This month's challenge for the GPP Street Team is wax rubbings and resist. I just love this one! Wish I had more time to explore it. Lately I have had a real passion for gears and cogs, so I thought I would work with that. I put a piece of thin paper over the pieces and rubbed a black crayon over the paper to get the rubbing. I then used a thin wash of acrylic paint over it. The wax pretty much resists the paint and only colored the white background paper. I will use these papers for future collage work in a visual journal or altered book.
I'd like to also share a couple of brass rubbings I have hanging in my home. We did them in England when they still allowed you to do it. For these we had used the old black cobblers wax and parchment paper to make the rubbings off the old brass grave plaques. Each framed piece is 12" X 29".
Ingrid - those cog rubbings are terrific! Great artist-made elements to add to your work. LOVE LOVE LOVE those brass rubbings from England. Thanks for sharing this post with the team!
ReplyDeleteAll of your rubbings are terrific. And what a great use of pattern in the cog rubbings! You've given me food for thought. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty, these!
ReplyDeleteI love your rubbings! Cogs and stuff, what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous ! Love the cogs...The little foursome could be framed just as is !
ReplyDeleteThose brass rubbings are amazing too. What a cool memory to adorn the walls with !
Cheers,
Kim
Gears and cogs...FANTASTIC! Excellent idea!!
ReplyDeleteDag Ingrid,
ReplyDeletevreemd om eens een 'comment' te schrijven in het Nederlands...
De raderen geven een heel mooi effect ! Doe je die wrijftechniek op metalen raderen ?
Die figuren die je meebracht uit Engeland zijn ook heel mooi !
Ik wist niet dat je geen afdrukken mocht maken ?! Mag dit nergens of is dit enkel in Engeland ? Wij gaan deze zomer namelijk naar Londen...
groetjes
Inge ( uit België-
The gears and cogs are fab Ingrid! I used to have a brass rubbing from Westminster Abbey in London years ago - we were allowed to use gold wax on black paper - very posh!!
ReplyDeleteYour rubbings and cogs came out gorgeous. What nice wall hangings
ReplyDeleteAs always, you have an unerring eye for great design. Your rubbings are fab! Marilyn
ReplyDeleteLove your wall hang brass rubbing.
ReplyDeleteThat's so beautiful !
I really love the brass rubbings! I bet the story behind that is fun!
ReplyDeleteHave a great hair day! Becci
Gears and cogs and mechanical gizmos are wonderful subjects. I love combining the industrial with the organic and your rubbing has the elements of both. Well done!
ReplyDeleteIngrid, your rubbings looks great in the photo. You could just mount them like that and hang! :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, Ingrid! Your rubbings are beautiful. I wish mine looked half that good and I would just frame them and hang them up. - Nicki
ReplyDeleteIngrid, your rubbings look terrific. Thanks for sharing your brass rubbings too.
ReplyDeleteThose cog rubbings are fantastic - what a great idea. Thanks for sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteI too have the rubbing of the man (on the left), done about 1970. Can you ID name, date, location of the brass? Buck Lindsay
ReplyDeleteBuck I would be happy to look up some info on it for you ... You didn't leave an email or any way of contacting you though.
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