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@ cynd11 This came out of my canvas stuff.

Some notes on using canvas

This one is going over in the Land of Sorcery so I can be a bit more specific. If you have not yet, take a look at the posts for “Samurai Sunrise” and “More Experiments With Canvas” to see what I am babbling about. The basics are this: I start with a basic 8 by 10 canvas and go to town on it with some spray paint of various colors. If I want the finished image to have brighter colors, I throw two coats of clear over that when it’s dry, and let that sit overnight. If you want a more pastel color…

and the fractal boxes:

Colorful Fractal Boxes

Working on a series of boxes in quarter and eighth inch plywood. These use small finger joints on the side and a layered top and bottom. The boxes are dye with Folk Arts Ultra Dye and then layed out in a cross shape (like the purple box below) so the fractal patterned can be lasered on the box. [IMG_6240] The fractal shapes are from the free iOS program Frax. This gives me a nice variety of patterns to choose from. Clockwise from the top Swirls (Red), Coral (Purple) and Ocean (blue). Once you…

Those are the things I have tried so far.