I can't believe the weather here in Wisconsin this week. The temperatures have gone from 17 degrees 10 days ago, to a balmy 65 degrees today. I've swept the front porch, opened the windows and have been basking in the warm sunlight drinking my morning coffee. As I still here, dog at my feet, listening to the birds, the wind and the occasional passerby. I am thinking about what it means to be here. As in here in Wisconsin. Little by little the boxes have been unpacked. Our home in Vermont rented, our new lives in the Midwest starting to take root. Getting back into the studio after the whirlwind of graduating from VCFA and moving has been challenging, to say the least. There are still plenty of boxes that need to be unpacked. Lots of materials that need to be purged. Things that need to find their right space. My new studio is up on the 3rd floor of this old 4-square we've made home. I'm not crazy about the old paneling, but the finished attic looks out on the neighborhood and offers a quiet place to be by myself and work on my art. Opening boxes and shifting through all "the Stuff" has definitely been inspiring. I've finished a few new pieces and mended a few that were damaged in the move. There's new work on the table. My old style mixed with a new sensibility informed by 2 1/2 years of grad school. This is something I just cannot escape-the resonance of crits and reviews by my peers and faculty. The endless defense of the work you make and the "why's" associate with it. It took a long time for me to open a jar of gel medium and start working on assemblage again. Finally, I feel like I am getting my mojo back. It's not as if it really left me. More like it was taking a long nap. Winter finally breaking into Spring, has opened a mental door for me. I am excited about the months to come. So, readers, if you will allow me, I am back to provide you further musings on Art, Life and Making. I hope you have been well. It feels like it has been an eternity. I know it sounds cliche, but a new chapter has started. 2015 is going to be a fantastic year!
Liger-Belair utilizes found photographs, botanicals, and patterned papers, which she augments with a range of drawing media.
Laurie Mika is a polymer clay artist who shapes, paints and stamps clay, and assembles the pieces into mosaic creations. Her polymer clay tiles can be square like traditional mosaics, or they can take on an organic form. Laurie’s mixed media art has evolved over the years, but she’s stayed true to her love of medieval and renaissance styles. Many of her pieces contain words and faces, through stamps or image transfers. Her creations have been published in many publications, and she has taught her techniques in workshops and online classes. She has also written a book called Mixed Media Mosaics.
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!
12" x 19"
The Curiosities of Janice Lowry May 7- June 12, 2011 Opening reception: May 7th, 7-10 p.m. Mexican ...
These large and interesting wall sculptures pay homage to a woman artist of the 1950s who was the first who created the found object wood assemblage. Her name was Louise Nevelson, she was a very successful woman artist and broke many barriers to become an international sensation. I have admired her style and determination since childhood. All my "found object" totem assemblages are constructed from vintage and antique items I have owned for years. No two are alike as my wooden parts are all different and limited. The wood they are attached too is quality birch 3 inches wide by varying heights up to six feet tall. I have sold many of these sets in black, white, and natural. A set can consist of 3 ,5, 7, 9, etc. totems or panels. Please contact me for pictures I can email to you of available totems in sizes you prefer. Totems are hung in any direction by two recessed indentations on the back. Totem is signed, dated, with studio label. ****INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE PURCHASING*** ****NO RETURNS ON THESE ASSEMBLAGE CREATIONS ***** ****PRICE LISTED IS FOR 7 PIECE SET ********* Varying Heights Please check out my website for further pictures. www.antique tin expressions. net *****Special Extra Shiping Charges for heavy, large, delicate, handmade art creations**********
I am still sorting through all the photos I took about two weeks ago when I was out and about in Rutland County and Granville, NY. As long as your are interested, I will keep sharing my pictures of timeworn beauty. I think I may have taken almost 600 photos that weekend. That's lots of editing. I'm going to keep chiseling out time to go through them all, location by location. This little installment is represents some shots that I took on our way from Middleton Springs to Wallingford. I really like taking t back roads, because you get to see all sorts of wonderful sites. I feel very lucky we had such a beautiful day to go out and explore. We stopped at the Mineral Springs Park to check out the Head Springs monument. At one point in the 1850s and 1860s curing waters of newly discovered mineral springs prompting the development of huge hotels and resorts in some of the most remote Vermont locations. Middletown Spring is one such village. The old hotel that sat along the bank of the Poultney River is gone, but the Historical Society has created a sweet little park to mark the location of the Old head spring. You can actually collect water there, although I don't know if what healing effects you might feel. While we didn't get to see ruins of an old hotel, we did catch some wonderful visions of decay and abandonment on our trek to East to Wallingford. The goldrod was in full bloom lending color to the fields around us. Although the leaves are turning now, they were lush and green only two weeks ago. I hope you enjoy this little part on the journey. Until next time....
