If you love altered books and working with type you should check out Lisa Kokin’s site. One of my favorite pieces is this page that cuts out words so that you can see part of a photo behind i…
How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
I love this book art. I think it is ironic as we look at books and it is looking back at us. It is part of a great post over at Green Chair Press blog that features all sorts of recycled book ideas…
Try transforming tin containers into wonderful toys, diorama and decor for your home. I hope this roundup will inspire you to start tinkering with tin and mixed media art.
How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
Riciclo chiavi inutilizzate: idee vintage e shabby chic da non perdere! Avete accumulato in casa moltissime chiavi che appartengono a delle serrature
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The Box I used a recycled box that previously held a collection of small baby books. PA Hot Pick stamps embellish the lid along with lots of texture. You can see the whole process on the PaperArtsy…
Are you a die-hard bookworm with many old books in your house? When your bookshelf has reached maximum capacity, you probably are wondering what to do with your old and unwanted books. Instead of j…
The foundation of this masterpiece is heavy-duty molded poly male mannequin legs. Hand painted “gel prints,” some of which were created on recycled papers such as instruction manuals, old book pages, maybe even junk mail or aviation maps, using vibrant acrylic paint and found “mark-making” tools, were applied to the legs, then the negative space was meticulously painted in a neuro-art-like style and sealed with high-quality varnish. This mannequin is sure to please all who view him. He would make equally amazing eye candy for a store front, or in your living room or office, giving off an artistic, funky vibe. Incredibly beautiful and vivid, you will be entranced for hours poring over the intricate details of this beautiful art. If you prefer art that works for you, he can be altered to become a table, or a lamp, or whatever your creative mind and hands can come up with. Hey! I’m just the painter. The form measures 42” high x 15” wide x 12” deep and weighs 8.5 pounds. Utilizing recycled materials is a hallmark of my art. I tend to view scraps and what other people think of as junk as raw materials to be made beautiful in a new and fabulous way. Be sure to “Favorite” my shop so you won’t miss new listings.
These objects may have ended up simply as rubbish, but instead they are arranged together into these beautiful works of art.
This is just a really cool bracelet made out of a recycled book. I wanted to feature it because it shows a wild transformation of a book into a bracelet. There isn’t a tutorial but I encourag…
How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
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Have you seen our next advertised workshop on the website? No? Well for a bit of a change we are going to be holding an Introduction to Alt...
I love how simple this idea is yet how striking it is. I can’t wait to try it with other types of photos. Pop on over to the blog Pumpkin Rot for all sorts of amazing photos that I bet you wi…
London-based artist Barbara Franc (previously) upcycles materials that otherwise would be tossed into the recycling bin to create a quirky menagerie of metal creatures. Composed with scraps and copper wire, the lively sculptures generally are indicative of movement: owls lift a talon mid-waddle, two cats peer over their shoulders with surprised expressions, and a squirrel appears ready to scurry off. The diversity of Franc’s creatures mimic the breadth of materials utilized. More
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How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
Find out how to make a steampunk shadow box with 3D objects and a romantic mechanical look - a great shadow box art idea!
For this piece I repurposed a wood cigar box that had lost its lid, added a rusty sardine tin, original frozen charlotte doll, old carved wood medallion and text from a few antique newspapers . A sawtooth hanger is attached for hanging. Measures: 10 1/2" tall 6" wide 2" deep.
