What are you creating?
What inspires you?
What is one of your favorite artistic medium?
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Creating, Home.
Inspiration, Antiquing!
Artistic Medium, old things.
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Saturday Art … What are you Creating?
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29 responses to “Saturday Art … What are you Creating?”
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Right now I am writing (for my masters’ thesis in art education) 5 picture books, each about a different woman artist.
Rosa Bonheur, Elizabeth Catlett, Maria Martinez, Sonia Delaunay, and Ruth Asawa.
It has been great fun researching, and learning about these amazing women. I am hoping to publish these books, so children everywhere can learn about them. There is, sadly, so little information about women artists out there, and very little for children. -
Beautiful treasures, are they some of your day’s finds?
I did not create today, but I am sure my vintner friend will create some great wine out of the late harvest Riesling grapes I helped pick today. -
Funny, I too put together a children’s book, my sister’s idea, she did the musical cd to go along with it, wrote the words to the song and i did the illustrations, but we cannot figure out how to get it on the market. Such is life….
Other than that, my energy level seems rather low these days but I’m trying to create another Victory Garden area for next year and am planning on renovating yet another room upstairs…major work…including plaster repairs to a rather large ceiling 🙂 -
Woops, my mind is a blank today…must be the rain…I should add I’m creating new soaps for the upcoming holiday season!! Funny how you forget about the stuff you generally “create” most every day 🙂
My favorite mediums of course, are soap making materials (raw oils, fats, botanicals) and water color paints! -
I’m creating — a website for my brother-in-law…and some jewelry for Christmas… and I’ve joined the chorus of a musical. First time I’ve been on stage…ever. I’m 53 years old. I can’t believe I’m doing this but if my name is ever going to be in lights then I’d better get cracking on, right?
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I’m working on more than 47 things right now – literally! Colour inspires me, whether it’s in a garden, a fabric, a painting, it doesn’t matter… I see colour combinations everywhere and they inspire me to no end.
My “medium” is cloth more often than not, and my day isn’t complete unless I’ve had a needle in my hand. While stitchery in all it’s forms might be my first love, I’m still captivated by anything beautifully made and find I get distracted easily and am off on another artistic adventure. I love your Art Saves posts because they feature so many different artistic styles – I look forward to it every week! -
I’m trying to drag our family room out of mis-matched hodge-podge to cottage chic! painting furniture, making pillows and some quick wall art. also adding finishing touches (I hope) on a couple of collages.
My favorite media – paper, fiber,stamps and ink.
oh, and still working on some fall decor.
reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon – dad talking to son strumming guitar, surrounded by piles of music, art, books -” maybe if you focused your energy on one thing it would come out of you with greater force!” -
Sewed a bag holder to go on a dog leash using fruit print oilcloth. I try to avoid using the sewing machine whenever possible. I do not like sewing at all! The project turned out. Also went through the craft supplies and sorted out a huge bunch of passementerie scraps to give to a neighbor. She makes headbands for her young daughter and finds other ways to use the trim in craft projects. I may make some holiday ornaments using the remaining ribbon, fringe etc.
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I am printing cloth with dye and a special fleur de lis block that my sweetie bought in your shop! It is so much fun. I am also sewing “breast pockets” for a friend in honor of breast cancer awarness. She is a “flatty” opting not to have reconstruction. Fun, fun, fun!
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I’m creating an art journal and scrapbook pages for a special event in my hometown. I am also working on some trinket-pin jewelry with religious medals. My medium is paper, words, and prayers.
