Saw some really cool work in Small Crafts by high school students today. Lots of possibilities, make up your own. Go to DOLLERAMA and purchase an unpainted shadow box...the kind with a window. Inside (re)create favourite scenes, use your old photos, cut out pics of friends and family and glue the figures on cardboard to be placed in the foreground - add real objects to heighten the depth illusion, like brances for trees etc, overlapping items to make it interesting. A neat way to display pics, or give as gifts to remind folks of special times you have shared.
I'm going to create VanGogh's bedroom at Arles to hang on a large screen I am making - I bought six 6' hollow wood doors at an auction and hinged them together to pull across my sliding doors. On one side will be an enlagement of same painting...I think it will be kinda interesting to have two 'perspectives' on it. On the other side I'm going to create a collage of collected patterns and textures from magazines - mixed with sheet music that was being thrown out. I'll start to post the process as I go thru it beginning in a week or so.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Recycled Shoes as an art canvas
I couldn't resist these canvas shoes when I saw them at the Sally Ann...$2.00! I sold them individually with dried flowers in them as funky 'vases'!
Reuse old school desks to make funky art furniture
I have done quite a number of these old desks since I lucked upon a whole van load. (I'd love to find more if anyone knows of some.)The desks took a while to clean - forty or fifty years of grime and gum takes a bit of of elbow grease to scape off. Once they were sanded down the entire surface area (including the inside) had to be given a base coat (or gessoed which is my preference). Then it's a simple matter of drawing on your design and painting it. I ALWAYS use Stevenson's acrylics for my projects (over thirty years now), they're very good quality and the price is competitive. A final coat of matt Diamond Finish is always necessary.
Recycle/reuse those old wood cupboard doors to make wall art
These paintings were done on old cupboard doors purchased at the Restore in Guelph. Not only are you supporting Habitat for Humanity with your purchases of 'art supplies' there, but your materials are very inexpensive. One more advantage in using old doors...they have a built in frame!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Funky art clocks are made of recycled materials
The clocks are all made from cardboard taken from the bins at grocery stores. The papier mache uses old newspapers, the bases are made from wood cutoffs, and most of the embellishments are 'found' or recycled from other sources...at worst, I purchased dollar store objects when necessary.
Reusing wood to make a whimsical art screen
These panels are cut from old IKEA shelving. I used photos of Amsterdam homes, drew them directly onto the gessoed wood, then painted each one. Hinges from a hardware store were used to attach them together. It made a unique gift at a cost of time only and a few hinges. My friends love it.
Screens of this type can be used across the front of unused fireplaces, placed in a window or set on the floor as decorative art.
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