28 February 2010

Bottle Cap Kids and tea bag folding

I forgot to add this one to the last post. I taught myself how to fold teabags early this week. On Tuesday the 22nd if memory serves me correctly. These two are the only ones I folded. Both are in the same picture.
The silver button holding them to the wall in my hallway is a metal chair slide with a killer point on the other side. The bottom medallion is folded from 3 inch squares made of the insides of pink security envelopes. The medallion measures 4 1/2 inches from point to point.
The green medallion is made from green tea bag covers. That tea smelled wonderful! Which in turn left the tea bag covers smelling divine as well! This medallion is just under 3 inches from point to point. It started out with 2 inch squares cut from the tea bag covers. I think these are the backsides of the covers, no picture, just words on it. Nice contrast with the green and white though.
I really like this color of green!

You'll be seeing more tea bag folding medallions in the future! Count on it!
Very easy to make!

I like dead appliances for two reasons: 1.) The supply a myraid assortment of components to make art with and 2.) if an appliance dies, that means someone might be getting a new one!
The first three of these art dolls were made with components from a vaccuum sweeper, a travel iron and a coffeemaker.
These are the Defunct Robots. I really haven't come up with a name to call the series of these little guys. They do need a name though. I will call them this for the time being, abbreviating it to Dr. Sounds like doctor.  Each little guy has it's own name. It was adifferentstory's idea to give them all names. I like that idea!
My brother tore apart the small appliances for me. He likes tearing stuff apart, this was right up his alley! He wasn't quite sure I was in my right mind wanting to keep some of the stuff I kept from those dead appliances, but he humored me and look what I made from trash!
Dr. Irona Coffee
26 February 2010
Art Doll
She's made from various components gotten from dead small appliances. She stands just under 3 inches tall and stands all on her own. There are a total of 8 pieces to her. Copper wire from vaccuum sweeper motor hold her shoulders and head together. Her shoulders came from the dead coffeemaker as did her arms, which are a length of insulated wire a connector at either end. I'm uncertain about which appliance coughed up the body for this one. It is all one piece. Her head came from a travel iron as did her screw eyes. Her mouth is a piece from a wrist watch. She is glued together to connect shoulders and lower half and her facial features are glued on as well.

Dr. Louis Pale
26 February 2010
Art Doll
Louis is made from salvaged copper wire, a wooden bead, doodads from broken appliances, bone beads for his feet and connectors for his hands. He stands 5 1/2 inches tall. He is designed to hang.

Dr. Ian Knifenose
26 February 2010
Art Doll
Ian is made from salvaged copper wire, a connector of some sort makes up his belly, his shoulders the unknown workings of a travel iron. His feet were originally a pair of earrings and his hands are a lock washer and regular metal washer. Ian stands right at 6 inches tall. He is designed to hang.

Barb Lightbud
Bottle Cap Kid
26 February 2010
Barb is a tall, lean girl with great curves. Her head is a wooden bead secured to a metal bottle cap with salvaged copper wire. Her arms are attached with gold colored metal jumprings. Connecting her bosom and hips are two gold colored jump rings. Another bottle cap makes up her full hips attached to skinny little legs of salvaged copper wire. One of her feet is pointing backwards but it can be turned around. Pose her anyway you like. Her arms and legs are bendable. She is designed to hang.

Bradley Kelly
Bottle Cap Kid
27 February 2010
Bradley seems a bit underdressed to me. He's a short kid with a pot belly, small head, too long, skinny arms and skinny legs. He's made from a Coors Beer metal bottle cap, salvaged copper wire a wooden bead from a long gone beaded seat cover. In fact, all the Bottle Cap Kids' heads are made from that same beaded seat cover. I have enough of those wooden beads to last twelve lifetimes! This guy is just over 4 inches tall. He is designed to hang.

