Have you ever thought that bottle caps looked like fish scales? Well, I never really thought that much about it either, but the genius at damncoolpics did! Here’s a fun little step-by-step of sorting, planning, and assembling your very own fish…no pictures of the party that led up to that many bottle caps being collected, […]
Chris Booth lives and plays, and apparently works like a body builder, in New Zealand. Can you imagine rounding a corner in your car and coming upon this?
Many of Chris’s structures are raw and elemental looking, like this one, called Schist Strata, while others, like Cave, seem much more delicate:
Wouldn’t you love to see these […]
Technique Tuesday!
There are so many ways to transfer images to your collages, altered books, and other mixed media projects. Every artist has favorites, and I thought that I would do a series of tutorials for you on the 7 methods that I like the best. I invite your input and comments during this […]
Make Art Monday!
Mona Lisa started off as a polymer medium transfer film and a bunch of previously handpainted collage papers. I’ve already taught many of the techniques used in creating these papers…you can find them by simply following the link to all of my Technique Tuesday tutorials.
Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing a tutorial with you…the […]
Cardinal John Henry Newman, 1801-1890
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. Therefore I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may […]
Artist: Derek Andrews
Business name: Seafoam Woodturning Studio
Location: River John, Nova Scotia, Canada
Websites & Blogs:
Seafoam Woodturning
The Chipshop - a blog for my customers
The Toolrest - a blog for woodturners
DerekTurnsWood - MySpace
Derek, how do you describe your work?
My work ranges from the purely functional to the purely sculptural. Most works have simple clean lines that […]
Dan over at The Empty Easel explains how to do this important task right! His medium is painting, but his tips apply to many other art forms as well.
Tags: Photography, tutorial
I don’t know who actually did this artwork, but it’s pretty darned funny!
Tags: paper-art
Round-Up Thursday!
Ann P Smith creates wonderful robot animals from broken electronics and machinery parts. Her work is sold in stores and galleries all over the country. I can see why!
She is also a highly skilled illustrator, again using animals in many of her drawings. This is her “hareplane”!
Tags: Assemblage, sculpture
You’ll find complete instructions for learning to carve your own stamps here. Since all I’ve even done in the past is cut up foam and mount it on a foamcore block, I’m excited to try this! It looks like you can make stamps with pretty good detail using these methods.
Tags: Mixed Media, Paper, stamps, tutorials
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
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