What do you get when a rainbow shines over happy houses made of papier mache? The best neighborhood ever!
Heart have wings. Big hearts or small hearts your heart is lighter when you have papier mache wings.
Critters made with the fun of papier mache! Birds that never fly away, Gators that do not bite and Pigs that fly. And all in grandly bright colors. Some are glued to canvas, some hang from the ceiling and some just sit, but all are meant to bring joy. Who doesn’t smile at a Goat happy to made of scraps of magazines?
SOCK MONKEY ROMANCE
Here’s the story of Leonard and Nadine in pictures of their creation!
How about a whole party of sock monkeys in a painting?
Greeting cards?
Mixed media? Original canvasses included papier mache. Some prints still available.
BOTTLE PEOPLE (and CREATURES)
A magazine, a pair of scissors, a glue stick and a sense of humor are all that are needed for a collage. Can’t wait to add text!
Just a few days left in 2020. Many of us are less than sad about flipping the calendar over to 2021. I am grateful that my artwork has found a happy home.
If you aren’t able to get by Merchants on Bee in the near future, this video is for you if you are curious about what papier mache art is! If you come to the fabulous new gallery, Merchants on Bee at 2934 Bee Road in Savannah where you’ll see flying pigs!
Growing a giant artichoke was a lot of sticky fun!!! Come visit my booth at Merchants on Bee to see it. Papier mache on rubbed gold 24″ by 24″ canvas.
I make fancy schmancy fruit from paper and paste, but there was a time where furniture and even boats were made from the process! Curious about the history of papier mache? Check out the post here.
Most things in my house are covered with paint or paste. Even the remote control lives in a baggie. Maybe that is why friends call me the Princess of Paste? I have been primarily a papier mache artist working with torn newspaper. That lead to collage – more torn paper. To continue this theme, I have been creating junk journals made from junk mail and scraps and file folders and and images torn from books and magazines. Truthfully? I do have a pair of scissors and know how to use them.
I will post artwork here from time to time. I like to document the process of transforming trash to art because that is when I seem to be guided by an invisble muse.
Curious about what leads a person to be so happy cutting and pasting paper? Visit here to see where it began for me.
Look! Since I posted the steps from the start of making this mixed media canvas, I thought you’d to see Shirl the Giraffe on a 2′ X 3″ canvas finished!
A new project starts with a sketch. Then the substrate (base) is created with anything not nailed down. Here’s the giraffe head wearing multiple layers of newspaper. Her name is Shirl.
You can see that the 2′ x 3′ canvas is close to being finished. The background needs some sort of ground added at the bottom. Apparently Shirl prefers to be attached horizontally. Good call Shirl.
You are welcome to follow my thinking as this cat makes a transition from white to black. It’s a bumpy ride and seldom along a straight line. “Happy Cat” started out as a cheery cat covered with a confetti pattern. After I lived with her for a bit, she wanted to be painted black and white. Then another few months of painting and repainting her eyes. One day I found a magazine image of a viewfinder and knew it was the “eyes” I had been seeking.
And P.S. If you hear an artist say they “listen” to a piece of art for creative guidance, not to worry. We do not actually hear words. We are merely using our intuition.
Working tiny!
I have to trick myself sometimes into keeping my promises to myself. I told friends that I would be making a teeny matchbook journal everyday for 30 days. So I did. Kudos to Daisy Yellow for the inspiration of a daily art practice.
