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Skull Quilt Square | Art Every Day | Revisited

I'm still getting in the swing of things for my new semester and preparing to begin the next chapter of Art Every Day, but I wanted to share a little follow-up interview with Noah Scalin of 365 Make Something Every Day,  Skull-A-Day and ALR Design!  And...along those lines---

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This week while I am getting in the swing of things for my new semester and preparing to begin the next chapter of Art Every Day, I am revisiting a few posts from the past year.  Enjoy!

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Finally finished! 

This hit the post this afternoon, should be at the skull-a-day secret headquarters very very soon.

You can make a skull quilt block and fight domestic violence at the same time too!  All the info you need to know is over at Skull-a-day.  Come on!  Jump over there and get started.

Mixed Media Quilt Square: 12X12 floral black base square topped with skull paper cloth, embellished with buttons.

 

All that waiting, and that's all we get?  Sorry, I'd have shown you earlier but there was a lot of drying time involved. 

 

 

What did you make today?

 

Making a Mess-- A.K.A. Recycled Paper |Part 2 | Art Every Day 362

Hello Lovelies! 

This recycled paper project has proven a bit more complex than I than I thought it would be.  All my fault, nothing to do with the paper.

Things to remember....

--after boiling the paper, cool it before putting it in the blender.

--PUT THE TOP ON THE BLENDER EVEN IF IT IS COOLED, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT IS STILL BOILING.  (I learned that one the hard way.) graphic image to illustrate this point:

Oh yeah, that's a big bad burn on my forearm right below my wrist.  Thank goodness for my husbands first-aid skills it is healing and no longer hurts...as much.

Here is the little collage I ended up making from my recycled paper.

This stuff is thicker and harder than cardboard.

I shoulda used the screen, instead I hand pressed the pulp into a mold.

In honor of my first earthquake I present to you, Virginia.

Anonymous Inspirational Quote Card Art Every Day 350

For you, a handmade version of my inspirational quote card for my goal of leave 100 art cards that inspire, anonymously from my Stupendous Life List.  This is number 18.

  Have you made any anonymous inspiational cards for strangers, family, or friends?  I'd love to see them!!  Send them my way!  I'd love to share them, link-up and spread the Art Every day love!!

Digital Collages Art Every Day 297-298

Okay, this is from one of the classes I am taking... we were instructed to make abstract digital collages, we scanned a bunch of stuff in and downloaded some stuff too...

day 297

day 298

I loved the image of the suffragette so much I used it for class too!

Chopped and Collaged Self Portrait Art Every Day 264

I chopped a bunch of stuff up today and then glued it all together.

Love that!

Are you bored with self-portrait-y me?  It's not because I LLLUUUURRRRRVVVVEEEE looking at myself, it's that I love seeing what other people see, it always looks different on paper.  It's nice to look at yourself in a different light. 

Give it a try.

I think my favorite thing I wrote on this is "The best day of my life is the day I decided it was my own."  I don't know who said it first...but its a good reminder.

Your life is your own too.  Enjoy!

Altered Art Sewing Book Art Every Day 239

 
Okay, so this isn't what I worked on today...that's coming later.  BUT!  Remember all those days I was sick?  this is what I worked on in baby steps around that time.

Part of the Altered Book Round-Robin I am participating in right now.

The theme:  SEWING

 

 

Joy Papercloth Art Every Day 231

Yesterday was ART CLUB at school!  I always have so much fun making art with other people.  Yeah, it's kind of a pain to lug around materials, but in the end it's always worth the hassle. 

My favorite part of being the president of our art club is the community building I get to participate in.  It's so nice to meet other people, talk about art and have some fun.

Yesterday I did a demonstration of making papercloth and then we all made our own.  It's so exciting to see someone else's interpretation of the same technique.

Here is my little piece.  We only had an hour and a half, so I didn't want to try to manage something huge.

 

 

 

Art Show Pieces Art Every Day 224-227

Whew!  So happy my pieces are dropped off for my VERY FIRST EVER public art showing!

Yes, it's just at a local community center.

Yes, there are many other artist's showing as well.

Yes, I am STILL excited about it!

You may have seen these pieces before, but they are what I submitted. 

P.S. These photos are ONLY for folks who don't live in the FredVegas area...all you FredVegas folks, I expect to see you there, now look away!

 
Please forgive the absolutely awful pictures...glare....flash...reflections...I could go on and on.

 
 

 
Come see the Fredericksburg Fine Art Exhibit!

 

That's new...whatcha think?

 

Steampunk Edition Round Robin Day 218 & 219

Okay, so here is my unfinished, feeble attempt at a Steampunk Style Round Robin Altered Book page...or 2 pages.

I guess I don't totally grasp the whole thing...victorian meets mechanical meets modern/robot?  I stuck with the victorian/mechanical.  So far Ihave incorporated a spinning filamentous light-bulb (collage) and a spinning hot air balloon.  Tomorrow I have a bunch of metal bits and some text to add.

 
One side of the light-bulb

 
One side of the hot-air balloon

 

I liked the idea of two similarly shaped objects placed side by side...I'm not sure how it reads...

Catching Up Art Every Day 210-217

So, here I am...playing catch up.  The past week has been crazy busy, I managed to work on a few things, but put off posting in exchange for a few extra minutes of sleep.  Things are starting to feel back to normal...what's that??

210 Another page for my Upcycled Journal

 

211 My first attempt at a linoleum block carving, loved it and want to do more!

 

212 A little free motion self-portrait

 

213  Wouldn't you love to get a letter in a fabric envelope like this?  I know I would...still working out the particulars on the best way to go about this...

 

214, 215, & 216 A mixed media collage

 

217  The beginings of a new collage, haven't gotten very far yet, but looking forward to seeing where this one goes!

 

 

Yay, that brings us up to date!

 

What did you make today?