by Paul | Feb 20, 2018 | Arts & Crafts, Fabrication, Farm & Homestead
Many artists are painters, using both; oil and acrylic paints with a preference for painting on canvas. Canvas is an age-old substrate used as a painting surface and is traditionally stretched and fastened onto a wooden frame. This video shows you how to construct...
by Paul | Jan 27, 2018 | Arts & Crafts, Farm & Homestead
Why settle for 5 cents when you return your empty beer or soda cans? You could possible earn a much greater return by using the thin aluminum material, harvested from the beer or soda can by embossing a picture or figure on the metal, framing it, and selling it on...
by Paul | Jan 12, 2018 | Arts & Crafts
I finally finished my micro-mini painting masterpiece in acrylic on canvas (measuring 2” x 3”). I call it: “Tree.” The job wasn’t completed in its entirety though. It needed to be framed. Traditional store-bought frames would not do, as this painting is on canvas,...
by Paul | Jan 9, 2018 | Arts & Crafts
I made a linoleum block print, and I show you how I did it in the video. BUT – What makes it a “hybrid linoleum block print?” Traditionally, linoleum block prints are made by using hand tools such as wood carving knives and gouges, much in the same way the “old...
by Paul | Dec 25, 2017 | Arts & Crafts
Long before the invention of linoleum block printing, and using lead plates to make prints; wood cut block printing was the way in which duplicate prints of hand bills or artwork could be made. The best and most clear of wood cut block prints were made from dense...
by Paul | Nov 28, 2017 | Arts & Crafts, Farm & Homestead
I had 5 leftover strakes of pallet wood, and they were the worst of what I had in inventory (I used up the better strakes in earlier projects). I didn’t want to throw them out or put them in the burn pile, so I figured they would make a good base frame for a Christmas...
