paper from the magnet, put the gelli tape on the magnet (remember, it's VERY sticky) and then trim the edges.

So now I have the backgrounds of the art magnets ready, what am I going to put on top of the Gelli tape?

I started by adding some of my doodly flower collage elements. And then I added even more doodling on them with my Sakura Moonlight Gelly Roll pens (this step not shown).

Next, from my ever-increasing stash of stuff, I pulled some cute vintage-style graphics that measure about 1" X 2" and which I had already put under those sticky-backed resin pieces you can buy for such purposes. They are great to use for making pendants and domino art. I believe these images came from Lisa's Altered Art.

Resin Blanks (left) and Vintage Images Under Resin (right)

I used some E-6000 (similar to GOOP) to adhere the vintage images that were now under resin to the magnet backgrounds. Clothes pins held them in place until they dried.

And here are the finished pieces. The scans really don't do them justice as they are very bright and shiny because of the packing tape and the resin.

If you go back to the top of this post, you'll see a couple of examples of another style of magnet I made using some sweet vintage images of ladies and their dogs, and with this same technique.

I hope you've enjoyed this little tutorial and I'd love to see what you create with your gelli packing tape.

Until next time ...

Joanna

PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES to be won by YOU ... at GELLI JAM this summer!

Hi all;

Well, we're winding down the last two weeks before our ONLINE workshop "Gelli Jam" premieres with Artful Gathering.

Just in case you missed the details, check this out. In addition to all the fun we are going to have in the workshop, you can win one of over 20 different prizes that will only be available to those who are registered in the class. All kinds of original art by me and other cool stuff will be available.

Sure hope you'll join us. More details at:

Artful Gathering 2014

We'll create all this cool handmade art journals in the workshop

PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES TO BE WON!

Just a few of the many, many prizes you could win!

Win one of these limited edition art notebook/journals

Lots of my original art will be available to win!

Head on over to Artful Gathering to get registered and we'll see you there for all the fun this summer!

Cheers!
Joanna

HUGE GIVEAWAY with BIRDNUTS MIXED MEDIA BLOG ! CHECK IT OUT !!

AND THE WINNER IS ...

KIM JOLLEY ... CONGRATULATIONS!

And thank you to all of you who entered and for your support.

I so appreciate it.

Hope to see you at Gelli Jam this summer!

WOW!!
My friend, Denise Phillips from BIRDNUTS MIXED MEDIA
and I have a FANTASTIC giveaway for YOU!

To promote my GELLI JAM ART JOURNAL WORKSHOP with Artful Gathering this summer, Denise has so generously agreed to host a HUGE giveaway on her blog for me. This is an ONLINE workshop starting July 16 and running through August 26.

Denise, a fellow Canadian artist, has a fantastic blog about her artful adventures. Here's the link. You'll want to hop on over there to check out the giveaway as well as see samples of her fun, irreverent art.

BIRDNUTS MIXED MEDIA BLOG

All the giveaway details are there for you.

And here's the link to my workshop. I hope you'll join me! We are going to have SO much fun using a gelatin plate and recycled materials you already have to create awesome handmade art journals for yourself or others.

GELLI JAM ART JOURNAL WORKSHOP

Here are some of the things we'll be doing in this ONLINE, work-at-your-own-pace workshop.

I`ll show you how to make ALL of these awesome journals!

SEE YOU THERE!

Cheers!
Joanna

It's a TREASURE HUNT! Check Out What You Can Win !!

C'mon, play along!

The artists from Artful Gathering 2014 are participating in a treasure hunt and YOU could win some wonderful prizes.

Find out more details here: Artful Gathering Treasure Hunt

And be sure to check out the Artful Gathering program book to see the details about my classes: "Gelli Jam Art Journal Workshop" coming this summer!

Good luck on the hunt!

MIXED MEDIA ART MAGNETS - back to where it all began

Hello everyone;

Many, many moons ago (about 15 years), as some of you will know, I started on my artful adventure in mixed media by making little collages on magnets with recycled and salvaged materials. I had been given a whole bunch of business card blanks (sturdy cardstock that measured 2" X 3.5") and decided to experiment in collage with them. Their small size meant the process wasn't too intimidating and it was really easy to get work finished quickly.

At about the same time, I found out that you could get sticky backed magnets the exact same size and that lots of people used these magnets to turn their business cards into a marketing tool for themselves. The light bulb went on and I still use these sticky-backed magnets to make miniature works of art to this day.

I am now, all these years later, a self-confession Gelli plate printing addict. I use my gelli monoprints in all kinds of mixed media and collage pieces and always have interesting little bits left over, which lend themselves very well to becoming magnets.

The following are images of my most recent creations using scraps of Gelli prints along with collage elements. I have deliberately chosen to keep the compositions simple so that the beautiful, one-of-a-kind backgrounds can shine. You can't see it in the scans, but many of the magnets have also been treated to a little dash of glitter for a bit of sparkle.

I hope you like them. A few are already sold but some of these are still available if you are interested.

Cheers, my friends!
Joanna

MY ONLINE ART CLASS with ARTFUL GATHERING

Hello All;

As some of you may know, I have been honored with the opportunity to teach my first online art class this summer with Artful Gathering, the PREMIERE venue for mixed media online classes. I am so excited about this!

I will be teaching a class called "Gelli Jam" which will be all about making handmade art journals with gelatin prints and objects you have around the house. If you're thinking of participating, you can use either a homemade gelatin plate (there are lots of recipes for these on the Internet) or a Gelli Arts (TM) Gel Printing Plate. Either will work just fine for the projects we are going to do.

I have just finished filming my classes which will run from mid-July through the end of August on the Artful Gathering website. You can find out more about it at: Artful Gathering 2014

Here is a little video SNEAK PEEK at what we 'll create in the class. Hope you can join me!

Cheers!
Joanna

SNEAK PEEK VIDEO