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Saturday, September 29, 2012

class update


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I have a quick class update- 
Two spots have opened up in my Larger Than Life class (1 day class in my studio!) Due to the nature of this class- I am keeping it very small so we can spread out and create so it will be a very 1x1 personalized learning experience!

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

exploring we will go

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The places I grew up and visited more times than I can count have all of a sudden become new again- with the opportunity to share and explore them with my little family.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

altered driftwood

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In my opinion anything can be transformed into art. I have been painting and altering driftwood for years and when I moved back to the Oregon Coast (where there is more driftwood than you ever could imagine!) I started collecting and altering my findings with the goal of building up a collection that I could turn into art and display in my new studio/classroom space. 


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I started by collecting lots of driftwood- if you don't have driftwood available sticks or twigs will work just fine.

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I then used scraps of hand painted fabric and wrapped the scraps around the wood, applying Tacky Glue to the surface as I wrapped.


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I wrapped colorful embroidery floss around the surface to create a stripe of color- gluing the floss as I wrapped.


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The result is a colorful and fun altered piece of driftwood.


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I then created wood wrapped with yarn and embroidery floss.



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I even created a variety of painted driftwood by first painting stripes and then adding embellishments with Scribbles 3-D Paint (MY FAVORITE SUPPLY!)



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At this point you are probably saying to yourself- those are pretty but what the heck are you supposed to do with a whole bunch of altered sticks?!?! Well, with a little creativity there are all kinds of things you could do but my vision all along was to fill a variety of large glass jars with my artful driftwood and display them around my studio. I used large jars (3-4 foot) and filled them up and placed them around the room. I like to think of them as a unique nature inspired art piece.



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I also created small mobiles to hang above my work space.




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I have been so obsessed with altering driftwood that I started collecting LARGE pieces and decorating the surface with the same techniques and using them as art around my space.

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With just a few supplies, something simple is suddenly transformed into art! 


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Monday, September 24, 2012

geometric painted pumpkins

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Its kinda a tradition around here to create a variety of unique fall pumpkins every year
(you can check out some HERE, HERE, HERE). And this year I am getting an early start with my decorating and I have lots to share in the weeks to come! First up are geometric painted pumpkins. I am obsessed with geometric (and tribal) patterns so I used acrylic paint to transform the surface of three pumpkins withe different geometric variations. 

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