HIVE (has landed) -kes

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Sewing Frenzy (SKF)

Hi Folks,
   
As usual I was in my art fog and forgot to post on time.
Last Sunday night I received a spark of inspiration and couldn't go to sleep. So I got up out of bed and drew all of the images that flooded in. FABRIC VASES, FABRIC VASES! My mind scrambled through the history of art translating various shapes and sizes, creating each memory anew in textiles. I saw Greek, Chinese, French, Egyptian vases. Each done in the numerous swatches I had inherented from a guy in the building who clears out his storage space by graciously leaving the books in front of my door. Thank you Joel! I love free materials, an artist's dream! These are my first attempts, hopefully with more to come. I'm still learning the techniques of  forming fabric into 3-D vessels.

                                                     Enjoy,
                                                                                                                            SKF

Kalendar Project (Part IV) - az

This is a multiple entry project see April 7, 2015 (base),  May 5, 2015 (part II), 

and May 26, 2105 (part III). 

The Magician.

 I did not like the face so I was telling Karin how I could not resolve it and she suggested that I do what I always do and collage over it. Genius! You can always count on a friend for a good critique. 

How she started....

This is how she ended up. Add some watch faces, a scrapbook letter with glitter, some Lumiere paint, and instant resolution.  Lumiere paints have this really wonderful pearly quality that add an atmospheric quality. I also discovered white gel pens in this project. I love them because they write on most of my artistic surfaces. 

Now you are viewing the Warrior. 

There is still a little of steam punk theme going on. The background consists of motorcycle rims and bike parts. When I was madly cutting out the rims, one of them fell on the picture where hand was and it looked like shield so I kept it.  I added a layer of black mica paint to the rims which made it darker but still visible. The trim on the bottom is a belt. This also was finished with glitter paint.

The one thing about painting on un-stretched canvas is that it has a mind of it own. It does not quite lay flat which is why I could not get the full detail of the belt when I was photographing it.  

I will return with the final installment of this project at the beginning of July.