Showing posts with label collage art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collage art. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Altered Quote Book Catch-Up Post

 I finished the two above last night.  As I was taking the picture it occurred to me there were some pages I don't think I ever put on my blog.  A little catch-up post tonight.
 No clue who that guy is but I sure hope he didn't mind me putting a clown collar on him!
 The one on the right was made a very long time ago.  That guy doing his best James Dean is my Great Uncle.  I think the picture was taken in the 30s.
 A cheater where I just captioned someone else's photo on the left. Some people may not agree but my feeling is that as long as I am just making it for myself and not for profit, it doesn't do any harm.  Copyright law according to Kathy. Hmm.  Maybe that is why I didn't show these before. Feel free to give me a talking to.  The one on the right was one of the first ones in the altered book.
 Again, the one on the right is much older than the one on the left.  The right side seems easier to work on so I guess they get used first.
Same thing here.  The quote on the right is a very long one but one that is especially appropriate to my big girl job and I read it often.
Since I work randomly in the book it is kind of interesting to see the changes in my way of doing things and the different things I have tried.  Trust me, there have been a few do-overs for just that reason. 
I think I may rename this "The Never Ending Altered Book" project since I keep thinking I'm getting close to finished and then I'm not!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

A Velveteen Woman

I'm tired tonight so I've just been goofing around in the art room and finished up this piece that has been partially done for months.  I love this photo.  It is poet Leonie Adams and it was taken by Hans Namuth.  I ran across it in a 1960 copy of Horizon magazine.  The first thing that popped in my head was she looked like a velveteen woman.  You all know the story of the velveteen rabbit, so shabby from love that it became real.  She looks real that way.
It's pretty hard to read the quote at the top.  It says "it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are", by ee cummings. 
This will hang in my art room to remind me of all these things.