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These five buffalos (or buggalos as some people might see them) will be part of my latest trickster piece "Coyote Frees the Buffalo"
Blogged for Make It Mondays - Found Objects
Finally started wiring everything into place! This was the shadow box with spinning center that I had started in Michael DeMeng's Morpheus Box workshop at Raevn's Nest Art Retreat last October.
Crafting 365, Day 84
some traditions never die. i've been doing these portraits w/ my 1st graders for about 13 years now. and every year i love them even more.
incase you don't know, the "100th day of school" is a big deal in most elementary schools. the kids celebrate and do lots of counting activities.
in art, we always do portraits. the kids imagine how they think they will look when they are 100. we embellish w/ gaudy jewely, flowers, wrinkles, grey hair and more.
we also attach a short story to them about what they'll do, where they will go, etc.
they are hilarious!! :) enjoy (and happy 102nd day of school! wooo!).
This steampunk necklace combines some unusual elements to create a steamy mood of mystery. It started with a wristwatch back plate to which I first added resin and watch parts before securely riveting it to an altered domino tile by fellow Etsy artist ingeniouslycreative. I especially wanted the eye to peer out of the back plate. There are 2 dangles for this one. The key, a familiar steampunk item has been wire-wrapped with a Swarovski rondelle and attached to the domino and the little crescent moon and star dangles gracefully from the watch piece. This pendant is on a 16" copper tone chain with a safety clasp. I am a trained, if somewhat steamy, silversmith and have built this piece to last.
Participating in a small local art show with these three. You can go here to see close-ups before they were framed.
Odds and ends from defunct rosaries with quartz crystals dipped in red jewelers' resin. Somewhat crepuscular.
Oh World Egg… Hear Me
This is an assemblage I created from great old industrial stop/ start switch box with old wire curling from the top. I painted the cloth covered wire with red, black and white paint. I added weird rusted wires and coils to the work and a little doll hand reaches out of the top. I have added strange text and images from a crumbling remnant of a book that I found on the street. The side has prickly iron thorny pieces I found in a old burnt house. The work stands strongly on its heavy metal coils
Memories of life in South Africa for someone living abroad.
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Found Objects Project.
The original study was a bit naked and without context. This finished version rounds out the image.
My grandma used the same fork to beat eggs/cakes etc over about 50 years - hence the worn shape.
Made in workshop with Walter Nottingham.
Photocopies (of grandma's cookbook, shopping list, photos) teabags
Camera: Konica Hexar AF
Lens: 35mm f/2 Hexar Lens (fixed)
Film: Mitsubishi MX-III 200 color film (expired C41 film)
Developer: Lab processed
Scanned on an Epson 4870, then contrast-enhanced using Photoshop.
A recent NE Minneapolis photo walk between the Mississippi and N 2nd Street, near N 33rd Avenue.
As an art photograph, this image works through contrast, scale, and visual vocabulary rather than through color alone.
Composition
The large razor clam shell establishes a strong horizontal axis across the frame. Its elongated shape acts almost like a landscape or horizon line. Below it, the two much smaller spiral shells create a secondary focal area that anchors the composition.
The arrangement forms a loose triangle:
* Razor clam shell as the dominant mass.
* Dark patterned shell as the primary visual weight.
* Small spiral shell as a balancing counterpoint.
This triangular structure gives stability while avoiding excessive symmetry.
Visual Relationships
The photograph juxtaposes three fundamentally different geometries:
* Linear form — the razor clam shell.
* Curved, asymmetrical form — the margin shell.
* Perfect spiral — the top shell.
The viewer’s eye moves naturally from the long horizontal shell to the dramatic dark shell and finally to the small spiral.
Color and Tonality
The palette is restrained:
* Cream and pale pinks in the razor shell.
* Rich black, brown, and white in the margin shell.
* Warm reddish-browns in the spiral shell.
Because the background is nearly white, the shells appear almost suspended in space. The dark margin shell becomes the visual center because it possesses the highest contrast.
Texture
The image presents three distinct surface qualities:
* Weathered matte texture of the razor shell.
* Highly polished, reflective surface of the margin shell.
* Fine sculptural spiral texture of the top shell.
These differing textures contribute as much visual interest as the shapes themselves.
Conceptual Reading
The image can be viewed as a study of different solutions to the same biological problem—how mollusks build protective homes.
The shells represent three design strategies:
* Length.
* Curvature.
* Spiral growth.
Seen this way, the photograph becomes less about collecting shells and more about natural form and evolution expressed through geometry.
What Stands Out Most
The strongest artistic element is the relationship between the large pale razor shell and the dark margin shell. The razor shell is quiet and understated; the margin shell is ornate and visually assertive. That tension creates the image’s primary energy.
The small spiral shell serves as a visual “period at the end of the sentence”—a compact geometric form that resolves the composition.