Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Gothic Arch: Gold

Je laisserais tomber une averse de roses.
Je dépenserais mon paradis en faisant du bien sur Terre.

Thank you, Rima!! Thank you for your help with my French!!

For my St. Therese shrine, I started with two arch cut outs made with pearlescent champagne cardstock. I covered each with a wash of gold acrylic paint and then stamped on the text. I cut an opening in the top layer for the St. Therese transparency. Next, I folded little fans of peach colored tissue and machine stitched them around the arch. Once the stitching was in place, I opened each of the fans to make the flowers. I added a little gold paint to the tips of each flower. The French text is printed on gold metallic paper and aged with graphite pencil. A little charcoal and artist crayon surround the arch. I joined the two sheets together with pop dots for a little dimension.

Making these arch projects is new to me and very enjoyable! You should check out the Gothic Arch blog and try your hand at one today!

See you tomorrow! It was a great day for trash today..I've got a lot of new cardboard to alter!
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25 comments:

  1. JacquelineSeptember 18, 2007 at 10:04 AM

    TOTALLY impressed with your French!

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  2. Linda MSeptember 18, 2007 at 10:22 AM

    So rich. It truly is a shrine.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2007 at 10:59 AM

    is it ste thérese d'avilla ?
    your golden arch is beautifull : I love it very much

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  4. Karen SmitheySeptember 18, 2007 at 11:45 AM

    Love the colors here--so muted and peaceful.

    Just (finally) finished my collage for the mission--Thanks so much for hosting this swap! It was great fun and pushed me a little outside the comfort zone, which is always a good thing!

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  5. GodelieveSeptember 18, 2007 at 12:03 PM

    Beautiful art! Love the dimension of the flowers!

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  6. Thanh VoSeptember 18, 2007 at 12:56 PM

    Love the dimension you gave it with the peach tissue. Trash day... lol

    Is my email showing now, test. text. 1..2..3.

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  7. K HutchinsonSeptember 18, 2007 at 1:02 PM

    AWESOME arch! Love the colors and all the texture!

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  8. Heather GrowSeptember 18, 2007 at 1:05 PM

    Wow Julie. It's awesome. Love the gold and texture fromt the tissue.

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  9. thimbles bobbins paper and inkSeptember 18, 2007 at 1:32 PM

    Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! You do these so well!

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  10. FrancescaSeptember 18, 2007 at 2:58 PM

    Very lovely, I do love the gothic arch shape and you've made such a beautiful piece here. Wish my French was good enough to understand what the lines say!

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  11. DebbieSeptember 18, 2007 at 4:23 PM

    This is really cool. When I first saw it, I thought, why did she put peanut brittle on her arch? Sadly, not peanut brittle at all.

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  12. M!ssPr!ssySeptember 18, 2007 at 7:41 PM

    What trash? I love St. Theresa

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  13. stamp and scrapeSeptember 18, 2007 at 11:21 PM

    Beautiful work. I love the way the text matches and enhances the arch shape.
    Ros

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  14. Vintage PapersSeptember 19, 2007 at 3:22 AM

    gorgeous arch! I love the misty look of the image and how you adorned her! :)

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  15. RimaSeptember 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

    Lovely and serene :-)

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  16. pescbricoSeptember 19, 2007 at 9:32 AM

    It's my favorit arch ever! I love it! You French is great on it of course! :)

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  17. DymphieSeptember 19, 2007 at 12:08 PM

    Wonderful Julie! Love the flowers you made on it, such a clever touch :)

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  18. NellieSeptember 19, 2007 at 12:48 PM

    Wow love it.

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  19. Lisa RenéaSeptember 19, 2007 at 5:41 PM

    This is fabulous!! As usual, you take little bits of details and create a masterpiece! Beautiful!

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  20. dianeclancySeptember 20, 2007 at 12:27 AM

    Very beautiful!!

    ~ Diane Clancy
    www.dianeclancy.com/blog

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  21. Gillian ....September 20, 2007 at 9:24 AM

    wow, great depth and dimension to this, fantastic work.

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2007 at 5:52 PM

    Still two spelling mistakes!!!

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  23. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2007 at 5:54 PM

    Je laisserai tomber une averse de roses.
    Je dépenserai mon paradis en faisant du bien sur Terre.

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  24. emilia in TaiwanSeptember 22, 2007 at 4:20 AM

    wonderful! I am stunned by the idea of peach tissue flowers...

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  25. SijaSeptember 23, 2007 at 2:13 AM

    Love your arch!

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