2016 Topic 5: Art Dolls PAGG by Jo Firth Young Well hello everyone, Darcy here (covering for Leandra this topic) with an intro to our latest topic, Art Dolls. How do these differ from regular dolls? Well Art Dolls are not considered to be toys but rather they are works of art. Just like all art, they are made in a wide variety of styles, with all kinds of skill and media. The techniques employed include carving, sculpting, painting and sewing. Using everything from paper and fabric to clay, wood and metals. Generally these dolls are handmade and more often than not each one is a unique creation. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 4: Image Transfers Challenge... Thankyou for all your excellent transfer entries, despite our blog downtime we still managed to inspire you into action. it was good to see you trying out several of the different mediums and techniques. I hope you will continue to experiment with transfers. The winner of Image Transfers is: Christine from Craftyfield Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] I am sure at some point you have all made paper dolls and created clothes for them, or maybe you made dolls from wooden clothes pegs? How about recreating those childhood memories in an art journal? or perhaps you have a fabric stash just crying out to be transformed. There are so many fabric doll patterns out there. What about stampbord, or shrink plastic with dangly bits attached? A really great substrate is air drying clay or paper clay, readily available and so easy to use. Starting with paper dolls, you can use stamps to create your doll and then make an art journal page, or perhaps add your doll to a tag. We have some fabulous stamps that would be perfect for this, including this brand new Hot Picks stamp. HP1604 How about looking through our Lynne Perrella collection, these make for some really interesting and vintage art dolls. Just like this one from Lynne Moncrieff using LPC029 Our Ink and the Dog collections are jam packed full of interesting images that could be used as body parts; why not get creative with clocks as a head or body, sentiments as limbs and don't forget we have lots of wings that always look great on art dolls. Clay is a great substrate, whether lightweight paper clay or the heavier air drying version, this is so versatile. You really can let your imagination run wild. Gertie by Tracy Easson Art Doll Assemblages are probably the most fun of all, they can be made from literally anything. What is the bet that you have bits and pieces laying around the house that you could transform into something like this. Jeanette Janson or this fabulous trio by Julie Ann Lee These ones incorporate polymer clay and found objects, they were created by Gillian Allen. Lisa Renner has the most fabulous polymer clay and assemblage dolls on her site. We all have wooden spoons right? why not give yours a little character just like Kate Crane did with hers. You could of course just alter an old doll such as a Barbie, just like I did here. Fabric dolls can be as simple or as complicated as you wish, use patterned fabrics or go all out and paint your whole doll. I love this arty one from Guada Brizuela Cabal, she even has a little class you can take HERE. This is an Icicle Doll by Belinda Schneider, so called as she originally made them as Christmas tree ornaments, pop to her blog to find a template. For something a little more unconventional, check out these beauties by Junker Jane Here's a couple of video with 3D and Flat art Doll methods being explained....take a look at this from Spellbinders from 2013, from Linda Peterson And this from Mystele kerkeeng paper and stitched shows her method in this video.. However you make your own style doll, I bet you'll have fun! We would love to see you getting creative, but don't let that stop you checking out the resources available out there. A quick internet search will bring up lots of patterns, they are a great starting place if you have not made dolls before. Stampington and company have a doll magazine called Art Doll Quarterly and there are some fab books to look at too. Some doll authors that Darcy recommends are Jan Horrox, Patti Medaris Culea, Susanna Oroyan and Ray Slater. Don't forget to follow Leandra's pinterest page if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! We are really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! Darcy (& Leandra) Topic 5: Art Dolls; PaperArtsy Blog Challenge We'd love you to share your ideas and link up your creative response to our current blog topic. Take a minute to read the challenge guidelines below. All links go in the draw to win a voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Art Dolls link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, March 20th, winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. 1. The challenge is a for you to show how you are inspired by the current blog topic. Your entry should contain: - a mention of which post inspired you and why, and - a link in your blog post to that original post on the PA blog. The whole concept of this challenge is 'play along with us'. You are encouraged to put your own twist on ideas you see on our blog, do your own thing - whatever grabs you! 2. The link you put on our linky page must lead directly to the specific post on your blog where you have explored the technique/ idea mentioned in point 1 above. Don't link to the home page of your blog. 3. We prefer your challenge blog post is created exclusive to our challenge, but if our topic fits perfectly with another challenge, then you may link to both if appropriate. 4. You are most welcome to use stamps/ products/ substrates you have to hand from a variety of companies, we do not expect you to exclusively use PA products - it's lovely when you do though! 6. You can enter as many times as you like. We don't want to restrict your creativity! NB. Link closes at 17:00 Sunday March 20th (London Time) 7. The winner of the random draw will receive a £50 credit voucher to be redeemed on the PaperArtsy Website. The credit voucher includes VAT and postage. We request that one of your purchases is an A5 rubber stamp. You can add any other items to your basket, but the final total should not exceed £50. 8. Each fortnight on Sunday, the winner will be announced at 19:00 (London time). In the same post, the link for the next fortnight will be posted. 9. It's your responsibility to claim your prize coupon from Darcy. email: [email protected] Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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2017 Topic 8: Assemblage Gerard Collas Welcome everyone, Darcy here with another topic introduction. this one is so quirky and open to limitless interpretation that you are guaranteed to have fun. This topic really does follow on from our last one. Assemblages are a cross between collage and sculpture, they incorporate found objects and purposefully bought elements. