Studio Friday

Today's topic on Tine's Studio Friday is Aged/Antique suggested by Jane.

Jane said: " I love aged things- anything with Rust or Patina... is just too wonderful to me. I use metal paint on anything that is NOT metal (like Plastic, Glass, Wood or even Paper) to give it a faux metal surface and then I age it with liquid patina or sometimes just vinegar and ammonia... What I get in return is something that looks like it is over a hundred years old..."

Well I couldn't agree more. I love old. I love aged. I love vintage. I love patina. I love rust. I love weathered. And I've realized, it's not that I necessarily love antiques, but it's more a process thing...I love things that show their age. Like a weathered farmhouse. Like the Velveteen Rabbit. THAT'S what I love!

In looking around my little studio, I don't have too many things that are genuinely old. I'm just starting to build that collection! A few weeks back I did find a couple of 1903 Encyclopedia Brittanica's at Goodwill for $1.99 each. Not in great shape (which is probably why they were there) but the pages and illustrations are stunning and all in excellent condition. I'd say they are the *stars* of my studio in the category of "aged" with the runner up being those wonderful envelopes from the 40's that I also bought at Goodwill a few months ago.

Here's some detail of the inside of the encyclopedias....

Until I do build up a collection of genuine aged articles to use in collages, cards, projects or just to love, I'll just have to be satisfied with aging things myself. I have a veritable plethera of new "vintage" items as well as a variety of distressing and aging tinctures, ointments, and concoctions!

Hope you are loved like the Velveteen Rabbit! Happy Friday!

Comments

[mary ann]

how cool! i'm with you on this!!! i love, love, love tim holtz' distressed inks/product line!

[Hanna]

yes, aged and withered, so great! I envy that you can find old envelopes at goodwill and own such great aging fluids! :-)

[simone]

Hey, I'm distressed and aged.....does that make me art??

:-)

[Tongue in Cheek]

I have started to collect old papers, now I am going to have to let go of my phobia about cutting them!

[Lisa]

I love the aged/distressed look, too. And aren't the illustrations in old books like that just awesome? The detail that went into them. Amazing. Inspiring.

[Ellen]

What wonderful encyclopedias! I have a set of Book of Knowledge from my childhood, so they are not yet truly old! They seem to hold as much possibility for me now as they did when I was a child. And when we don't really have the "real thing," isn't it fantastic that we can distress to our heart's content?!