How to collage four abstracts with handmade momigami and joomchi papers.

[@katewalton6350]

Hi Louise, Iv'e been watching you for 2 days now, love your work your attitude, you are real! Thx for keeping us all occupied,

[@LouiseJannetta]

Hi Kate, amny thanks for watching and the lovely comment. Delighted that you like it XXX. See you again and all the best, Louise😀

[@rebeccalalumiere8363]

MORE MORE MORE!!! Louise you are so inspiring! I too am a very messy artist and relate to your methods and style. Which I was intimidated by before I found you, now I know that messy is ok be! Please do more of what you are doing. ❤😊❤

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you! Will do! Good to hear that it's all working for you. Very nice feedback, many thanks xxx. And thank you sooo much for watching xxx.

[@berniceseigel6482]

I liked the way the first one was sitting on the table before you changed it. Will love making the paper to experiment with.

[@LouiseJannetta]

Enjoy. X many thanks for watching x

[@joanieharrison7991]

I absolutely love this video. I so enjoy watching the process of designing the collage. I do spend quite a bit of time designing and sometimes I just discard it. I am not fond of “shorts” or people leaving out part of their process. Thank you so much for this video. Your artwork is fabulous.

[@LouiseJannetta]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching. It’s been a good experience trying to film the process and keep the lesson interesting. It’s really helped in my own practice and makes me think harder about it all. I hope you enjoy your journey too.

[@sherryleggett1612]

I don’t mind if the video goes long. I like to watch as you talk out loud about your decisions about what element goes where and why. The last one was my favourite. I’m sorry we missed seeing the finished piece. From very simple to very complicated I just love to watch you work. Thanks for sharing.

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you Sherry, for the lovely, supportive comments, much appreciated. Many thanks for watching.😀

[@sherryleggett1612]

When I make a collage I dryfit first as you do but before I start gluing I take a photo on my phone then it is so easy to recreate and I can look at the over unders before i glue the first piece. I haven’t tried this crinkling method before, it gives so much dimension to the piece. I will definitely try this method soon. I had never heard of it before I found your channel. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thanks for the tip, a very good idea. And glad that the technique interests and inspires xxx Many thanks for watching.

[@2krandolph]

Thanks for mentioning the collection of STUFF! OMG! In the few weeks I've begun doing mixed media collage with momigami I've begun to collect materials, tools, and ideas. I find stuff and buy stuff. So far, I've got a little area to store it all in, but this can truly get out of hand! I have a friend who told me that she has a whole lot o' stuff in boxes, bags, crates, suitcases, etc in the basement work area. Kinda scary!

[@LouiseJannetta]

Ha ha, so true. X But I say if you have the space, go for it. One day I will work through all the bits I have a make the most of them all, although I think that would take more than one day XX Enjoy creating and many thanks for watching. Keep well, and all the best, Louise😀

[@morningdewgarden7432]

Absolutely adore these pieces!! Such great work!

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thanks again x. I am having a great time discovering techniques to share x Many thanks for watching and I hope you get a chance to give it a go

[@dianadee23]

I love watching your process. Beautiful work.

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you so much! Really nice of you to take the time to let me know. Great to hear. Many thanks and all the best, Louise😀

[@Shonalyn]

I love these four collages and their papers. Thank you for sharing😊💖

[@LouiseJannetta]

You are welcome! Thank you for watching x

[@jneigler]

Absolutely gorgeous pieces with the momigami and Joonchi papers. Your work is fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing your techniques.

[@LouiseJannetta]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching xx

[@dellplummer5173]

This was very inspiring, I can't wait to see you do more. Thank you so much.🌹

[@LouiseJannetta]

You are so welcome! So glad its helpful, loads more to come XXX. Many thanks for watching. X

[@patriciabeaumont4442]

Love them all Louise…I am new to collage art and your videos are so inspirational …thank you so much for sharing….❤❤❤

[@LouiseJannetta]

My pleasure. Enjoy and happy creating. All the very best Louise xxx

[@barbydoc1]

your composition is remarkable and you are a great tutor

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you very much. Glad you like it and many thanks for watching X😀

[@FragilX]

Great pieces of art Louise, thanks for the process.

[@LouiseJannetta]

I also wanted to suggest that you may want to (or sorry if you have already had) a look at absorbent primers and, of course, the crackle mediums supplied in the acrylic ranges.

[@andreaharley4047]

I adore your work. Like👍👍👍

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you so much 😀

[@rosemarietaylor9109]

So inspired by your stunning work. Love your videos.

