sci-fi ♥

suede 29 and 31

so, i have an obsession with Doctor Who and all things science fiction....especially vintage sci-fi movies with aliens, martians, space, rockets and other worlds....

i was recently turned on to War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells and it's become my favorite book. i no longer have the patience required to read, so my friend and i listened to the audio version together, which was so well read i couldn't draw while i listened. i have been introduced to a whole new world! i plan to listen to a lot more as i draw, it fills my head with new things and challenges me to sort input and output. thank you, steve. ;)

drawing 31, below,  reminds me of Journey to the Center of the Earth. :)

few more postcards

these are a few postcards i finished.

above are inspired by pinecones and spores....

yep, lotsa the same colors....

same patterns...

gets boring after a while.

so i am looking at some

embroidery sites and books

to find new lines and 

designs to use....

sneak peek --- my ETSY

 ***** ETSY SHOP OPENING SOON!!!! *****

well, i have the storefront, and am madly matching a mostly minute menagerie of collage scraps!  i have sooo much to share that creating these kits has been taking up much of my time...it is so very much more challenging than i thought.  the OCD part of me doesn't want to give up, so again, my passion for "art" has been therapeutic. 

here are two items that will be up as soon as i put together several kits to post.  i hope to offer things that others don't have access to for their ATC /ACEO / inch-work / collage projects.  i will also be letting go of some back issues of Somerset Studio and assorted Stampington and scrapbook idea books and magazines. vintage and retro-ish styles are my loves, and i have at least 50 discarded and unwanted books to pull apart for sharing. i hope to add variety kits as well, including some of my vintage buttons and laces, as well as some new fibers and scrap papers that i buy too many of. please check back if you are in need of scrap-packs!!!  thanks.

 

INCH ART -FEB-MAY 09

CALL TO FRIENDS + FAMILY

i have been working on new types of COLLAGES and would like to put out a call to my family and friends to collect for me things you think are interesting -PAPER AND OTHERWISE-, generally referred to as "ephemera". i want to use bits of everyday written/visual elements, incorporating them into collages. things i am looking out for are mostly vintage/old -as in 30's to 70's but new/unique is great too, unusual and weird are perfect!. condition does not matter, as long as it doesn't smell of smoke...and it doesn't cost anything. :)

· unique ticket stubs, passes

· handwritten notes (illegible fine), lists, letters, homework, recipes, directions

· old address books (i like the divider tabs)

· receipts, tags (price, sold, delivery, rare or strange)

· old mail, envelopes, stamps, unique postmarks (foreign is a bonus)

· old postcards, or newer corny ones

· old or new photos, worse is better, blurry/weird colors great, subject irrelevant

· pages from old/unusual books, old typed paper, ledgers

· old playing/flash cards, cards from games

· weird instruction manuals (need not be english), illustrations are a plus

· old pix from science, medical, nature, animal books/literature

· holy cards, religious pictures (will be given due reverence)

· little scraps of paper with cool numbers, words, pictures or letters

· vintage greeting cards (signed is fine) or wrapping paper pieces

anyway, you get the idea...pieces/parts are fine, whatever i don't use will be passed on to other collage artists or RECYCLED. the challenge in this is to look harder at common "trash" and see potential in odd or discarded items.

i have MANY other interests as far as collecting goes, there is a too-much-information list of my collections on my blog if you are bored. i will be adding pix of those some time soon, i see there are MANY bloggers out there interested in collecting and sharing the love! gotta do my little part...

thanks so much for reading + visiting, try something creative every day!