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Walking through the kitchen with the camera, stopped for a quick snap with the art filter.
Olympus Pen-F
Olympus 12-50mm
Olympus Art Filter
Ruth Tabancay. 21" x 33" x 60". Used Teabags, Hand-sticted muslin, and embroidery.
This quilt, made from found, used, teabags, speaks to the user by evoking the notion of friendship, comfort, and warmth that is associated with drinking tea. Her work is an opposition to "high-tech" and calls on the sculptural forms of everyday life.
Found object still life at the Shotonfilm store in Lake City, Seattle, WA
Olympus Pen-F
Olympus 9-18mm
I saw this wonderful face with the pins, glitter glue and whatever in bmuses Etsy shop and knew I wanted to do something interesting with it. He sat around the studio for a couple of weeks while I was working on King Neptune's Favorite and then finally the Art Nouveau door escutcheon surfaced and he started letting me know who he was and what he needed. I have in mind that he is part of the awakening of Spring and our hearts and minds as we stretch, gaze into the sunlight and start to dig in the warm spring earth, to weed and see what delights might be coming in the way of flowers and fruits. He is made with the afore-mentioned Art Nouveau door escutcheon, patinated leaf shapes, found iron ring, watch part halo and of course the inspiration for this piece the wonderful polymer face cab from bmuses. He was intended to be a magnet and so the head is attached by the magnet only. If you feel this would be a problem in your household, just let me know and I will epoxy the daylights out of it and the head will stay put. All other connections are my usual rivets which will last one or more lifetimes. He measures 10" by 3 1/2" and is somewhat heavy. Welcome Spring and to the Lord of the Dark Earth. check my profile for availability
Shelton, my latest assemblage and lil' brudda of Shelby.
Read how Shelton came to be here: srolfe.com/?p=1376
"The Plastic Botanist" series ...
Discarded artificial flowers, ready for the garbage ... thought I would try to give them a new life ... on film at least.
Hasselblad + Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150mm f4.0 + Fuji Acros 100 @ 80 iso + Rodinal 1:100 @ 50 minute stand
Pendant - bangle half, draw pull surround, sewing machine part, camera parts, shaver parts, lamp parts, wire.
Read about how these hearts were made here: srolfe.com/2013/02/12/valentines-day-the-assemblage-way/
Read about how these hearts were made here: srolfe.com/2013/02/12/valentines-day-the-assemblage-way/
I chose an Australian gum tree pod as my found object. It is set with blind rivets and held in place by tension and some stitches that I pulled up in metal.
This guy looks lethal, but he's a little unsure of himself. He's a can lid, doll eyes, and oil can lid for a nose, springs, plastic wings, and a misc. piece of metal
This is actually larger than actual size. This is the smallest thing I've ever found, but it's really amusing.
New necklace utilizing hydraulic-press formed tin segments. These little cherubs came from a biscotti tin.
No polymer this week! Found objects, antique findings, old brass buttons, wirework and ocean jasper--love that stuff!
For more on my process, visit my blog: storiestheytell.blogspot.com
My grandmother used to have a sewing tin which was a recycled cookie tin. I remember I used to love peeking in and be fascinated by what I would find inside. Not only all sorts of sewing treasures, but other curious things like bits of paper, coins, keys, bits of candles, very short color pencils and photos of old. Today I was rummaging thru my shelves and saw my grandma’s tin. I never allowed it to be thrown away when she passed. I kept it as is. And it’s still exactly like the way she left it. This was what inspired “Treasured MEMORIES”.
“Treasured MEMORIES” is a rustic collection of nick nacks … a miniature book, an old key, different stones … some shiny, some not so, antique brass chains, fiber, coffee stained paper, bits of old lace and leather, all put together to form a chunky bracelet from yesteryears.
*the miniature book is handmade by me and measures 2cm x 3cm
*the papers in the miniature book are coffee stained
*the bracelet measures 7.5 inches in length
*the back is secured by a giant lobster clasp