A break from making art to use the last of my 5 fig trees bounty. So easy to make jam. No chemicals . Fruit, sugar, lemon juice and a few drops of vanilla.
Something Different!
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the Art Odyssey 2024 is this weekend
I think I’m ready to receive attendees in my studio. You will find original oil paintings, mixed media cards, art assemblages and even a few pieces of textile art.
This was a huge undertaking of destashing fabrics I had no plans for. Many car loads went to the Salvation Army. Rather than try to sell thousands of yards of fabric, it was donated in hopes that the SA sales would feed some families. A much better use for it rather sitting in bins on shelves in my studio.
the Blue Flower
The temperatures have been brutally hot. My studio is cool with it’s own air conditioner. There is a north window so lots of light without turning on overheads. So today in the studio it seemed that working with the cool color of blue was a good plan.
I had an old clock case that was begging to become. I backed it with an antique ceiling tile. After a blue tinted white wash on the wood I started to build the composition. I included the spine from an antique book, a tiny metal birdhouse and stars, a hand carved bird on a stump, a real bird nest with a wooden egg in it. I painted brass flowers in shades of blue. the finished piece is 14 1/2 inches tall and 9 inches wide.
Steampunk Assemblage
Lacking a specific genre, I am calling my kids steampunks.
What does that term really mean? One meaning online : a style of design and fashion that combines historical elements with anachronistic technological features inspired by science fiction. So then I need to define anachronistic: belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.”she is rebelling against the anachronistic morality of her parents”
Well, the heads definitely look old fashioned and the designs combine elements inspired by science fiction. So Steampunks it is!
A Good Day at Yard Sales
It was city wide garage sales in Mountain Home starting today. It was rainy so we weren’t sure how many would be open. The Lutheran church has 2 sales a year and that’s inside so we knew they would be open and running. I love a sale that figures everything is someone else’s treasure. Since I am on the look out for assemblage art materials I was in luck. The pictures below are what I bought. I’m in love with the oriental paper fans. I broke the bank and spent a total of $2.75.
JP Dawes Contemporary Artist 