Victoria
Bottle Cap Kid
27 February 2010
art doll
Vickie, as she prefers to be called, is made from a Budweiser metal bottle cap, salvaged copper wire and a wooden bead. She stands about 7 1/2 inches. She is designed to hand. She is traded and on her way to Canada in the morning. Guess I'm collecting art dolls now, cause I traded her for another art doll.

BJ Boozer
Bottle Cap Kid
27 February 2010
art doll
BJ is made from a Bartles and James winecooler metal bottle cap. His arms, leg and neck are salvaged copper wire and his head is a wooden bead. BJ stands just over 4 inches tall. He is designed to hang.

Judith
Bottle Cap Kid
27 February 2010
art doll
Judith stands right at 4 inches tall and is made from a Bud Light metal bottle cap. Her arms, legs and neck are salvaged copper wire and her head is a wooden bead. She is designed to hang.

Leroy Wow
Bottle Cap Kid
27 February 2010
art doll
Leroy got his start with Coca Cola. His red plastic belly is adorned with his joy to be here! Wow! His legs are hemp twine braided with thin copper wire to secure his fingers and toes. His wooden bead head is attached with salvaged copper wire. He stands a little over 5 inches. He is designed to hang.

Ned
Bottle Cap Kid
27 February 2010
Ned is a bit wonky. He is made from a metal screw cap from a small bottle of cheap wine. His legs are heavy guage salvaged copper wire. His wooden bead head is attached with salvaged copper wire. Inside his belly are watch gears and an amythyst cut crystal. He's a bit wonky cause as you can clearly see his legs are not in the right place! He's also got an extra hole in him cause I put his head in one of his leg holes! He's gonna hang out in my van for awhile, hanging from the rear view mirror. The fish needs a new buddy.

Earlier today I went to my brother's workshop to raid the little cases of drawers full of all kinds of little doodads. He has seven of those little cases with all those little drawers. I only went through one of the chests this afternoon. I snagged a whole handful of little connectors, fuses, nuts, bolts, screws and things I have no name for!

Allison Eileen
Bottle Cap Kid
28 February 2010
art doll
Allison Eileen is the kind of girl who loves Christmas and thinks fancy knee pads are in this season. She's a hip chick with her cotter pin arms, her wooden bead head and that giant plastic gem glued to her Minute Maid cap belly. Her arms are attached with gold colored metal jump rings.  Her little head is attached with salvaged copper wire as are her legs down to those fancy knee pads that used to be in a necklace. Her blue light bulb feet are attached with  fine wire salvaged from an electric fan motor. She stands a little over six inches tall. She is designed to hang.

Cornelius
Bottle Cap Kid
28 February 2010
art doll
Corny is made from a Miller Light Beer metal bottle cap.  He's ready for some sailing with his little white plastic connector sailor hat. His hands are connectors of some sort and his legs are long screws. All his parts are attached with salvaged copper wire. He is about 5 1/2 inches tall. He is designed to hang.
Ramona
Bottle Cap Kid
28 February 2010
art doll
Ramona is dressed for a night on the town! Attached to her green plastic soda bottle cap is a silver metal starburst that used to hold a plastic cabachon and was attached to a brooch. On top of the starburst is a dead button battery and on top of that is a black onyx stone. Her arms and legs are braided hemp twine secured with salvaged fine copper wire. Her head is a wooden bead. She is right at 5 inches tall. She is designed to hang.

Time to get back to the ATART (All Types of Art-a-thon).
Be good to one another and don't forget to collect those hugs due you!
Peace
831

I'm a Week Behind.....Lots of ART to show! Enjoy!

I have no good reason for not posting sooner so you all didn't have all this art to look through. Just didn't feel the need, I guess.
I have been rather busy the last week. There was only one day I did not do any art at all. That was Wednesday when I went to a Music Festival in Norton with my friend. What a great day that was, too!
I'm good, just lazy when it come to the blog this week.

Enjoy the art!

