Repurposing Old Art

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Repurposing Art

I love it when I find new ways to use art supplies or to be able to alter something I made previously. This happened by accident the other day.

A few years ago I made a series of artist trading cards(ATC's) out of a cereal box. I used a couple of them but I really didn't like the color they were.  The shade of green is really odd.  I found this one when I was cleaning up my collage drawers.  I was going to toss it when I got an idea.  I pulled out my gelatos and added some color to the background.

Just a little bit of blue and yellow on top and now the color sings. This was so simple I was amazed.  Now this one is a different card because I hadn't stopped to take a before picture.

I then threw this collage element on top and I have the start of a wonderful ATC.  Now I want to find what I did with the other cards. They must be stuck somewhere in my studio.  I think it would be fun to add  different colors to the same background and see what you get.  So far I only found  one card but they are here somewhere.  I'll do another post on this when I find them.

Do you find ways to repurpose your art or your supplies?

A Simple ATC

I made this little ATC the other day. The background was made with ColorWash sprays and then stenciled using a doily. The collage elements are from a set from Zorana. It a set with an angels and birds. I  took the birds crown and cut it down a little to fit the girls head, used the angel wings for a dress and moved the words around a bit.  Its fun taking pieces of art and making them different, making them more your own. Sometimes when you don't have a lot of time for art, doing something small is really satisfying.

This past month I have been working on an Art Show for my church. We have quite a few fine artists in our congregation. I spent so much time working on the show that I really didn't have all that much time to do anything new for it. I just brought down a few of my handwoven scarves and a few older paintings. The opening reception was on Saturday.

Here I am in front of my little corner. I did get some nice comments on my work so that was nice. Around here if it not fine art you never get to see it. We had fine art, mixed media, weaving, pottery, and needlework. Everyone commented on how great it was to see things besides paintings. That was nice to hear.

Now I have time to get back to working on my class and then maybe some of my own work.