Spirits Abroad
mixed media wall hanging by Sonya Girodon
For this second mixed media assemblage canvas I decided to go with warmer colours. I really had autumn in mind whilst creating this. I picked up some long canvases at the works recently and I wanted to use them. They really do a great job of drawing someones eye from top to bottom. Especially if you add some leading lines. Here it is all finished. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I have already been tinkering with my next one. Again, any questions just ask! Always, Kass
New One Title: Past Generation" Old One (private collection) New One Title:"3 Directions" (SOLD) I have been in a sort of a painting funk and decided to step away for a bit. I have had two very old empty wooden cashiers drawers hanging around in my studio for ages and decided it might be a good time to work on something different. I have created assemblages in the past and have a odd collection of items that really needed a home. I can't remember where I bought the vintage photos, perhaps at a garage sale or flea market. The second assemblage is owned by my son Michael. He was visiting us in Portland a few years ago and while he was here usually like to visit antique and junk stores. He is also a collector of things and will occasionally bring me an oddity such as a dolls head or the lady sitting crossed legged in the second piece. The old frame I used was something I lugged back on a plane after visiting him in LA. That one also has bits of broken green glass I will often pick up off the street when perhaps a car has a broken window. That one also has jewelry included. The last piece is another wooden cash drawer filled with odds and ends that I have stored away for just such a purpose... to re-purpose into something new. I had fun with the three small compartments at the bottom of the piece; that was all about layering various items to get what I wanted. I should have posted that three of my assemblages are showing at the SideSteet Gallery for the months of April and May. Rita Larson and Michael Pratt of "Pratt and Larson Tile" are the wonderful owners who support the arts and arstists with their funky and charming gallery and I am always proud to be a part of the shows they put on.
This quirky mixed media artwork would make a lovely unique gift or add a pop of colour and interest to your home. The artwork is displayed in a pretty wooden vintage thimble rack which has a carved heart at the top. Layers of paint and decorative papers from old books have been added to some compartments. The box contains an eclectic mix of treasures including a Greek Mykonos verdigris goddess and hare, metal Buddha's head, jewellery findings, postage stamp and beads (bone, including one in the shape of a fish, Czech pressed glass flower, gold foiled heart and Amazonite), tiny shells and dried seed pods. Overall size is approx. 14cm wide x 22cm high and 2.5cm deep. The rack is free-standing and has holes at the top so it could be screwed to a wall. Artwork will be shipped via Evri. - DELIVERY WITHIN UK MAINLAND ONLY - FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES I COMBINE POSTAGE AND REFUND EXCESS DELIVERY COSTS. Read more
Medium: Assemblage Mixed Media Title: Maya Artist: Carla Trujillo Dimensions: 11.5"x3" Materials: wood, wire, fabric, polyfil, rusted hardware, found objects Signature: on bottom of base Price: $240.00 + Shipping $15.00 shipping in USA $25.00 outside the USA
Last summer an EF2 tornado touched down in the northern part of Dodgeville - about 10 miles from where I live now. Many homes and farms along highway ZZ were damaged-barns leveled, forests of trees flatten in the blink of an eye. Yesterday, I visited one such farm. The house and two of the outbuildings were completely unharmed. Looking at them today- you would have no idea that a tornado swept through 12 months ago. But two other barns, only 100 feet away were flatten. The owner is preparing to move and sell her property, but she heard I work with barn board, she invited me to come up and salvage materials for my next project. So I donned my jeans, workbooks and gloves and when up to her place to do some, very careful digging.... I'm really excited about these materials - the wood is noticeably different than the boards I used in Vermont. Some of the boards have chipped red or white paint on them, several have knot holes and a quite a few have nail heads that will be close to impossible to remove. I'm planning on leveraging these new characteristics. This difference is going to have an interesting effect on the next series of prints that I plan to do. I have my work cut out for me today- I need to unload them, wash and sand them before I can even think about working on them. That part is the dirty business, thank god we have a nice cool breeze today- otherwise wearing all my protective gear will be very hot. I'll keep you posted on how it all turns out. Until next time- Stay creative!
Found Object Assemblage
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Hi Everyone, Bex here today to share with you a steampunk style mixed media canvas. I wanted to push my color boundaries and go with something a little different (for me), I tend to stick to the blue/green color palette a lot. I decided to head in a rustic direction,...
Mixed Media assemblage and collage art by Chicago artist Kass Copeland. Handmade boxes created from discarded, recycled furniture inspired by Joseph Cornell.
