Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 — December 29, 1972) was an American artist and film maker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated…
(click to enlarge) Grab the guest list because we are making place cards. First I need to share my new art project find, "Nat Geo A...
Traditional paintings with a contemporary twist.
Learn about the fun and fascinating art of altering books! This is an inspirational guide to get you started making your own works of art. Enjoy!
I am at that place in my journey again…and it’s a question that must be answered for the sake of healing. “Spiritual healing differs from all other modalities in that it results d…
altered from german paperdoll found at pinterest.com/myfancifulmuse/
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@TwistedCopperForest Forget those twee little dollhouses from your childhood, we're a tiny bit obsessed with the work of a truly twisted genius. Juli Steel is not your average miniaturist. A self-taught assemblage artist from Texas who goes by the alias of @TwistedCopperForest, like us, Juli has
I’ve been altering tins for a long time and I just finished a new one so I thought it would be a good opportunity to do a video tutorial...
Ania Gilmore, Lexington, MA & Warsaw, Poland Library of Alexandria Altered book, burned pages, wax, shellac. One of a kind. 5 x 7.5” Wax and the Artist Book II, curated by Catherine Nash A continuing study has evolved out of this personal curiosity... I wondered, "How are contemporary book artists combining beeswax/encaustics within/onto their artist books?" This second year of curating has pulled together completely new examples: the artist books of 17 featured artists from the U.S. and Europe exhibit a rich integration of encaustic both technically and conceptually. Hanne Mattheison, Malling, Denmark Book of Destiny I Cover in white waxed linen cloth 5 x 3.5 in. First presented in 2009, at the Third Annual, I presented this completely new compilation of bookworks in lecture format at the Fourth Annual Encaustic Painting Conference held June 11-13th, 2010 in Beverly, MA. Tracy Longley-Cook, Dayton, OH Lateral Growth (from the series Stages of Growth) On right side, etched glass in front of Japanese paper. On left, layered encaustic medium (about 1⁄4 inch thick) embedded with ocotillo thorns in a spiral pattern that emerge out of the wax base. Back view shows graph image on acetate with a small sliced section of a chambered nautilus shell. open 17”W x 11”H x 4”D closed 9”W x 11”H x 4”D Pamela Paulsrud, Wilmette, IL Drift Velocity Altered book, encaustic, mixed media 9” x 6” x 1” Raymond Papka, Versailles, KY USA Box of Books Series - #6 Mixed Media Assemblage, 10”H x 7.25”W x 1.5”D To help foster more connections, I have presented the artists in a print quality document available as a free downloadable pdf from the article section of my website. Just scroll down to the Artist Book section. Each artist is represented by a single page in alphabetical order. The information in this e-book is necessarily reduced from the original lecture, but I am hoping that you will let the artists’ own words and art inspire you to explore their work further by investigating their website links. Jeanne Borofsky, Groton, MA USA Pál Csaba, Budapest, Hungary Ania Gilmore, Lexington, MA, USA & Warsaw, Poland Tracy Longley-Cook, Dayton, OH, USA Julie Shaw Lutts, Salem, MA, USA Hanne Matthieson, Malling, Denmark Laura Moriarty, Rosendale, NY, USA Irmari Nacht, Englewood, NJ, USA Haley Nagy, Chicago, IL, USA Catherine Nash, Tucson, AZ USA Melody Overstreet, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Raymond Papka, Versailles, KY, USA Pamela Paulsrud, Wilmette, IL, USA Josie Rodriguez, San Diego, CA, USA Laura Wait, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA Beata Wehr, Tucson, AZ, USA & Warsaw, Poland Heidi Zednik, Asheville, NC, USA born in Austria Special thanks to all of the artists who answered my international call. Your work is exciting and inspiring! Thanks also to Joanne Mattera for enabling this project.
