ALTERED ART AND A LOAD OF TAT: Waste Not Want Not!!

Sunday, 12 December 2010

Waste Not Want Not!!

I just love this background!! It is in fact a piece of kitchen roll that was lying on my desk after I had made a few tags and had been used to blot the inks/paint. It was already well scrunched so I flattened it out and stuck it to the mountboard, being careful not to flatten it out too much. Once it was dry I swiped versamark over the top, just enough to catch the wrinkles and then sprinkled with embossing powder. Added Santa and some beads!

Todays treat?? same as yesterday, I'm wiv me bessie, so its all a treat!

5 comments:

Anonymous12 December 2010 at 08:52
Nice one x
Sparkles
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Netty12 December 2010 at 10:17
To think I have been throwing away my paper towels covered in paint and ink.........well I shan't anymore Nicks, oh no...thanks for the tip and it looks fab. Have a great time with Bessie. Annette x
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Healing Woman12 December 2010 at 15:39
You really came up with a great little piece of art...however; that little saying, "Waste not, want not" has gotten me into a lot of trouble over the years in my studio..which is now brimming full of those unwasted items!
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Vic12 December 2010 at 17:59
Great use of used paper towel! TFS
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Debs12 December 2010 at 22:15
Noooooooooooooo!!! Don't tell me this - the amount of baby wipes I could have.... urrgghh. Loving the advent xxxx
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Art should be shared....

But I have found someone totally copying some of my stuff (why they would want to heaven knows) and claiming it as their own inspiration... so while I find it a complete honour for people to gain a little inspiration from my tat, please be honest.
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CRAFTY LIKES AND DISLIKES

CRAFTY LOVES
UTEE... love it and use it in large quantities
Metal..
Friendly plastic
Shrink plastic
Paint and ink in any shape or form
My Crop-o-dile
odd bits and pieces
Paperarsty stamps
Brilliance inks
Tim Holtz (aka god)
Distress Inks
Debbie Moore's Metal magic
Perfect Medium
Glossy Accents
Debbie Moore's Enamel embossing powder

CRAFTY DISLIKES
while i think there is a place for most things at some time or other...I do dislike peel-offs with 99% of my being, but and this is a BIG but there is the odd and very odd occasion that they can be used without being too offensive (boy that hurt, it was almost an admission that i have used them)
Book-a-trix... sorry but they do look like memorial stones and nothing anybody says will convince me otherwise.
Decoupage..... I am sure the Victorians are turning in their graves
Flowersoft... a friend summed this up perfectly...Devils Dandruff
People who say/think ATC's are cardtoppers.... thats Dawn Bibby off my christmas card list
Cute
Penny Black Stamps
Stick and Stamp pad and anything which is sold and just does not do the job!!
Dufex
Tilda stamps..... why half a face??

WHAT ARE ATC'S??? Artist Trading Cards

Miniature works of art created on cards have been around for centuries, largely used as business cards. The modern-day concept of ATCs was conceptualized by artist M.vanci stirnrmenn in 1996, an idea born of older sports themed trading cards, and became a movement that denounced the tradition of critiquing and appraising art, and embraced the process of one artist connecting with another and exchanging styles and techniques.
ATC are art collectables but the one rule that makes an ATC derive from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
To this rule are appended a couple of conventions. First, an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting in person, by correspondence, online etc and exchanging their works, thus getting exposed to and experiencing many personal styles and techniques. Second, on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (i.e. if it's a one off original or part of a series).