Wednesday, June 30, 2010

GPP Crusade No. 41 - More Grid Work



I had extra room in my journal after mounting previously posted grids. I decided to make a grid directly on the painted page of my journal. First I divided the page using Michelle Ward's excellent instructions found on the GPP Crusade post. I painted over the lines with acrylic ink.
This time I grabbed a map from my ephemera stash and punched circles featuring places in Iowa that are significant to me (where I was born, lived, schooled, art shows). After adhering the circles to the grid, I added a bit of journaling.




This was created on cardstock and I used squares left over from my first grid project. I decided to keep the grid minimal and set it up as an abstract art piece. Then I mounted the artwork in my journal.
Making grids could become addictive!

8 comments:

jgr said...

Regina, these are so cool! I love them both and the concept of the maps: awesome!

Kelly Warren said...

i love the maps and IOWA down in the bottom corner. and yes, making grids can become addicting! hope you are well!

Dawn said...

oh I LOVE IT! I never even thought of not filling the whole page with squares. lovely :)

michelle ward said...

Regina - what a totally cool idea to punch out specific locations on a map! Perfect for your gird, leaving room for a descriptive line or two! Lovely layout. Thanks for sharing more work!

(not sure how I missed adding this to the link list...it's there now)

Debra said...

Regina, I really like the map idea - it makes me want to make more grid pages. Squares and circles are a good contrast.

Belinda said...

how clever to make map dots, great journal page. love the idea!

bed frames said...

Making amazing painting is your forte. You have done a very good job in that very cool map. Everyone going to love it.

Shayla said...

I love what you're doing with the grids, Regina.