Showing posts with label recycled art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycled art. Show all posts

Saturday, April 30, 2011

black and pink round poodle commission case










Round d1960s vinyl textured case sent by the patron along with poodle patches. Here is the step one beginning layout thoughts.
painted the sides with pink

added peal top coat to bring out texture

Companion case given same paint


sponged top coat

glitter super fine fairy dust and varnish over pink paint

bedazzlement

hand applying the bling

added writing on larger case

black foot prints and trim off the edge of faux fur zebra print

pink added as well



thinking of using this dog print ???


they look nice together. the round is the commission

inside is lovely 1950s pink with great mirror.

textured case was sent my the patron to me to work on



I would like to bling up the poodle a bit

inside use zebra fabric with third poodle, with trim and other bedazzlement's

thinking of using these vintage 60s lovely plastic beads from one of my favorite necklaces that recently sadly broke along with the black cord
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Fun photo-self portrait of suitcase artist and her friend

The suitcase artist got her own bill board!


Yesterday while on facebook I uploaded a new , well it was an old pic of me because I was considering changing my profile pic. I choose one that was black and white of me while I was n Mexico, I always thought it had a vintage feel, like I was the typical 50s tourist, My friend and artist Victoria Pandora quickly but on my wall this art worked photo version of it. Then a few days later she created the image that you see on top, I have made it my desktop background. I have dreams that the realities created by Victoria Pandora are alternative and attainable .

Catherine Reinke Suitcase artist photo by Victoria Pandora



Here is am image that her husband made for her, she is elegant magical and saves the world each and every day . I love her . We have been friends for years, in fact we lived together as co-families while in Sedona Arizona during some very trying times for myself . It was fact that brought us together. I had signed up for a REIKI class, I wanted to get my mastership in one of the most notable alternative health centers in the USA, we were looking for affordable room and board and came across Victoria's room for rent. Our children , her two girls and mine , hit it off.
These are two other works she made for me, my husband and I and my first born daughter Cassy when she was 6


A year and half later we moved with our Winnebago from Wisconsin and parked in her driveway and lived there for about a year before finding our own place.  Victoria, then as now, is an artist, in fact it is she whom I first learned the fine art of decoupage from. I tried my hand at it while there, and found myself clumsy at best. She created beautiful breathtaking furniture, musical instruments and stained glass. Victoria s work can be found at her newly opened etsy store here



The Goddess Victoria Pandora
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Newest project vintage shell lamp

Little mermaid NIGHT LITE





Finishing up jewelry boxes

added paint , glitter, and thinking of adding these shoes, I like the idea, but I need to doll up the shoes first


finished, added a few gems, pearl around the base and pretty vintage button
I am thinking of adding a fork , remember how the little mermaid used a fork to comb her hair and how she loved to collect things from the mans world.

work in process and I will up date as I go around.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Newest Suitcase day at the circus FREAK SIDE SHOW

I love the circus and lament the side shows of the past, loving the canvas art and the side shows. 
Vintage clowns....on rare wood and leather 1940s vintage suitcase that has been altered into a Circus freak show traveling luggage bag. Images from the 1800s FREAK shows are distributed threw out , the fat man, sad clown , Siamese twins and others, pencil man and Dog Face Boy. I used a lot of sparkle and sequins with a splash of vintage clown faces .

Marylin is hidden within the images again on this one, she likes to go to the circus,
Here is Marlyn!
Marylin goes to the circus SUITCASE here
The inside is finished off on this one.suitcase here elaborate trim, a strip of zebra fabric all with the original lined fabric from the case.

that is a stain that is orginal to the interior of the case. Black stain embroidered fabric is on bottom.

size:
24 x 13 x 6 1/2





















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