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Atlantic Palette II (left) and North Shore Scape (right)<br />
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Tea bags are made from Abaca, the Philippine word for Manila hemp (<em>Musa Textilis</em>), a type of banana tree. Abaca is a strong fiber capable of standing up to hard use. Tea bags are no thicker than a standard tissue, but try dipping one of those in boiling water! It is also used to make marine grade rope and canvas shoes.<br />
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Boston Public Garden (2013) 6 x 8 inches. Handmade paper.</div>
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Boston Public Garden (2013) Handmade paper, 8 x 6 inches.<br />
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Atlantic Patterns, 2011, 15 x 15 handmade paper. 900.00</div>Meg Black Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06334009620674240619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369003001854321734.post-19778052112502003432012-05-28T09:43:00.002-07:002012-05-28T09:43:08.564-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Beach Stroll Epic, 2012. Handmade paper, 8 x 24 inches. Mounted on board. 1200.00</div>Meg Black Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06334009620674240619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369003001854321734.post-45080264688532248082012-05-27T08:35:00.001-07:002012-05-27T08:35:03.352-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pond Sculpture, 2012. Handmade Paper collage. 8 x 13 inches. Mounted onto board and hanging wire.<br />
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Asters, (2012). Handmade Paper Collage. 8 x 13 inches mounted on board and hanging wire. 200.00<br />
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</div>http://www.megblack.com http://www.megblackprints.com</div>Meg Black Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06334009620674240619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369003001854321734.post-42824153672427808812011-08-05T03:20:00.000-07:002011-08-05T03:26:51.589-07:00Netherlandish Influence<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JyxK9z1j88g/TjvD8px_jXI/AAAAAAAAASs/39YuMZmqav4/s1600/Van%2BRysdal%2527s%2BVista%2B6.%2B1.10_2_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JyxK9z1j88g/TjvD8px_jXI/AAAAAAAAASs/39YuMZmqav4/s320/Van%2BRysdal%2527s%2BVista%2B6.%2B1.10_2_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637314805359414642" /></a>I am working on two new paintings that are smaller versions of this one. Jacob van Ruysdael is one of my favorite artists. His division of the canvas into 1/3-with the sky taking up 2/3 of the space is masterful. Very difficult to make "sky" such an intricate part of the composition.Meg Black Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06334009620674240619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369003001854321734.post-16700979553690900452011-08-02T04:49:00.000-07:002011-08-02T05:00:53.041-07:00Handmade paper Seascape Painting Process continued<div>In this handmade paper painting, created in 2010 from cotton and abaca pulp, each 12 x 24 inch panel contains enough energy to carry the image, and yet at the same time compliments the surrounding panel. Available: 4000.00.</div><div><br /></div><div> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pmQZnTM0DQo/TjfkiqWRnBI/AAAAAAAAASU/H0rUzalM_Xg/s320/IMG_1144_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636224742811868178" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 157px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><!--EndFragment--><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Meg Black Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06334009620674240619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369003001854321734.post-90660974900366120712011-07-31T09:51:00.000-07:002011-07-31T10:34:17.442-07:00Handmade paper Seascape Painting Process continued...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UR9-qTsnVwA/TjWJcC8feuI/AAAAAAAAAR8/ozBVhNHjVLk/s1600/Northshore%2Bscape%2B1_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U3_sOI5pLg8/TjWJIOjVImI/AAAAAAAAAR0/nbDyHXkMZmA/s1600/IMG_1404.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U3_sOI5pLg8/TjWJIOjVImI/AAAAAAAAAR0/nbDyHXkMZmA/s320/IMG_1404.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635561283162284642" /></a><br /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">After the layers applied in the first two illustrations shown above have dried, I re-grid the surface of the painting and add more detailed information that follows the composition of the original photograph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Notice the brown shapely lines that move through the evolving composition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These new lines act as guides for applying the next layers of pulp such as the green mounts of fauna shown in this image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UR9-qTsnVwA/TjWJcC8feuI/AAAAAAAAAR8/ozBVhNHjVLk/s320/Northshore%2Bscape%2B1_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635561623643978466" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The painting shown here, completed in 2009, is entitled North Shore Scape III, 20 x 20 inches and is mounted on 2 inch gator board, no further framing required. </span></div> <!--EndFragment-->Meg Black Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06334009620674240619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369003001854321734.post-70759096563475588652011-07-27T07:36:00.000-07:002011-07-27T07:41:28.814-07:00Handmade paper Seascape Painting Process continued<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCXm_C5Ld-g/TjAjTyF61gI/AAAAAAAAARs/NsdZ9Lw50mY/s1600/IMG_1402.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCXm_C5Ld-g/TjAjTyF61gI/AAAAAAAAARs/NsdZ9Lw50mY/s320/IMG_1402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634041956611577346" /></a> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">In this image, the water has been painted and a pinkish color added to the horizon line of the sky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I use “overbeaten” abaca for these areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When the abaca fiber is beaten in a Hollander Beater for approximately 10 hours (instead of the more typical 1-2 hours, thus the name overbeaten), the cell walls in the abaca fiber break down and release a gelatinous substance that makes the fiber syrupy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This allows the fiber to be applied more like oil or acrylic paint instead of more bulky cotton fiber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Cotton cannot break down like abaca because cotton does not have a cell wall, thus it will not release the gelatinous substance and remains bulky no matter how long it is beaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; 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