2018 Topic 8: Boxes Olique Well hello everyone, Darcy here bringing you our new blog topic. This time we are looking at making and decorating boxes. whether you use them as ornaments, storage or for giving gifts, we can all agree that we couldn't manage without boxes. There are so many on our homes, so why not make them beautiful to look at. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 7: Kraft card... The winner is: Monika from Mistletoe Home Designs Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] Boxes, chests, caskets, trunks; they have been around for centuries. Used for storage and made from wood or metal, they have been large and heavy, some plain and some statement pieces. Modern boxes are generally made from cardboard, and we don't display them in our homes. Think about when people had 'hope chests' and 'trunks' for travelling. They were dedicated boxes, and a lot of thought when into their construction, but also into how they looked. Jewellery boxes were another stunning piece of art in their own right. It is time to get back to making storage pretty, perhaps not as large as a hope chest though! Here is a modern take on a jewellery box. Stewart Jones Cardboard of course is a go-to substrate, whether that is thin card, mount board or heavy duty card with a corrugated centre, there are lots of opportunities to recycle with this topic. Look in your recycling box; amazon boxes, cereal boxes, backboards from sketchbooks, shoe boxes, etc, they can all be reused. Of course there are also some plain wooden boxes available in hobby shops, ready for you to decorate, these can be painted, stamped, decoupaged or like the example above they can have designs burnt into them using a pyrography tool. You could of course not decorate at all, just go big! really big! This giant box installation is by Zimoun, in Bucharest. It is made from 2000 pieces of cardboard. Zimoun Another installation here, this one could be done on a much smaller scale, and would be so much fun to do with children. I see summer holiday fun in these. I quite fancy making some myself and I don't even have the excuse of having children around! Julien Gardair If faces aren't your thing, how about houses, again I think this would be a great project for children to let their imaginations run wild and get them off their electronic devices. Annalise Rees Switching to wood for a moment, these seem to be old packing crates or wine boxes, though this is quite large, it would make a stunning feature against one wall. As they are individual dioramas you could always just have one as a statement piece. Allison May Kiphuth Back to cardboard, you can make a much smaller version of the above installation. You can buy configuration boxes, or better still make your own. Fill them with oddities, or pop them into a draw and use them as storage. Wouldn't this make a great drawer tidy, for stationery, or jewellery! Follow the link to see how this drawer divider set was made from cereal boxes. Jennifer Jones What can you display on a box? well it seems, anything and everything! A veritable feast of oddities can be crammed into tiny spaces. It probably doesn't come much smaller than matchbox art. Cocostyle Of course all kinds of strange little oddities can be displayed in boxes. Mano Kellner These matchbox dolls are some of the cutest things I have ever seen, how much fun! Just look at their little stick legs! Merve Gizem Sincik Books and boxes are a great combination, how about a teeny, tiny accordion book in a box! Sugar Bee Crafts What about these 'comfort' boxes, fill with happy images and an uplifting phrase or message and give them out to your friends. This would definitely make me smile. Kim Welling Another book in a box, Oh be still my beating heart, how gorgeous is this, what tiny secrets and things could you write about in here. Kate Bowles Boxes are fantastic for presenting gifts and bulky cards, I am sure most of us have made a card with just one too many flowers on it, only to find it would not fit in an envelope. But how about making the box a part of the card. Pop up box cards are such fun, you can cram in so many details. Claire Boelema This leads us nicely into exploding boxes, at one time they were so popular and everyone was making them. They involve a lot of work but they are worth it. Elaine Elaine Let's look at gift boxes, these give you an opportunity to take your design outside of the card or gift, they can be simple of elaborate. They can also be made in almost any shape, these wonderful triangle boxes really caught my eye. Candy Wooding Pillow boxes are another unusual shape, but so easy to make. Look at these Halloween pillow boxes, a great way to give out treats in October. Maile Belles Maybe fabric is your thing, I went through a period where I loved making fabric boxes as gifts. I have a lovely book called Embroidered Boxes by Janet Edmonds that is worth looking at. Here is an embroidered fabric box,made to look like a house, so much work but stunning. Janice MacDougall How about this for a sensory overload, a see through, perhaps walk through? box with no sides! This is so pretty, could this be done on a small scale, maybe construction as a hanging mobile in a window? Don't forget just because the original is a huge installation does not mean that you can't take something from that, scale it down, make it work for you. Ebony Bizys A quirky one to finish with, how about this for an aquarium! I think this is the weirdest use of a telephone box that I have ever seen, it was created by students in Japan. Kingyobu Have fun over the next 2 weeks and show us what you can do with a box, let those creative juices go wild and then link up your fantastic creations. 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 always hope that you learn something interesting from our blog. Our creative team love to read your comments so much, so please take time to let them know you've been inspired! You must complete step 1 AND 2 to be entered into the draw. To join our challenge: 1. Leave a comment on the Topic Introduction Post and go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy Apron. 2. Make something arty relevant to the topic, and link your creation from any social URL (eg. Instagram, Pinterest, Blog Post etc) sharing your original make to this challenge page. The current topic link Topic 8: Boxes will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, 13th May 2018, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. All links go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy creative apron. Please make sure we can contact you as a prize winner - it helps if you share your contact info from the platform you opt to use. Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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I went dumster diving in my husbands bin for wood scrapes he sets aside for the kids to use. I came across these two pieces of oak just calling out my name. The clay face was mounted on an old rusty flattened out bottle cap and the rusted wire was a gift from a friend.
Lock and key I was inspired by doors and the keys that could open them. With endless possibilities beyond Made with a collection of everyday items like nuts and bolts, nails and screws and split pins to Minnie bobs and cork screws If you look long enough you’ll see more Size is 30cm x 23cm approx
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KimiKitsch original salvaged mixed media on reclaimed wood. This sweet metal mosaic is 9” x 12”, hangs and signed on back. Super collectible and magically infused! I tried to capture a childhood that wasn’t mine. Free shipping. 👧
