Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

July 8th, 2008

Dee Henderson’s new project

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 […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Bonnie Meltzer’s very mixed media constructions

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 […]

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June 16th, 2008

JoAnnA Pierotti’s wonderful artwork

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 […]

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May 22nd, 2008

Ryan McElhinney is having too much fun!

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, […]

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May 21st, 2008

Book review: Collage, Assemblage, and Altered Art

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 […]

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May 21st, 2008

Call for entries: Fantastic Plastic

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 […]

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May 1st, 2008

Fabulous clocks by Eric Freitas

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 […]

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April 30th, 2008

The Library - the best mixed media art books

Don’t forget that there are dozens more wonderful books to stimulate your creativity or teach you a new technique…and the best of the best are listed in The Library. You can always find an up-to-date link to The Library in the “Pages” section in the right-hand sidebar of this blog!
Tags: altered-art, Assemblage, book-review, Collage, […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Making an assemblage with resin wells

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 […]

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April 21st, 2008

Now, Not Later

Make Art Monday!
Now is the time to do things: To make art, to fall in love, to be the person you want to be. There is no “later”. Waiting until “later” to do things becomes “never”.

Tags: Assemblage, found objects, Mixed Media, recycled-art

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