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oh my!all the above comments were astounding and to be commended!
my ‘creation’ in works right now is for a class i am taking called ‘soul restoration’ by the brave girls club.
within the eight weeks we are to complete or work on assignments. i made a box in which to collect the ephemera i will incorporate into my journal, accordian book and wooden book pages of ‘truths’ for the written assignments.
i love collage and tearing paper scraps of this and that. birds are a common theme in our projects, so i am looking for nature themes and i am tearing words from catalogs that i can use to express myself in assignment headings, etc.
i like writing with very fine point and colored pens
and lovely printed script is a treasure for my projects,
i found printed tape at anthropologie and west elm to use along with a glue stick. (modge podge is recommended but i have yet to use it)
my decor in my house not only includes books, but nature collections, leaves, shells, insects like (not living)butterflies, dragonflies, bees and beetles i find ….i move things around frequently to create new spaces. flowers are the most common whether in framed art, on china or fabric. my furniture is primarily vintage.
another creative passion i have is growing food. living in SW Florida does not lend to a common garden. but fall/winter is a good season here and i have started broccoli, kale and tomatoes from seed this month. i also have a herb garden. currently i am trying to grow it all in pots rather than the sandy ground.
after years of primarily nurturing others these small but healing creative pleasures are the way i am learning to regain a sense of who i am. -
my apologies, i did not realize i wrote so lengthy about myself until i saw it posted. xoxo
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I am transforming our bedroom from drab to amazing! Love to cook too!
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I’m creating some knitted garments for loved ones and myself – such a solace to my soul during this past year of loss
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#1 Create with my camera
#2 Create with glass (yesterday I played in my friends glass studio and made fused glass beads to hang in my tree)
#3 Create in the kitchen
#4 Create words on paper
If it weren’t for creating on a fairly regular basis I would be a very sad girl. -
i just make noise.
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lol!
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Hi Jody
No apologies needed. I asked you and what you wrote was appreciated.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and inspiration.
Corey -
I love to decorate my home and I adore finding interesting beautiful antiques. My grandmother was an antique dealer in the 1950’s and I grew up with American primitive antiques. While I still love this look, it is the French antiques, not expensive or perfect but with soul, that I decorate with now. I also love to garden and have an herb garden and a lavender garden. Writing has also been very important to me in my life. Thank you Corey for posing this question!
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I am creating an Halloween environment for my K5 classroom and it is so much fun. I love Halloween and fall. I am also creating a costume, and I go all out. It’s fun searching for the “perfect” items for both the classroom and the costume.
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These past two weeks I translated a book review and a short-short essay, and have continued translating both a novel and a book of essays (all of these by different living authors) that I’ve been working on intermittently for a long time. It seems that whatever I’m working on at any given moment is the work I love the best — I’m so-o-o fickle!
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No idea if this’ll be any help, but about 30 years ago the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA., had a fabulous catalog to accompany its visiting exhibit of the paintings of Sonia Delaunay. Perhaps you could borrow a copy via Inter Library Loan to see if it contains any usable information, or buy a used copy somewhere?
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xoxoxo i must crave the love shown here. thank you for your comment Corey.
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Like Merisi, I’m entranced with your collection of photos of little treasures here – an exquisite collection of images. Unfortunately I’ve had to spend most of my day working – very dull – but as I have a big change in my working life coming up soon, I hope to have more opportunities to be creative, and thank you for being a daily inspiration in this regard!
Karen xo -
Hah! I make a mess.
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H Corey,
I love creating my sea-life bottles. I sit in quiet solitude matching the washed ashore bottles that I search for on my beach with a shell or a piece of coral that I feel is a good “marriage” for each. Then I solder the two together forever. I had so many requests from family & friends for custom bottles that I opened an etsy store.
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I like to cross stitch and try new forms of embroidery. At the moment I’m teaching myself hardanger for a couple of Christmas presents I’m making. I also like to make pin cushions from old bowls, silver cups, little knick knacks and the like. I love Saturday Art Saves too. So many imaginative people out there. Thank you so much for your creative blog.
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Everyday, I draw something in my prayer journal to help me meditate on a bible verse and remember what I read for the day. I also am making paintings, an altered book and have plans for all sorts of upcycling projects. There’s just not enough time in the day for all the projects I want to make!
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Threads, linens, floss, patterns – all rich within their idendity – used to create a new one. Long in history and a delight to behold. I design needlework!
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