Most of my art pieces start with a “muse”. The story of this muse is that I went to a vintage car show with my husband (actually I went to the car show so I could go to the car swap meet) and found the inside of a vintage steering wheel (the muse). Lucy took…
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11″ high – vent is 5″ wide Class with Debra Fritts started on a Monday. By Wednesday my latent artist talent and pent up emotions were flying high. Tuesday evening this dress had arms and the beginning of a neck and head. I woke up Wednesday morning and knew that the head and neck had…
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When we first got a Quizno’s sandwich shop in Marietta they put their salads in cool triangle shaped black plastic take out containers. How can you throw something like that away? At any rate… I couldn’t. The unit is made of foam core. Strips were taken out of the center of the back and the side…
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What was a quilt rack is now a deposit for memories (and holds a role of craft paper). My darling daughter gave me a yellow ceramic pitcher and glasses for Christmas and gave me permission to break them up for my mosaic – my jumping off point. The muscle man in the middle is the…
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I took an online sculpting class from Marilyn Radzat at thatcreativeplace.com. This is my version of a hoonie. He helps other Hoonies get their wings. Height: 4″ Polymer Clay: Premo Sculpy Paint: Acrylic Shell: From Fisher Island, Florida Body: Not jointed Feathers: Molted feathers from my parakeet Herm (Herm is a combination of Him and Her…
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I got an iPod Nano for Christmas and couldn’t possible throw such a cool box away. The Nano box was turned into this fairy book. The inside and out were covered with brown paper. Inside Left: Stamped acetate with a vintage picture behind it, moss, acetate butterfly and real postage stamp. Inside Right: a vintage picture was…
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As featured in 1000 Jewelry Inspirations: Beads, Baubles, Danglesand Chains by Sandra Salamony
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Happenstance: coincidence, chance, fluke Sylvia On The Beach (20″ tall) was a beautiful fluke. First – At least two years prior to making Sylvia I found a unique vase at a garage sale for $2. It was a hollowed out limb of some sort. It had a velvet bottom and contained dried stems with shells…
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This was a fun pattern. Not necessarily easy. The body parts are stuffed extremely hard. I’ve made several versions with interesting pattern combinations. Jack sits on his own. Original Pattern Designer: Julie McCullough (Cat Dancer) 26″ Tall Fabric: Lightweight corduroy Face: Painted with acrylics Eyes: Plastic eyes Hair: Feathers Beading: Random pattern of seed beads.…
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This began as a joke. We found a red, rusted and dirty 1959 Volkswagon engine cover at a garage sale for $5. We hung it on our dining room wall and taped big eyes on it. I liked it. I liked the big red piece of metal on my wall. However, it needed some loving…
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This pin was made as a Christmas gift for my friend Debbie: I found a fabulous set of Audubon cards at the flea market. Bird Head: Shrank the Audubon card to fit the size of the stamped wings and color copied it onto photo paper. Wings: Stamp for angel wings, colored with water color pencils…
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I LOVE car parts -so much potential. Consequences is made from Porsche parts. Base is a mount Raised Eyebrow is a window crank Glasses is a gasket Eye is a bolt Mustache is a worn out rubber belt Warning sign is a fasten seat belt sign The tag has a reduced copy of the part…
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This pin was made as a Christmas gift for my friend Becky. This card was promoting a museum exhibit in the town where Becky lived. There were a stack of the cards in the lobby of a hotel I was staying. Wings: Cut out from the color card. Face: Stamp Other: Watch parts, rhinestones, distress…
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. However, the only item I used from the packet was the album blank (black card stock). 6″ x 6″ closed All pages were covered by 2 patterns of decorative paper. The front and back covers have glued on cut outs of one of the patterns. The letters…
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. The theme was summer. Our packet included paper, stickers and ribbon. It would have made a nice scrapbook page but I needed to do something different. Fan: I cut fan blades out of chip board. Papers: Vintage pin up pictures were copied onto paper from the packet…
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