You may remember that Dee Henderson shared some really fun bottlecap art awhile back, including a piece that utilized a keg to make a lamp for his son. Well, Dee is back at it! This time, it’s a 5L beer keg table lamp!
Dee writes:
It’s was really pretty easy, since I didn’t have to […]
Unravel the Mystery - it’s Pandora’s Box
The Goddess of Garbage by Carol A. Tanzi, ASID, CID
Her work is creative, imaginary, and forward thinking. Its beginnings were rooted in a new way to approach recycling to help save our environment and natural resources. The name Goddess of Garbage was thought up by one of her […]
The Journey
Computer parts, wire, and digital images all live happily together in Bonnie Meltzer’s painted and embellished work. Not content to confine herself to one mode of expression, Bonnie makes jewelry, wall pieces, assemblages, and does web design too!
I invite you to spend a pleasant hour oooooing and aaaaaahing over all the treats on […]
An amazing artist with a busy schedule, who still takes the time to encourage young artists that she meets! That’s JoAnnA! Visit her blog and enjoy her artwork, marvel at her courage, and enjoy the journey through her creative process. There’s much more to see at Moss Hill Studio, JoAnnA’s website.
Visit […]
Commissioned piece: recycled toys on wooden frame
Ryan McElhinney has taken his talents primarily into the areas of lighting and furniture. For such serious subjects, it looks to me like he’s having way too much fun, you think? I am particularly taken by all the pieces that he makes with recycled toys, like the frame above, […]
Collage, Assemblage, and Altered Art
by Diane Maurer-Mathison
This book is in three parts, as the title suggests, with each new part building upon the techniques and concepts of the earlier ones. Diane includes many interesting techniques and even some step-by-step projects, but my favorite parts of this book are the sections entitled, “Learning from the […]
What’s Up Wednesday!
Fantastic Plastic will be published by Lark Books
Authors: David and Robin Edgar
Editor: Terry Taylor
Entry Deadline: July 7, 2008
Lark Books seeks images of original work to feature in the gallery of Fantastic Plastic by David and Robin Edgar. To be released in Fall 2009, Fantastic Plastic will capture the artistry of recycled […]
Not Star Wars, but Steam Wars!! Star Wars figures have been repurposed into the scifi style known as steampunk…a Victorian universe with fantastic technology in retro systems. Visit Sillof’s Workshop to see more!
Tags: action figures, Mixed Media, steampunk
Art Attack Thursday!
You all know how nuts I am about clocks! I certainly talk about them often enough, do tons of projects using clock or time imagery, and I love love love to show you fabulous examples of clock art when I come across it.
Well, Eric Frietas’s clocks just take my breath away! Eric has […]
Technique Tuesday!
It took several days to make Now, Not Later. First, there were a couple of steps that needed time to dry overnight before moving on, and second, it just took me awhile to figure out what all I wanted to include in the assemblage. I tend to pull out all my possible materials that […]
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
A Child Chosen
A Creative Journal
All Holiday Cafe
Babylune
Baking Delights
Blog Fabulous
Brew Ha-Ha
Busy Family Meals
Career and Kids
Chocolate Bytes
Cooking Gadgets
Dating Dames
Declutter It
Drinks after Dark
Foodie Obsessed
GenBetween
Hankering for Yarn
Inside Motherhood
Jewelry and Beading
Junk Creation
Keeping the Castle
Kettle and Cup
Kinsanity
Layers Upon Layers
Mad Cropper
Marriage Actually
Mom Gadget
Mother Earth's Garden
MyCrimeSpace
Noodles and Rice
Offbeat Homes
One Book Two Book
Our One Heart
Parenting Tweens & Teens
Parents Behaving Badly
Play Library
Quilting and Patchwork
Robust Cooking
She Knows Coupons
She Knows Parties
Simply Home Remedies
Simply Thrifty
Solo Mother
Supernanny Rules
Tangled Thread
The Doggy Blog
The Food Bowl
Thrifty Mommy
Toolbelt Tips
Tree Hugging Family
Unplugged Living
Widows Quest
Recent Comments