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Še vedno tipkam kot nora, za hrbtom pa imam na mizi odprt art dnevnik:

I’m still working as a madwoman, but behind me there’s my opened art journal on the table behind me:

Na drugih koncih hiše so se pojavile novoletne štampiljke. Barva jih pa tavelka, je neki bolna, pa leži v postelji ali na kavču in ko ne spi, barva.

In other parts of the house stamps that will be used on New year’s cards are emerging. I’m not the one that is doing the coloring, yet. This is my daughter’s handiwork, she’s been feeling poorly and between naps, she takes her Copics with her on the couch.

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Tele petkove objave mi gredo veliko bolj počasi kakor sredine. Včasih ob petkih počnem kaj, zaradi česar nisem v pisarni. Tokrat niti slučajno. Priklenjena sem pred računalnik. Še par dokončanih strani izpred … pol leta :D

My Friday posts of finished AJ pages are published slowlyer than my Wednesday work in progress stuff. Fridays I’m not always behind my desk. But now I’m practically chained to it. Well, a Serbian saying says ‘if you must do it, it’s not hard’. Riiiiight. A couple of finished pages.

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Spet se službeno toliko dogaja, da komaj kaj drugega naredim. Kljub temu so moje ustvarjalne mize polne. Če delam do polnoči, potem zjutraj rabim malo več časa, da pridem k sebi. V tem času naredim naslednji poliglinasti korak:

I have so much translation work that I can only steal a couple of minutes here and there to do “a next step” of something. I don’t sleep a lot lately, so I need breaks and I need something to wake me up in the morning. I might make the next step with polymer clay,

Četrt ure brusim:

or sand with a grit,

Prepognem škatlico ali počasi sestavljam skupaj praznični “junk” art dnevnik:

fold a box for the December calendar or do the next stage of the December junk art journal,

Ali pa poskušam narediti rožico:

or maybe try my hand with a paper flower (I know, far from good).

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Pravzaprav bi morala napisati “na mojih nagužvanih mizah”. Tako pač je. Stvari se dogajajo in ustvarjajo.

I should actually say “on my messy tables”. C’est la vie! Love it, I get stuff done.

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Aprila je nastalo kar nekaj strani, še nismo na koncu.

I worked quite a bit in my Art Journal in April. I should pick it up again with that rhythm, that would be good for me.

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Življenje se vrača v stare tire, vsaj začasno, in na vseh miznih površinah, ki nimajo drugega namena, se kopiči moje ustvarjanje. Za zdaj se družinski člani še ne pritožujejo, ko se bodo, bom pa malo pospravila. Art dnevnik in dokončevanje ECC projektov iz polimerne gline.

Life is slowly getting back to normal and on all tables that have no special designation my artwork projects are piling up. Till someone complains … ;) Art journal page in progress and finishing projects from ECC.

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Moj nori september je minil in z njim ECC, zdaj se lahko spet utirim v vsakdan. Svojih izdelkov še nimam, da bi jih kazala, bom dokončala/naredila in objavila, čim bo šlo. V mojem vsakdanu je zdaj spet tudi art dnevnik. Te strani so pa še iz aprila.

My crazy September is over, with the ECC and everything. It was a great event and we had tons of fun. I didn’t even finish my projects yet, so no pictures. One day asap. Time to go back to the everyday. With art journaling among other things, of course! Let’s continue through the year slowly, with my irregular posting we’re only in April!

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Še zadnje marčevske. Prvi dve sta mi totalno všeč. Zadnja manj. Tako to gre.

The 2nd part of March pages. I love the 1st two. The last one not so much. That’s life.

Monotiskanje z želatinasto ploščo

Zadnje čase za izdelavo ozadij vsi neki hvalijo Gelli plate. Z monoodtisi sem imela že nekaj izkušenj iz starih spletnih delavnic (folija, razne plastike itd.), zato me je tale plošča kar nekaj časa mučila. In ker mi ni bilo do tega, da bi jo za spodobne denarje naročala iz ZDA (ok, saj sama plošča ni blazno draga, ampak poštnina!!), ne da bi vedela, ali jo bom tudi zares uporabljala, sem si shranila recept zanjo. V četrtek zvečer sem jo vlila. V petek zjutraj sem jo, medtem ko se mi je kuhala kava, preizkusila. In potem se je zgodilo tole:

Everybody is talking so much about gelli plates that I had to try my hand at it. When I checked, they were only selling them in the States. This changed in the meantime, but I was all set on making one by myself, because I didn’t know if it will work for me, specially if I’ll be tempted to do it more than once. So I found a recipe, bought the ingredients, mixed and poured. It was Thursday afternoon so I let it set till Friday morning. I tried it while my coffee was brewing. And then this happened:

Naredila sem prvi odtis na desno polovico in drugi odtis na levo polovico lista.

I did the 1st print on one half of the paper, the 2nd on the 2nd half.

