ALTERED ART AND A LOAD OF TAT: A revelation.... (of my PIF)

Thursday, 9 June 2011

A revelation.... (of my PIF)

For those of you who aren't one of Julia's merry band of WOYWWers (and if not, then why not??) then you wont know that she turned us into PIFfers last week to celebrate the 104th week/2 year anniversary of her phenomenon. The idea was that we all made something that incorporated the acronym WOYWW (whats on your workdesk wednesday) and PIFfed if (passed it forward) to the person below you on her Mr Linky list -
are you still following this or are you completely confused?

Anyway I altered a box and it winged its way over to beautiful Finland to live with the ultra talented Tuire - now it has arrived I can blog it (if i had done it before Julia would have got very cross with me and come and untidy my ultra neat craftroom)

I stuck some letters onto the side of the box and then covered the sides with aluminium tape - gently burnished around the edge of the letters to define them and then inked it all with alcohol inks

In honour of my desk I made a pretty accurate replica of it on top of the box - with bits and pieces picked up from the top of my desk and surrounding areas!

Popped a few of my handmade flowers inside the box and sent it off to Tuire along with a little card just to say who it was from!

Tuire has made some lovely comments on it - and sent me a little extra quote that could have gone on the card - but I will use it on something I make

"All you need (besides love) is attitude!"

Yep I agree!

5 comments:

sparkles9 June 2011 at 19:04
I am sure she will be delighted with it.
Sparkles xx
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Debs9 June 2011 at 19:10
TOTALLY ROCKS!
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Tertia9 June 2011 at 20:27
What a great box! Are you sure you found those bits on your desk? I seem to be missing a few things, but it could just be buried under all the mess. LOL
Happy WOYWW
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MaudMartha9 June 2011 at 20:38
Your box you made is brilliant. I love all those bits and pieces you've used. Great sentiment from Tuire. Teresa x
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Becky10 June 2011 at 19:35
that is an awesome box!! what a great idea! Poor doggie, soooo tired. :) thanks for stopping by my desk last week, sorry it's taken so long to get to yours, but I got to see your neat box, so it was worth it!
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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.
We all get ideas from other artists, thats how the art world flourishes, but please note that all artwork, photos and text on this blog are mine. I am more than happy for you to take inspiration from my work, but please do not attempt to copy or reproduce it without crediting the original idea to me.
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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).