Saying good-bye to Mosaic Classes
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by Helen
3M ago
I’ve decided, this year, to say good-bye to giving Mosaic classes. It’s been a hard decision, and I must admit I dithered over it for a while. First, it was because of the Pandemic, since my classes were in a very small home studio. But, then, I also started to realize that, although I’ve thoroughly enjoyed teaching mosaics to so many students since 2002, I was moving on myself, to other art forms, that I wanted to explore like collage and also painting, that I really wanted to get back to. And to that end, I’ve been having a great time exploring collage, gel printing and have also accumulated ..read more
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Getting Ready for the Holiday
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by Helen
1y ago
Thought I’d do a little photo essay today about getting ready for today. I’m leading with a fave photo of our wreath, with the medallion on the stained glass window just peaking up over the greenery. As I mentioned in the previous post I’m into Thriftmas and finding all I need at the Thrift Stores. This year I found some battery operated lights, just perfect for our door wreath. So next up are a few photos of the wreath in day time and night time, with its twinkling new lights, finishing with a moody close up. Part of getting ready, for me, is baking. I love to create goodies to give away ..read more
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Happy Holidays!
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by Helen
1y ago
The holidays are almost upon us and I discovered, on the news, that there is a whole new trend, “Thriftmas”. Which means that more and more people are starting to realize that you can do all your Holiday shopping at the thrift store. I must say, we’ve been way ahead of that trend for many years. And I like it! I hope even more people get into the the Thriftmas spirit. It’s way cheaper, you find all sorts of great decorations, and even lots of gift ideas. I remember posting about this back in 2011 in Helen’s 10 Recycled Earth Friendly Ways to avoid the Mall. This year has been another Thrifty ..read more
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Still here….
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by Helen
2y ago
I think I’ve been in the creative doldrums lately, or maybe I should define it as a state of procrastination instead. Either way, there is sense of listlessness and also a sense that there is too much to do, so, overwhelmed, you put off and keep putting off. I could blame it on the pandemic, I suppose. We are both a couple of high risk people and have been staying home A LOT. It does have an effect. But at the same time, I can’t say we haven’t been busy, since our attention has been turned to other boring things that just have to be done. We’ve had to have our greenhouse demolished, which is ..read more
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A little Christmas Greeting
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by Helen
2y ago
Haven’t done much posting lately, but I have been busy now and then, in my studio. A few months ago I treated myself to a gelli plate, as a new way to create textures and colours for my collages. Many of those are still a work in progress and I’m hoping to post some of that soon. But, this little card was made with papers that I’d created by superimposing one design over another. It occurred to me that the colours were sort of “seasonal” and started just cutting up and arranging elements until I was fairly happy with them. So here it is, a little abstract image to express our wishes to you fo ..read more
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New Collages in our FoundMadeArt shop
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by Helen
3y ago
I’ve slowly been adding some of my recent paper collages into our shop FoundMadeArt on Etsy. So I thought why not feature my little gallery in our shop. Each is a small abstract on paper, each very colourful and also quite affordable with free shipping to boot! It’s kind of fun for me to see them all displayed in one place. And there’s more to come. click the pic to go to our shop on Etsy. Related posts: How Our Family is Doing a Remote COVID Christmas Five New Abstract Paper Collages My Latest Set of Small Abstract Paper Collages ..read more
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How Our Family is Doing a Remote COVID Christmas
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by Helen
3y ago
We live on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and like everyone else we’ve been dealing with the Pandemic. We’ve stayed home, ordered our groceries online, been super careful going out to shop, or to the library, making sure we use a mask, sanitize our hands a LOT. And it’s been OK. Really. We’ve managed and more importantly, we’re still healthy. We’re so thankful for all the health care workers, all the people who are still working to keep us in food and everything we need. We’re especially happy that our provincial government has taken the Pandemic seriously and taken care of us. Lu ..read more
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Five New Abstract Paper Collages
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by Helen
3y ago
As I work on new collages, I like to experiment a bit, with colours, composition and even the kind of glue. So far, all the collages have been on paper and adhered with Gel Medium. I also enjoy finding other collage artists on youtube and began to do a bit of research into what they were using for glue. One artist that was really interesting and doing fantastic work is 104 years of age! In the video she was in her 90’s,going strong and actually working on the floor of her attic studio. Beautiful work! You must look her up if you haven’t seen her work yet…Eunice Parsons. Very inspiring! As I wa ..read more
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My Latest Set of Small Abstract Paper Collages
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by Helen
3y ago
The beauty of being an artist is that I’m rarely bored. There’s always something to try, something to research, something to mess around with. It can make having to stay home in a pandemic and perhaps suffering from what I like to call “the-four-wall-bouncies” quite a bit easier. I can divert my attention and get into a meditative space in my studio. Making the paper collages has been a great diversion and an excuse to try out ideas, and see where they lead. This next set is a little odd. I’ve been finding that each of these sets is sort of like a little series but this time 5 of the 6 collage ..read more
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Another Six Little Abstract Paper Collages
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by Helen
3y ago
Today I’m posting another set of six small abstract collages that I’ve been creating lately. I’m quite enjoying working on these, finally finding a use for all those scraps of tissue and painted paper. Some of these have as an element, scraps from photographs of the seed pods of a wild sweet pea that comes up in our garden every year. I’d taken the photos into Photoshop and upped the contrast and created some interesting lines and textures. Now was my chance to use them. Others have scraps of sewing pattern tissue, just for the lines and colour. Small abstract collage, mixed media with tissue ..read more
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