replicated substrate

I made this collage a couple of years ago and wanted to do something similar





here's the step by step for the woven base:
1) save your cereal boxes;


2) sand and ink the cardboard (I used two colors of ink - purple and green);


3) apply black paint to one of the cardboard pieces;


4) when the black paint has dried, scratch lines into it with a sharp tool.


5) tear or cut one of the pieces into lengthwise strips and the other piece into crosswise strips (I use a straight edge for tearing - and my widths are purposely random and uneven);


6) weave the strips together;


7) apply gesso if desired (in my example at the top of this post, there is no gesso).


now it is ready for the next phaseI love collage and mixed media projects because they grow as you build and build and build upon themthis is my "slab foundation" for what I hope will become a pretty cool "building"

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I was a flurry of creative activity today, celebrating back to school time:)