Olympic Flag
ATC
22 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.
365 Project #53

Bull Elephant
ATC
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.
365 Project #54

Blue and Orange Beetle
Twinchie
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard

Bug
Twinchie
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard

Going Out
Twinchie
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard

Gray Lady Bug
Twinchie
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard

Honey Bee
Twinchie
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard

Orange Fly
Twinchie
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard with lavendar stripes

Orange Flower
ATC
23 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock

Amanita muscaria is my card for 365 Project #55
You can find it in the last post. Red and white mushroom.

Seychelles Snail
ATC
25 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock
365 Project #56

Snail on Pitcher Plant
ATC
25 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock
365 Project #57

Flamingo
ATC
26 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Girl
ATC
26 February 2010
Collage - various text pages, picture from 1909 american history textbook, pc of map, word 'girl' is thick chipboard, came from a kid's scrabble sentence game. It is all attached to recycled chipboard

6 Inchies
26 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock
TRADED

12 Inchies
26 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock

18 Inchies
26 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock

Two Beetles
Twinchies
26 February 2010
Markers on recycled chipboard

Pink Science
ATC
26 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock

Green Science
ATC
27 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock

Red Mushroom
ATC
27 February 2010
Conte Crayons on paper from an old paperback novel.
Then attached with glue stick to recycled cardstock.
365 Project #58

To continue the art gazing, go to the next post!

Peace
831

21 February 2010

Ida Cat #52

Not much happening in my world today. It's snowing like crazy outside and we'll likely have much more than the two or three inches that is on the ground as I type.
My trip to town a few hours ago was not a fun trip. The roads were crap. I had to go though and Fred enjoyed the ride. He's not gone for a ride in quite some time.
I've only one piece of art to show for today because my muse is otherwise occupied along with the rest of me. I started a new book this morning and read 13 chapters, almost half the book.
So Ida Cat is all you get today.

Ida Cat
ATC
21 February 2010
365 Project #52
Markers on recycled cardstock.
Ida Cat never misses a meal. Ever. She's a diva princess. Just ask her.

Some hugs should be forthcoming before the sun goes down.
Make sure you get your share!
Peace
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Home for #51 and Other Masterpieces

Hello Good People!
Not much to report today other than art. I was quite busy yesterday with artwork. Didn't get any thing else done but...and I do have the audacity to call them MASTERPIECES!
:)
You all get to reap the joys right along with me.
We'll start with my ATC for the 365 Project for 20 Feb #51

Home
ATC
20 February 2010
365 Project #51
Black Sharpie on painted paper, attached to recycled chipboard (food box). I'm not sure what kind of paint it is. Feels like tempura paint on construction paper. I got three sheets of this stuff in a trade awhile back. I took the shapes on the paper made with the orange paint and saw a bird in its nest in the trees. Must be sundown from the color of the background....

Two more drawings on painted paper:
Orange Mermaid
ATC
20 February 2010
Same description (more or less) as the ATC above. The paint swirls reminded of ocean water, dispite the fact it is orange.

Volcano
ATC
20 February 2010
Same description as previous two. This one is a tad short on the long end. The paper was precut when I got it and it was a bit too short. The ATC is less than an 1/8th inch off. Still relatively the right size, but not quite.

Breakfast
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Frog in the Cat Tails
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Love's Fool
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Moonglow Shroom
ATC
20 February 2010
Collage on recycled chipboard backing (food box). Background is a picture of an indian battle from an encyclopedia tinted with gold dust powder and bronze eyeshadow, then sealed with acrylic varnish. Mushroom cap is cardstock with gold dust powder, bronze eyeshadow and glitter dusted on white cardstock. Stem is black paper dusted with gold dust powder and glitter then both sealed with acrylic varnish to keep the glitter in place.

Gold Nugget
ATC
20 February 2010
Collage on recycled chipboard backing (food box). Magazine picture of a brick wall dusted with gold dust powder, bronze eyeshadow and acrylic varnish. Mushroom cap is food box chipboard covered with a foil chocolate wrapper. Stem is palm tree bark. There's a touch of lace there as well.

