candyverandavintage: tags for the rusty art

Thursday, January 22, 2009

tags for the rusty art

adamandeve alian alligator american angel antique-shop apple art asian bandit barn-board bee big bird-feeder bird-man birds bison black bookstore burning-man canada chairs cheese chicken chickens chief coat-o-farms country cowboy coyote crow devil dickens dragon dragonfly dredging driftwood dump dust earth eden face fairey fairy feathers fire fire-breathing fish folk folkart freckles fresh freud funky gabriel ganga garbage garden gardenofeden gecko geisha goddess gossip grafitti hair hens his hive horse howling intreatment north american indians japanese girl kids kimono lawnmower lovebirds maincoon marathon aryjane mermaid mermaids metal metalwork modern art mohawk monkeyman monster moon moose mother earth mountie moustache mythical native nativeamerican nature north north west coast obi oldtruck paint painted paintedsteel paradise parasol petroglyph petroglyphs picasso picnik pigtails pirate plaid plasma plasmac ut playing polka dots pregnant punchandjudy raven rcmp red barn roseisle roy rogers rust rustic rusty sculpture shag sheriff silhouette six shooters skeleton smile snow stainless stainless steel steel table three topiary tree house trees turtle viking ship warrior weeds welding whaling whimsical whimsical sculpture wood work world

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Beverly KayeJanuary 24, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Thanks for checking out the tag "Outsider Art" and joining the crew. Anyone who loves Bakelite is a friend of mine!
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some inspiration on printing techniques from a thrifty artist

Most of the techniques described in the book can be done with inexpensive supply substitutes: Instead of printing paper I print on “found paper” – anything from old atlases to painted papers or cheap copy paper and wallpaper samples. The ink can be substituted with paint in many cases. My favorite way of saving time and money is to reuse some of the less successful prints and incorporate them in my collage or other mixed media art by tearing and re-treating them with paint, ink, or stitching.

CPS: What inspires you?
DE: I am mostly inspired by seeing textures and colors in my daily surroundings. Thermal on Formica I live in an area that is rich with different ethnic cultures, and just walking the street or the market really makes me want to run to my studio and start a project. My home and studio are packed with colorful papers, fibers and decorative items that I have collected and those also trigger my creative juices. Collaborating with other artists is a huge inspiration as well.

CPS: Do you have a favorite project or technique?
DE: I don’t have one specific favorite. I like to change the media or form I am working on every once in a while. Recently I worked in a book form, creating mixed-media artist books that included printmaking on fabric and stitching. Before that I worked in a box form, creating three-dimensional assemblages. There is one aspect that is common in all my projects – recycling and re-purposing. I rarely buy art supplies in the art store and most of my art ingredients come from flea markets, thrift stores and other recycling resources.