Wednesday 8 June 2011

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL

 

It is a wet day so perfect for finishing a few swaps.These are the ATCs I have made for  The Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil swap hosted by Monika in Australia over at milliande.

This title I believe is from a Horror film and as I am NEVER EVER going to see it I just did my own thing.

As I have mentioned before I collect vintage photos and some time ago I bought a collection of photos of funerals and graveyards,this may seem a little odd but as I have also mentioned before I love graveyards. These photos were mainly European (German ) I think and spanning many years,and today they came in very useful. I chose some of the smaller ones and sprayed them with bleach to disguise the names on the headstones. These were attached to the ATCs which I had cut from black mount board. I then used pictures from some very old books I have called OUR  OWN COUNTRY Which are about 120 years old and are a very early tour guide to Great Britain they have some wonderful pictures in them all etchings.

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After I had glued down the pictures I coloured the cards with Distress inks (Walnut Stain ) to age even more.I then attached transparencies of a tree in my field which I had printed in Black.I also added some text taken from the books.

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It is always very hard to photograph transparencies as you get a reflection but I hope you can see what I was trying to achieve.

I had already taken  my own photos for this swap of the small graveyard next to my parents cottage, and I altered one of them using Picassa/Picnik.. As the cards above are quite dark and sinister I have made two extra using my photo and Monika can decide which to use.

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This is my photo and pages again from the vintage books and Paper Artsy rubber stamp.

9 comments:

  1. Wow, Mary these are awesome! I love them all. The layers are amazing and so sinister looking, great eerie atmosphere in each one.

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  2. Thank you Marilyn they were fun to do especially as I have so much vintage ephemera.

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  3. These are so flippin' cool Mary, I love the look and agedness Of them. I especially like the transparency of the tree on them. I love that.
    Wonderful job on them.
    Tina

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  4. nicely done Mary - definitely midnight in the garden - I must learn more about making and using transparacies

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  5. l love graveyards and collect anything l find written down or postcards, books etc on death...weird people that we are!Ha. love these images.xxlynda

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  6. these are excellent..I especially like the crouching man one he looks a bit like nosferatu! this is a great swap and I like your interpretation

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  7. Oh, how exciting to see your collage and in particular the first one does look like Fountains Abbey, which is local to me, but now I know it isn't as you said German... Great work! xm

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  8. Maki it could be near you as the etchings are from 120yr books on BRITAIN.

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  9. Oh Mary your ATCs are just wonderful!!! I love the eerie feel! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I will have a very hard time sending all these wonderful cards out;-)xoxo

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