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you so much! x thank you very much for watching X😀

[@dawnkarasaki6172]

Love that your using your momigami papers for your wonderful collages.❤

[@LouiseJannetta]

Hi again Dawn; they are sooooo beautiful, perfect for abstracts as they contain so much detail in their colour and marks that they sing XXX😀

[@cindyfromsydney7693]

Beautiful ❤❤

[@LouiseJannetta]

Hi Cindy. Thank you! 😊Many thanks for watching X All the best Lou😀

[@clarem00n]

Fabulous thank you for sharing with us xxx❤

[@LouiseJannetta]

You are so welcome!😀

[@joanieharrison7991]

Thanks!

[@LouiseJannetta]

Many thanks and much appreciated XX

[@dedefitzpatrick4092]

Love your organic approach ….I make such a mess too!

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you and i will certainly use the phrase, organic approach as my excuse for the mess. Thank you for watching X😀

[@gr8fng]

What stunning compositions ... thanks for sharing your process I found it all enthralling and helpful 😍

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@gaylecewpie5012]

Please what is that Silver Mesh your using, it's beautiful. Thank You so much for your generous and willingness to share your processes, I'm learning so much from you.🤗💗

[@LouiseJannetta]

Someone gave it to me. Mesh silver fabric is the best description I can give you xxx

[@janillingsworth7478]

Lovely work. I have only just started making momigami and your video was really helpful as I wasn't sure how I might use it.

[@LouiseJannetta]

Glad it was helpful! There is also a video on making card look like leather using the monigami process. I used card and then painted one side in acrylic, then folded and scrunched it up and then applied shoe polish. There is a following video showing how I then used this leather-look card to make journal covers. It is extremely effective. See the videos on How to transform card into leather using Momigami, for bookbinding, collage, mark-making & journaling. - Video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/naiYhqt6r9WEhK8 Also Handmade Journal Using the Leather-Look Card and French Link Stitched signatures. - Video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHezm4GricujeJY I hope this is helpful. All the best Louise

[@SianK-l1t]

Hi Louise, Really inspired by you joomchi video, but would like to know where you get your mulberry papers from and what sort of papers you used for the collage demonstrated.Thanks

[@LouiseJannetta]

Link to a good supplier of the mulberry papers - these are not as wide as the papers I ordered from China, but they are good large papers. - action.metaffiliation.com/trk.php?mclic=P4E6A757AF331D1&redir=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatart.co.uk%2Fpulsar-mulberry-paper.html 😀😀 I used papers that I had made and painted. These are mainly the Momigamied papers that I have demoed in other videos. Please see the videos on Momigami and also the painted abstracts. This demonstrates the process of creating a collection of beautiful papers that I can use in collage. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask X . Many thanks for watching, and all the best, Louise

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

❤

[@LouiseJannetta]

Thank you

[@reinettemarais6868]

Hi there is it the waves of the sea that we hear in the background?

[@LouiseJannetta]

Hi there, X. I wish it was, but no, it is passing traffic on a rainy day. I have moved studio and am near a road for the next 6 months. Sorry about the audio in this video. It was the first video from my new studio. X Many thanks for watching, and all the very best, Louise xx😀

[@annecollier8741]

You could have a scrap mount with the right size aperture. I am a framer, and I wouldn’t dream of gluing or painting anything with the clean mount in place, especially one with a fillet, like the one you have there. They are too expensive!

[@LouiseJannetta]

Hi Anne, thanks for the advice, much appreciatd. Have a lovely day, all the very best, Louise😀

[@dedefitzpatrick4092]

Where do you get frames and mattes, please?

[@LouiseJannetta]

Hi Dede. I had some old frames that I needed to use; so I did work to size. But I have recently discovered that there are some very good plastic frames available from most homeware stores. Are you in Britain?😀

[@LouiseJannetta]

Sorry Dede, what do you mean by Mattes

[@LouiseJannetta]

Do you mean the papers or substrate that I use to stick the collage on; that is 600 gsm watercolour paper that is stretched onto mdf board. There is a video on how to stretch this paper. See video- How to Stretch Watercolour Paper Video link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3uVXqyjnpaCb9E However, more recently, I just sprayed the paper, laid it down on the board and then fix down the gum strip. I hope this helps X

[@dedefitzpatrick4092]

I am in Canada…we call the part inside a frame the matte…thank you.

[@LouiseJannetta]

@@dedefitzpatrick4092 oh right we call it a mount. I get most of my mounts ready cut from frame and mount suppliers. I am sure if you look at the big sales forums, eg. Amazon you will find mount suppliers.