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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

Archive for May 2007

May 31st, 2007

Artist Profile: Lisa Vollrath

She Watches
Artist: Lisa Vollrath
Business name: Ten Two Studios
Location: Euless, Texas
Websites:
LisaVollrath.com
Go Make Something
Just Print Something
Ten Two Studios

Dentist Box
Lisa, your business model is so different from that of most artists. How do you describe your work?
Right now, my work takes a lot of different forms. My personal artwork is usually mixed-media collage and assemblage using found […]

By Cyndi -- 16 comments

May 31st, 2007

The Paper Quilt project

January participant, AMANDA TORIS, US

You all know that I love paper quilts, mixed media quilts, fabric quilts, collage quilts…quilts of any type. This year-long Paper Quilt project really caught my interest! Here’s some information on it from their website:
Welcome to the Paper Quilt Project. Over the course of a year, artists from around […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

May 30th, 2007

Gun sculptures

Here’s an extreme example of beating your swords into plowshares:

Here’s information on the Peace Art Cambodia Project. Link via Damn Cool Pics
Tags: Assemblage, Mixed Media, sculpture

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2007

Fabric dyeing 101

Technique Tuesday!

An entire course in fabric dyeing can be found on Melissa’s blog. You won’t believe the wealth of information, and how well-organized it all is! Any topic you need particular help with is easy to find, or you could go through her lessons from start to finish if you are a beginner. A brilliant […]

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

May 28th, 2007

Sunprinted muslin

Make Art Monday!
Ahhhhh…we’ve finally gotten to that beautiful time of the year in New England when the sun is beginning to be direct enough and warm enough to do sunprinting! This is a great time to pull out your unbleached muslin, paint up a storm, and leave it outside in the sun to dry…with […]

By Cyndi -- 4 comments

May 25th, 2007

Nate and Lizzie’s wedding

Nate & Lizzie
Next Saturday, June 2, my son Nate is marrying the woman he loves. Until he left the orphanage where he was working with her parents, and moved to Green Bay three weeks ago, Nate and Lizzie had never had more than a couple of weeks together here and there. This picture […]

By Cyndi -- 7 comments

May 24th, 2007

Artist Profile: Angie Platten

March Journal Quilt
Artist: Angie Platten
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Website & Blog:
Artvisionz picturetrail album
Artvisionz blog
Artvisionz Etsy shop

The Offering
How do you describe your work, Angie? There seem to be themes that run through it no matter what your medium.
I love to do such a wide variety of art that it’s difficult to describe it over all. I do […]

By Cyndi -- 9 comments

May 24th, 2007

Best sites for selling your art online

Since I have several websites of my own from which I sell my own work, I’m not overly familiar with the many online sites that gather artists together and sell their work for either a monthly fee or for a commission on the sale. Fortunately for me, Dan over at EmptyEasel has put together […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

May 23rd, 2007

Lace fences

A project of the Dutch Design House Demakersvan. Using coated steel wire, the whole idea of a fence undergoes a makeover. From the website:
Our aim is to sparkle of small revolutions. In our projects we often combine the sensitive, emotional and the small with the powerful, large and industrial.
The Laced Fence project translates […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

May 22nd, 2007

Using a gradient fill

Technique Tuesday!
A gradient fill can be used on just part of a photo (to beef up a wimpy sky, for example) or on the entire image. It can be used to correct or change lighting, and can also add a great stylized look to the colors. Changing the colors is not a technique […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

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