Well, finally, an announcement for the August winner of a small piece of my art....Jackie Gardener! Jackie, if you'll email me at dianelou at earthlink.net with your mailing address, I'll get the little piece in the mail to you.
Another new small piece (tall but small). This one is tentatively called In the Samurai's Garden.
The tall (approx 20"), narrow (3 1/2") box is painted with a satin black paint. Inside, first I put down a handwriting covered paper,which was then mostly covered by a rough white paper with bamboo strips on it (but the handwriting slightly shows through), and then a bit of black and gold at the top. A rib bone donated by a friend (an animal bone, that is. I have good friends but not ones good enough to donate a rib) was inserted through the box after a bit of chipping, hacking and drilling, to get the opening to fit the bone. Then some tiny hand-dipped candles that I purchased recently at a garage sale were hung over the bone. Brass decorative elements were added top and bottom.
There may be one more thing added...a tiny bit of a reddish item on the right side where the black meets the white.
Back to the studio. Will post some photos of all the new goodies found at garage sales and donated by friends.
Breathe in these last wonderful days of summer and enjoy!
2 comments:
congrats to jackie!
your new 'stuff' is awesome! congrats to you too!
this past weekend my husband and i helped a friend clean out an old barn that had been closed up for about 60 years and packed to the rafters with 'stuff'. unfortunately, much of it had to go to the dump as the barn had leaks. there was a lot of furniture and collectables that will be sold at the flea market . . . but, i was like a kid in a candy store. i know we were asked to help, because of my love of old 'stuff'.
i went away with a couple of trunk loads of really amazing things, vintage books, photos, watches, buttons, tools, metal things, like knobs, keys, etc. needless to say, i am thrilled! a bit overwhelmed, but thrilled.
made me happy to think about the hundred's or old barns full of 'stuff' around the world!
lucky us!
Rebeca, you are so right. Lucky us! There will always be old "stuff" that no one else wants but us. There is no end to the treasures waiting to be found, and no end to the art we can make!
I am sooo jealous! OMG, a barn closed up for 60 years! What could possibly be more fun than that?
You are going to make lots of great new art with this stuff. Enjoy!
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