I love tissue paper art. I love working with a medium that doesn't smell or end up in hard-to-remove globs on clothing or furniture. I love the colours. I love the fact that it is a pretty inexpensive way to express myself. I love layering the tissue and seeing what emerges. So, one dreary day I got out the layers of coloured paper and decided that I would do an ocean piece. I had purchased a couple of canvases at the local Dollarama ($4 each I think), and I had a good supply of white glue from other projects for myself and my granddaughters. I cut out different configurations and colours of layered waves and billows . I changed the trees and mountains into just the dark band of sea along the horizon. I did this over a series of weeks when the urge hit. This morning I collaged a sort of seashore with some money plant husks, quinoa flakes, and a few kinds of salt: ground kelp, celtic sea salt, and some pink Himilayan salt. Finally...
Living the Green Life