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 7: Found Objects Challenge... The winner of Found Objects is: Chris from Loops and Lines Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] I think 3d collage is the very best description for this genre of artistic expression. As with our found objects topic we owe a lot to the artists of the 20th century for giving this style a name and a definition. Artists such as Pabloc Picasso, Jean Dubuffet and Marcel Duchamp are all early exponents of this eclectic style. Here is Duchamps 'Bicycle' from 1951. Marcel Duchamp Assemblage requires a 'process' and that is the act of putting 'things' together to create a new object. From the start the style has had a slightly grungy edge to it, this is down to the components often being discarded or found objects. But there is a skill to this art style, one cannot just throw objects together, they much flow and have some harmony. this means when using found objects they should be carefully selected, just being 'found' is not enough. think about colour, shape, scale, theme.. Modern artists are still very much enamoured with this style. What do you think of this one, is it art to you? it is very much an assemblage, but the elements are very different to ones that crafters may choose. Here you can see a mattress, a cardboard coffin, a clothing rail etc. I am not sure that many craft companies will be bringing out a range of mattresses to cut up just yet, so let's look at something smaller. More vintage, but this time with a quirky twist and modern elements. Stephanie Rubiano Wings seem to feature a lot in assemblage art, they are a great way to add dimension and look great on things that would never usually have wings. Lindsay Mason Wings leads us nicely to birds, these are another heavily used element in assemblage art. They can range from real, stuffed, whimsy or outright quirky. Kim Collister How about these for quirky dudes, I adore how these have been made in tins for bodies and I may have squealed a little bit at the tiny spanner arms! Just too cute and jam packed full of details and personality. Could you use a little friend like this for your studio? Jen Hardwick This video has some great ideas for small box assemblages. This next piece is by Shirley Vauvelle, follow the link to see other fabulous pieces by her using ceramics and driftwood, aren't they a great combination? Shirley Vauvelle Perhaps you don't have space for a large 3D object, you can of course make any size that you want. However about keeping it fairly flat. you can see that this book cover does not take up as much room, but it is still very much 3d, and has had thought put into the assemblage of the elements. Georgie C Another almost flat but not really piece is this wonderful collection, carefully curated and framed it would be a wonderful piece of wall art. Bridget Hoff This next piece is so inspiring, a double spoon. Vintage, discarded objects, beautifully coloured and brought together. Trash to treasure. Branka How about some jewellery, you would never be late with a necklace like this. Recycloanalist ooh quirky dangly bits! One of these would look wonderful on an evening bag. Elizabeth Rosen This is something so simple but so effective, it is a take on papier mache. To achieve this look dip threads, yarns or strips of text into a glue and water mix and lay them over your desired shape. You can free form them or use a mould, but make sure to wrap your mould with plastic wrap first. once dried you can create your assembled suclpture. Janilaine Mainprize Some interesting thoughts on Assemblage from Gary Reef. How cute is this lil guy, bags or rather tins of personality. I just love the shoe brush hair, lol BranMixArt One last one, just because I love the use of wooden spoons. I may have to raid the kitchen draws! Can you imagine a tree like this filled with Zinski characters! Edwina Bridgeman So how will you join in, have we inspired you? I hope so, this is such a fun theme. you can raid your garages,sheds and drawers, mix and match old and new. use up embellishments, broken jewellery, cardboard, wood, grungeboard. How about adding paper beads or stamped images. Don't forget Seth Apter's wood chips, they would be perfect for adding to your sculpture. Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! ~ Darcy We hope that you learn something interesting from our blog. Our bloggers deeply appreciate your comments so much, so please take time to let them know you've been inspired! Why not join our challenge by blogging your interpretation of the current topic and link it here? The current topic link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, 21st May 2017, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. Challenge Guidelines The challenge is a for you to show how you are inspired by the current blog topic. We encourage you to play with us and explore your personal creative style. Please mention which PA blog post inspired you and and why (link directly to that post). Please don't link to the home page of your blog because then no-one can track back to easily find the original post. We prefer your challenge blog post is created exclusive to our challenge, but if our topic fits perfectly with another challenge, then you may link to both if appropriate. You are most welcome to use stamps/ products/ substrates you have to hand from a variety of companies, we do not expect you to exclusively use PA products - it's lovely when you do though! You can enter as many times as you like. We don't want to restrict your creativity! NB. Link closes at 17:00 Sunday 21st May (London Time) Prize: The winner will receive a £50 credit voucher to be redeemed on the PaperArtsy Website. The credit voucher includes VAT and postage. We request that one of your purchases is an A5 rubber stamp. You can add any other items to your basket, but the final total should not exceed £50. It's your responsibility to claim your prize coupon from Darcy. email: [email protected] NEW Challenge/ winner: Each fortnight on Sunday, the winner will be announced at 19:00 (London time). In the same post, the link for the next fortnight will be posted. Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
This fancy-lady-made-fancier came from a fine art book and has been embellished with bits of jewelry, buttons, coins, stamps, and other ephemera. She's positioned in a heavy, gold resin frame that can be hung on a wall, or displayed on a table top. She's been exhibited in a gallery setting, but is now finally ready for her forever home!
I rescue discarded wooden furniture and household items from alleys, and search junk shops for discarded mementos and old photos that have stories to tell. My Chicago studio is filled with shelves of labeled bins containing carefully sorted items other people have tossed out. One person's trash.
As promised, I finished up the new assemblage dolls and have them listed now in my etsy shop. This one is called Bean Town Sweetie. A vintage VFW medal adorns her front. I use a distressed wood block base for...
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