Patchwork quilts are a good example of “use what you have”.
Here are three golden rules to be an “Art Scrapper”, and an environmentally-aware artist. I know that artists do not always like rules, so you can also call these three guidelines, or philosophies, on turning old scraps into fine arts and crafts:
Scrapper Rule #1. Use What You Have. continue reading
On the beach in Puerto Plata where I got the carved fish. March 2015
I am a humble traveler and artist, not an expert on Caribbean art and music. Before I traveled to the Caribbean, I only knew about the islands through reggae music and popular lyrics by Bob Marley, such as in the wonderful song, One Love, One Heart… continue reading
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Botanical Garden, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata is a city on the north side of the island and just a few hours from the Haitian border. Christopher Columbus settled in Puerto Plata, founding the first European-American colony in this very region. So as a traveler I walked on historic ground and wondered deeply about how cultures survive for centuries… continue reading
painted tin boxes, by Irene
This weekend I decided to make more painted tin boxes. Last year, I invented a new way of decorating tin with nail polish. I had the sweetest old tin box, and I had a whole set of nail polish that I was not using… the rest is history… continue reading
my blue birdhouse
Don’t you love wood? Wood is the substrate for many beautiful pieces of art.
Here is a modest example of painted wood art: a Swedish plate that depicts a rural scene and windmill, my cedar box, my bird house pickled blue, a fruit still life painted on a wood cutting board, and a folk art cow panel, that I saw in Gilroy recently: continue reading