Ker je bilo na plošči še nekaj barve, sem poskusila narediti še tretji odtis. In potegnila pol plošče s sabo na papirju. Zakaj, presneto?

There was still color on the plate, so I went for the 3rd print. And pulled a good chunk of the plate away in the process. What the hell?

Morala sem jo z nožem postrgati s papirja. Grrrr. No, potem sem pač pladenj s ploščo vred vtaknila v pečico, da se je želatina segrela in spet razlezla. Ko se je strdila in ohladila, sem jo vtaknila še v hladilnik. In zdaj dela! Mogoče je pomagalo tudi to, da je majhen delček vode med segrevanjem izhlapel. Mogoče mora biti samo hladna. Glavno, da dela. In še prvi rezultati:

I had to scrape the jelly off with a knife. So. “#$” Remelted the plate, reset it. Asked for advice and the girls on fb were quite helpful, so I stuck it in the fridge for the night. Now it seems of a right consistency, let’s try again. Tadaaaa!

Prva plast je, zdaj se mora posušiti, potem pa se zabava nadaljuje!

The 1st layers are drying, there’ll be more time to play after I do some … blah … chores.

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Tile dnevi so mi všeč. Spet je toplo. Upam, da bo še nekaj časa. Ko oddelam normalen delovnik, še kaj naredim po hiši, grem z možem na sprehod … taki dnevi so mi všeč. Kovinsko embosiranje na krojno polo, doma narejen sprej, izrezki s Sizzixom - stvari, ki me osrečujejo.

I like these days. I only have a normal amount of work. In the afternoon I can do something beside typing, take a walk with hubby … I’m enjoying myself. Some heat embossing, a homemade spray, Sizzix cutouts - things that make me happy.

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Po dopustu je moja delovna obremenitev obvladljiva, na mizi je nova knjiga, še bo pestro. Ampak vmes se malo obračam nazaj in se igram z barvami. V nastajanju:

After this year’s vacation (almost a true one and almost without work if you don’t count the fact that I read the new novel to be translated) my workload is bearable and in my breaks I can play with colors. WIP:

Od sestre sem dobila za rojstni dan pobarvanko za odrasle. Zabavno, zamudno, za takrat, ko se ti ne ljubi misliti.

I got a fun present for my b-day from my sister. An adult coloring book. Suitable for those moments when you don’t have enough energy to think.

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Dopusta je konec in ker prej nisem imela časa, da bi vnaprej pripravila objave, saj sem do zadnjega še vnašala popravke in pilila stavke v prevodu, nadaljujem pač zdaj.

The vacation went by flying and here we are back in the everyday work. A couple of pages from March. I thought I’d be all caught up and current by August. Good thing I’m not because new pages are slow in the makings :P

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Rok se približuje in jaz še vedno hitim z delom. Še malo, pa bo konec meseca, potem si bom lahko oddahnila. Tačas je na moji ustvarjalni mizi komajkaj. Ena napol dokončana dvojna stran z deklico, ki sem jo narisala z neošiljenimi otroškimi barvicami med čakanjem v eni zdravniški ordinaciji, ena enojna. Toliko, da spočijem misli po kosilu in da se ne nabira pajčevina …

My deadline is looming behind my back and I’m still rushing with my translation work. If it wasn’t for the fact that the end of month is near and I’ll be finally able to relax, I’d probably have to deal with cobwebs on my art tables pretty soon. Nevertheless, there’s a spread slowly coming along with doodles to clear my mind a bit (I drew the girl a month ago in a waiting room), one single … nothing much.

Sva pa zato z nečakinjo naredili en tak ostankast art dnevnik/dnevnik/karkoli zanjo: iz listov iz skoraj porabljenih šolskih zvezkov in s par vložki lepih papirčkov. Malo se ga je tudi že lotila.

But with my niece we did manage to make a “half  junk/half designer paper pretty” art journal/sketch book/journal/whatever. She already started embellishing the cover. The various empty pages hold a lot of potential and promises :D

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Še nekaj pisanih strani iz že dokončane skicirke vam pokažem. Spet me je nekaj punčkastega držalo, pa čačkasto barvastega in veselo toplega.

Some more pages from the already finished journal. I ought to film a video with a flipthrough, but my days are really filled up even without this kind of endeavors.

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Na moji ustvarjalni mizi še vedno ni gužve, ampak par strani, ki počasi napredujejo, lahko vseeno pokažem. Končani pa še nista.

Still not much going on on my art table, but there are a couple of pages in progress.

In nekaj A5 listov s predstavitvene delavnice v Rayherju, nič končanega, v eni uri pač ni časa niti, da bi vse uporabil, kar imaš napravljeno in s sabo, kaj šele, da bi kaj res končal

And a couple of started half-letter sized future parts of pages from the demo at Rayher’s. Nothing major, if you wish to show more than one technique, in one hour there isn’t time to finish anything, really.