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!!!!
I love how your piece turned out. It was so much fun spending time doing art with you. I had a blast and now I have the memories. This brings it all back in spades. Thanks to Shirley for sending you the mail art. I hope she gets to see yours. I will post mine as soon as I can. Thanks for the birthday wishes. :-)
ReplyDeletewhat fun! to meet a 'blog' friend face to face.
ReplyDeleteand to make art together had to be amazing.
love the finished piece . . . can you show us the back side?
cheers!
Good to see this! I do like the fractured sense in this, it seems to have migrated together. Lovely comment as well!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful adventure through and through. Shirley came up with a fantastic and unique approach to collage and your piece is sensational!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous trip! I can't wait until we are all together!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous piece! I especially love the eye.
It's so cool that you got to collaborate in person, and the work you're both sharing is delightful!
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