"Pieces of You"
8 x 10 Altered Canvas & 5 x 7 Canvas Panel
Vintage wallpaper / background pattern
Part of poem, Most Precious Gifts, by T.L. Riley
I wanted to create an assemblage of sorts for this week's Mixed Media Monday prompt, Look What I Found. It was a great excuse to use some of the items I had been saving / collecting that were either from Kendra or inspired by her.
I had an 8 x 10 canvas that I used backwards and found that a 5 x 7 canvas panel fit perfectly in the center. I first created a collage on the canvas panel of vintage wallpaper, a picture of Kendra and her shadow when she was one, a fork she used when she was a baby, and some vintage items including an old lemonade top and a block with the initial K. I also added distressed Swarovski crystals and a metal strip from one of my old flip flops.
The "frame" was painted with several layers of crackle medium and watered-down acrylic and was topped with a broken pair of Kendra's glasses and a craft store bird. Other materials used were charcoal, water-soluble crayons, matte medium and E-600. It was finished with part of a poem by T.L. Riley. As a final step, I used a craft knife to rip holes into some of the exposed interior frame so that anything placed behind the piece would show through.
The "frame" was painted with several layers of crackle medium and watered-down acrylic and was topped with a broken pair of Kendra's glasses and a craft store bird. Other materials used were charcoal, water-soluble crayons, matte medium and E-600. It was finished with part of a poem by T.L. Riley. As a final step, I used a craft knife to rip holes into some of the exposed interior frame so that anything placed behind the piece would show through.
Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing all the wonderful talent and their pieces inspired from the theme. . . .
Kristin xo
16 comments:
Lovely piece. I love the little bird perched on the glasses.Lovely little poem. Thank-you for visiting my blog and your kind comment.
This is sooo sweet! : )
Kristin, I simply love the art you are doing - so beautiful, and meaningful and personal! This piece is no exception. Kendra is going to have a lot of beautiful pieces to treasure! Diane
oh my heavens...you are so creative Kristin...I love this dimensional piece...what a fab work!!! love all the bits and pieces you incorporated!!! wonderful work!!!
Oh, this piece is amazing and Kendra is a lucky girl to have such an incredible mommy! I know you are lucky too as she has really blessed your life...
Thanks for sharing your art and your stories--they are so heartwarming....
Big applause from me...
Hugs,
Cindy
Its gorgous!
I love this!
gorgeous piece, great post!
I love it!!!
Kristin, You make the most amazing pieces of art! Kendra is lucky to have such a talented mommy :)
xoxo
this is marvellous..what a great way to remember the little things in a chlds life
Really neat idea, so creative. I think your poetry tote turned out great, love the flower detail. I saw some of your papers on flickr, just lovely.
Heather
(by way of Trudy's)
Oh Kristin what a wonderful poem on your beautiful and very creativ piece.
Anni
thanks for the heads up on MMM this week..wow..I love it when they add mine-LOL.
Your piece is a real sweet treasure this week. I adore it so much and so will your girl someday. I keep tellin' ya she is truelly lucky to have such a wonderful mommy like you to make so many art pieces around her. She is your WORLD!! I can see and feel the love all the time. Hugs to you my friend on this great lovely piece. I'm glad I came by to see it today.
oh my, this is beautiful Kristin :)
I just love all the elements that you chose. The whimsical colour theme just shouts summertime!
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