Somerset Studio is open to all who wish to share their paper and mixed-media art and crafting projects including cards, collages, altered books and assemblages. Through the pages called Expressions, artists complete the submission guidelines for various upcoming themes.
The theme of sisterhood is often thought of with roars of laughter, heartfelt tears, and late night conversations. Somerset Studio invited artists to create works that honor these very special relationships.
Shauna Lee Lange’s art sample “You Trust the Sisterhood and its Power” is an exploration in paper cutting and multi-media techniques by the late emergent and self-taught founder of a Washington DC arts advisory firm. Lange hopes to draw humorous attention to the Sisterhood found in religious groups and to remind us all how the power of more than one is often underestimated. The piece merges the old and the new and uses a variety of techniques; it was created in 2009. The below is a list of detailed instructions. For photography purposes, a piece of lavender colored paper was used as a background to illuminate the window-cutting technique Lange employed. The entire piece is primarily black cardstock and measures 8 1/2 x 11.
1. Select and print a vintage nun photograph off Google Images using a standard printer.
2. Paste the image on pre-formatted framed cardstock (5 x 7).
3. Using Creative Imaginations Sonnets sticker stamps, select and apply your words by sticking the stamps on the cardstock.
4. Hand write the fruits of the spirit using a Uniball Signo Broad White Gel pen and apply various doodles to other areas of the card.
5. Cut out blank black cardboard space using a Xacto knife and self healing mat. You may also use a steel ruler as a guide.
6. Cut the right and left margin of the cardstock with Fiskar decorative edge scissors.
7. Using an old holy prayer card (obtained on E-Bay), cut out a head figure and paste in the upper portion of the card.
8. Outline the figure with Gel-Extreme 0.7 Gold Gel pen.
9. Using watercolor crayons (Caran D’Arche Neopastells II), embellish blank black spaces.
10. Lightly dust over all with Pearl-ex metallic powder (gold) using a paintbrush.
11. Lightly wet a paintbrush and blend the crayon watercolor sections.
