Monday, June 21, 2010

Flowers

This set is made out of handmade paper and dried flowers. I poured the three differant colors of pulp and pressed the dried flowers in the wet pulp.

Friday, June 18, 2010

PaperArtCompany


I also like to work with paper mache. These projects I create and sell under the name of PaperArtCompany. I enjoy the way paper mache can take on the look of pottery, ceramic, wood and metal. I have several of these pieces in the Gallery at Adeana'z Alley in Gold Canyon, AZ


















Thursday, June 17, 2010

Handmade Paper


This abstract landscape is handmade paper made from flowers and leafs, The color was enhanced with ink. The pulp was poured over strips of the steams. I mounted it on canvas stretched on a raw wood frame.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Rustic Paper and Twine


This project is handmade paper and twine. The paper is made of both plants and recyced papers. I colored it while in the pulp stage with temper paint. Then poured it over the knoted twine in layers. This is the only one left of this series and it is hanging in the Gallery at Adeana'z Alley, Gold Canyon, AZ

The Wall



This project was an experiment that worked.
I poured this paper very thick.
Cut the scene into pieces and reassembled them overlapping each other.
I used paper mache as motar to give the wall a brick effect.
This is all recycled newpaper colored with ink and paint.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Bottle Tree


I decided that we needed a bottle tree for our "garden." Which is the side of our house that I built the box garden.....we have no plant in yet. But it's a great place to put the things I make called garden art. Things like flowers made from recycled plastic lids and wood(an art project with Miley), Flowers on boards made for recycled tin cans and yes.....Bottle trees. This was a much bigger project than I thought it would be. I have to do some redesigning but I should have it done and pictures posted my the end of the month.

Friday, June 4, 2010

My First Post




This being my first post I thought I would show one of my earlier pieces and tell you a little bit about it....But first I want to thank my son-in-law for setting up this Blog for me and walking me though all the steps to get this far....So....Thanks Mike, You're the best. Now back to my art. This piece is handmade paper that was made from desert plants gathered from the area around my house. It was inspired by the Lascaux Cave Drawings. The back ground is pulp poured onto a screen and while it was still wet I than used pulps of different textures (colored in various ways) to pour the bulls head and the accents. I then press the paper until it dries. In this particular piece the background pulp was very course to give it a cave wall or rock like appearance.


For those of you that thought this was way to much info. Don't worry! This is my first post and it was about one of my favorite pieces so I rambled a little. As I post more of work I'm sure I will be a little less informative. and just let you know what it is and hope you will let me know what you think of it. Thanks for checking in.