Thanks to my much beloved pal Zee, I've been experimenting with altered domino art. Here are some samples. I realize that this isn't the best photo in the world, but you get the idea. I love the two with the vintage photos of children with dogs. The one with the two pink hearts isn't as interesting. The one with multi hearts is simply stamped using dye ink, then colored with permanent marker, then set with a heat tool. The fairy is prettier in "real life." It's embossed using a glittery medium. So these are kinda basic, but it's fun to experiment with different techniques. Pigment ink, by the way, doesn't work, unless used with embossing powder. I'm planning to make these into magnets. But there really are many things one could do with altered dominos.
2 comments:
these are so so so gorgeous!!!!
Equally beloved pal,Drennan, do you know what I LOVE about your dominoes? I love the idea of a THEME!!!! You have a "vintage kids with dogs" theme. That would work on so many levels. I relish a good theme, the reading of symbols, the undoing of the poem's secrets. All those connectors undoubtedly led me to the English teacher/professor life. Mysteries! Another good theme. Books! Another good theme.
Children used to get all dressed up and take pictures with their dogs. Does anyone do that today? The contrast would be interesting, too.
I love dominoes! Too small to "matter," AND large enough to hold a thousand words.
xox
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