Artist Monika Schmid- Art Journal Pages Online 2010 Day 10 Burnt Paper

by Monika Schmid
(Brisbane, QLD, Australia)

Art Journal Online - Art Journaling by Monika Schmid

~ Art Supplies used


Art Supplies:

Collage materials
stamps
fountain pen
coloured lead pencils
copper mesh
eyelets,
ash
acrylics
re-inkers.

Ahh Milliande, you are taking me on a journey with these prompts;-) When I saw the prompt of burning paper it reminded me of a wierd practice I had read about in a book a few years back.

It is the practice of Agnihotra, where ghee, dried cow dung and brown rice is burnt in a inverted copper pyramid at sunrise and sunset. The practice claims to have beneficial effects on health, the environment and the resulting ash can be sprinkled on the garden as fertiliser.

I wrote the mantras of Agnihotra on pieces of paper and burnt the edges and glued the resulting ash above the copper pyramid.


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Thank you for submitting your art journal page

~ glad you are "letting me" take you on a journey... giggle ..I am always suprised what inspiration people take away from my art journaling, often something I never thought about and that makes sharing so much more special... because in turn i get to be taken on a different journey with my own art journal entry ..

~ I enjoy your composition, the way you captured the background with that blue collage paper which sets off the burnt paper and makes it a supporting feature...


thanks for sharing, happy art journaling


♥ milliande
Art Journaling January 2010