Last week I had an incredible experience. John Arbuckle http://artjuvenation.blogspot.com/ came to visit for a week. John is part of a men's ATC group I started last fall. We have become good friends via emails and having an actual visit was amazing. We spent the week making lots of art- many different things. I seldom have anybody in my studio so this was a treat. I experienced something that I had not before. That was the joy of making cooperative art. We did some Gelli printing and we found ourselves making the prints together. John was intrigued by a mail art piece that Shirley End-Saxe had sent me. http://shirleyendesaxe.typepad.com/ This piece was a sort of free-form collage having parts that were joined in various ways. So we spent his last day here each making a collage in this way. This was a real stretch for me and I found it so fun and exciting. I now want to do more of these. Thanks John for a wonderful experience and Happy Birthday!!!!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Love is The Key
This one is a combination of digital and cut and paste. The punchella background was done with rubbing colored pencil then I scanned it and altered it. I just love this quote and wanted to illustrate it so I made this. It's so true for me and I am thinking about this as I my anniversary with my partner draws near. We will celebrate 37 years together at the end of the month. I am so very blessed.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Buried Treasure
I am participating in Seth Apter's Blog hop- http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/ He asked participants to repost some of their treasures.
One Owl Watching
Still Running With Scissors
Work Glove Story
Crazy Guys
One Owl Watching
Still Running With Scissors
Work Glove Story
Crazy Guys
Thursday, June 6, 2013
One Place
This is a hand cut and pasted collage. I altered some old family photographs and the picture of the plate and spoon. I love to use pieces of text from novels. Taken out of their original place- they become starters for new stories. I love a good mystery and this one has a feel of a mystery story for me.