I thought I'd document the process of making an altered book – my way! Below are photo's showing the process of making The Edge of the Wood altered book. The Edge of the Wood and Deer in the Forest…
England-based Alexander Korzer-Robinson is not a traditional artist, rather he enjoys creating narrative scenes by using pre-existing media, such as
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As a child, Gilbert Legrand constantly saw faces in inanimate objects. Now 60, his art is full of pleasing transformations, writes Elizabeth Day
2016 Topic 11: Our House Karla G Hello everyone Darcy here with another topic, this time a subject close to the heart. Our House. We all love our own little 'Castles', it is the place we feel we can most show off our personalities and creative ideas. Sometimes ideas can get a bit expensive though to follow through on a large scale, so to fulfil that urge the next best thing is to create miniature houses, whether in journals, on cards or as 3d projects. There are so many examples of Arty Houses online, why are we drawn to them so much? I guess because they are often very simple shapes. Everyone can draw a square and a triangle, pop in some windows and it is instantly a house. it was when we were children and it still is now. Art houses are often brightly coloured, though they don't need to be, but the bright colours and primitive shapes seems to ignite our imagination and we can really go to town decorating. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 10: Scribbles and Doodles Challenge... Well how doodle you do? what a fab topic that was. I bet you never knew you had so many doodles in you. The variety was great with both black/white doodles and coloured ones. There was loads of inspiration in your entries, definitely one of the most relaxed topics I think. The winner of Scribbles and Doodles is: Kezzy from Craftyjourney Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] So let's see just how many styles of Art houses we can find. .We have been copying familiar items in miniature form for thousands of years, so it follows that we would want to recreate our homes. We have been encouraging children to play with dolls houses for 400 years, and though these are no longer fashionable with children they are now hugely popular with adults. Susie Rogers and Kevin Mulvany are art historians and spent a year creating this stunning Parisian building. (It measure 5 1/2ft x 3ft, in case you fancied having a go) I always wanted a tree house as a child, it was not meant to be.. but we can all have houses in the garden. These sculptures by Rob Heard are amazing. For the smaller garden how about these painted stones. Jake Art Moving indoors, and home decor comes in all shapes and sizes. I love this clay house planter. For those of you still tinkering around with Powertex, this would be a cool thing to make. Here is another house/bottle mashup using Powertex. Kavanzo If teeny ,tiny modelling is your thing then how about these fairy houses. Made by Maive Ferrando, you can see a video tutorial HERE. Staying with the tiniest of projects this little house/village shaped book is adorable. Randy Keenan An excellent book full of techniques for creating house shaped pages (like those above) is 'In this House' by Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn. If you don't fancy decorating the actual pages, how about just the spines. Look at this awesome street of books. If you are feeling brave about cutting up the pages then you could create a house inside the book. Marivi Garrido Bianchini Or this haunted house sculpture by Malena Valcarcel If like me you love building things.. and eating crisps.. then this next one is just for you. Recycle Daw A lot of us are used to working on canvasses, whether boards or chunky box ones. Houses make a great focal image for a canvas, can you imagine one perhaps as a New Home gift. Here is a video from Nicoletta Zanella showing you how she puts together a mixed media canvas. Perhaps you prefer to work in a journal, here is a sweet house page from Kate Crane Kate also works in tiny matchboxes, these just make you go Aww! Sticking with matchboxes, why not add some legs, chicken legs of course. I love this Baba Yaga assemblage from Lora Mahaffey I can just imagine it waddling around. Cackleandhoot Of course your art house can be made from anything, literally anything at all. I am afraid there isn't a prize for the strangest mediums, but here are some more to inspire you. Old wood, paintbrushes and a ruler make a brilliant house shaped photo frame. We all have paintbrushes that we could use for this. KMichel And maybe this will have you raiding the china cabinet for teacups. Roxann Dyess If chicken legs don't do it for you, how about doll's arms? Suzanna Scott A really fun medium to use is Fabric. The possibilities are endless, From wall hangings to doorstops, bookmarks and cushions..felted, padded and stitched. KarnaKarna MonikaWintermantel Do you remember the domino craze? I am sure we all still have dominoes stashed away in drawers. Maybe it is time to get them out and make a bracelet like this one from Jekaterina Cuikova. One of my favourite items this time has to be this tiny house on a ring. I would wear this for sure. Elukka There are simply so many houses that I wanted to share with you, paintings and sculptures, jewellery and odd assemblages. Many were simple wooden shapes, painted with love. So I will finish with another video, this time from Cyndi Cesare, she shows how she decorates some wooden blocks. These little and some not so little art houses are a huge favourite of mine. I am hoping they fire up your imagination. Whether you opt for journalling, or wooden blocks, or fabric I hope you create the house of your dreams. In the past I have taken part in art house swaps, perhaps you and some friends could do something similar. Have fun! Don't forget to follow Darcy's 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 Topic 11: Our House 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 Our House link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, June 12th 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 June 12th (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!
Serendipity: (noun) finding something good without looking for it. Just to recap, in part one and deux of Serendipity, I mentioned some of the hidden treasures which the Château has gently yielded, whether by chance, or whether the restoration has nurtured her fr
Brian Dettmer, Saturation Will Result, 2011, Altered Books, Pedestal, 46-1/2" x 35" x 16" w/ pedestal (piece is 34-1/2" x 27" x 11-3/8", pedestal is 32" x 20" x 16") Image Courtesy of the Artist and Kinz + Tillou Fine Art
Mixed media and installation artist Peter McFarlane has spent his life turning found objects, computer waste and other discarded materials into sculptures, installations, and even the backdrops of paintings. Of his work McFarlane says: To me, waste is just lack of imagination. This belief carries beyond the boundaries of my art production and permeates most aspects of my life. Most of my home and studio, and much of everything in them, is recycled. More
The Weird Work of Deborah Colotti is includes doll limbs and altered Barbies to create art installations and macabre home decor.
How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