Mushroom History
ATC
20 February 2010
Collage on recycled chipboard backing (food box). Magazine picture of brick wall was waded up to make it all crinkly, then painted with acrylic varnish and dusted with gold dust powder and bronze eyeshadow. The mushroom is text from an encyclopedia about nature. I named it Mushroom History by mistake. I thought that text was from an old history book, but once I read it after I scanned the card, I realized that is not the history book at all. It will still be titled Mushroom History nonetheless.

Mushrooms are abundant because that is the theme for this week over at the 365 Project. You should hit the button up on the upper left to go visit the Naked Heart Art blog to see all the yumminess the artists have provided for this project! Amazing stuff over there!

Yellow Haired Mermaid
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.
She was inspired by a button sewn on a little girl's blouse.

Patrick
ATC
20 February 2010
Pencil on recycled cardstock.
Drawn from a photograph.
Patrick isn't a very handsome fella in the face. I really need to practice my men drawing skills. Probably should practice drawing women too, but I prefer to draw men for some reason.


These three stars were all done in the same colors. I think I used only 8 colors for them. I wanted to challenge myself to use a limited pallet of colors for numerous cards. I think they turned out pretty good.
Orange Star
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Red Star
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Yellow Star
ATC
20 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

I am moving right along on the goals for ATCs this year...
This morning I'll be working on more ATCs and I hope to get the inspiration to do 'something' with the canvas I'm working on for my sister's birthday (which has already passed and she knows I'm doing a Coca Cola Cat on canvas for her). I just don't have any visions of what that Cat should look like when done! Total blank hitting me on that one! I need to do some research of somekind.
I have a book to sew together this morning as well. That won't take anytime at all! Half an hour tops!
You all go get some hugs today!  Have yourselves a STELLAR SUNDAY!
I will be back eventually!
Peace
831

19 February 2010

Some Art

Some Art

Frog on Lilypad
ATC
16 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.
I actually finished this card on the 17th.

Sunset On Beach
ATC
17 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.


Cultivated Sunflower
ATC
17 February 2010
365 Project #48
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Amanita Muscaria
ATC
18 February 2010
Markers on recycled cardstock.

Pink Mushroom
ATC
18 February 2010
365 Project #49
Markers on recycled cardstock

Some Magic
ATC
18 February 2010
Collage on balsa wood base. Ink, brown paper packing material, glitter, palm tree bark, lace colored with ink, foil chocolate wrapper, all sealed with acrylic varnish.

Fuzzy Wuzzy
ATC
18 February 2010
Collage on recycled chipboard backing (food box), bronze eyeshadow sealed with acrylic varnish, eyelash yarn glued to picture from an old History book. The stem is from that same page.
This is my favorite collage mushroom from this bunch.

California Palm Mushroom
ATC
19 February 2010
365 Project #50
Collage on recycled chipboard backing (food box), map from an old history book, junk mail, bronze eyeshadow, gesso under the palm tree bark, all sealed with acrylic varnish.
I took a trip to Los Angeles a few years ago...before I started making art with castoffs and thought this stuff was so cool! I wish I'd of brought back a lot more than I did. We don't have an over abundance of palm trees in Kansas. None to be exact. (Least none I know about!) I'm almost out of palm tree bark and I don't see another trip to anywhere I can just pick it up off the curb, so if any of you reading live where there are palm trees and you'd like a piece of my art, I'd gladly trade you an ATC for a piece of palm bark. Just leave me a way to get ahold of you in the comments section. Thanks!

That's it for today, kids. My mother always said, "If you've nothing nice to talk about, perhaps you shouldn't talk at all." And beings I've nothing good, nor bad to talk about today, you all have been spared! LOL
I hope you enjoyed the art for today. I enjoyed making it.
GET YOUR HUGS, PEOPLE!
Peace
831

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