I was thinking some of the paintings I've done recently could look great on display plates and bowls.

So I decided to make about ten laminated items to try out my ideas. Sure takes a lot of work as I add strips of paper one layer at a time on each item, then I have to wait for it to dry between applying more layers. So it's going to be around 8 days to the start of the finishing - the fun bit!

If I'm happy with the results I intend to make a series of these hand made plates and bowls in 2009.

Here's a pic of one of the paintings I did recently which has inspired this experiment. I'll post more news up with details of my first result as soon as it's finished.

Barry

Tags: Laminated Objects

The December 2008 issue of Sketching Adventures Newsletter is now available online and in printed format. You can get your printed version by calling into Working Artists Studios ( our location ). The online version can be requested from my www.sketchingadventures.com web site. Yes it's free, gratis.

It contains News and Articles. The two articles in this current issue are:

• How can I increase my Sketching speed?
• The most important thing about art is to 'just turn up'.

Sketching Adventures Newsletter will be published every 6 weeks. The next publication is 14th of January 2009.