Showing posts with label recycled artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycled artist. 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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Thursday, March 31, 2011

NEWEST COMMISSION

NEWEST COMMISSION-bling!!


thinking of using this case ! it has the spring handle that is so nice for carrying heavier items,

nice inside that does not require any work !

nice design elements on the top

I thought before I began the larger suitcase and since I had the elements out on my work table that I would make a smaller train case , as I loved the idea presented to me by the buyer. She requested that a suitcase by made to carry her jewelry from the line she represents JewelKade and wanted a suitcase to carry her line in. She suggested a silver and black theme with crystals and a flue de lis . I went and purchased some new metallic silver and began to paint, it took three coats. I will be working on the larger case today !I spent $20.00 alone in bling, the holographic iridescence crystals taht I used on the top, On the sides I used clear, the flue de lis and other crystal bling ran another $20.00, however I have allot left over.




Here it is a giant crystal flue de lis
One half done, dry time was quite long


found a flue des lis , enlarged it and made a pattern
cut it out of this wonderful sheer glitter fabric


laying out the crystals



My daughter Miranda helps me out, I have to bribe her heavily however...

top is layered in muliple glitters, vintage heavy silver, iridescence  and super fine glitters. these glitters really sparkle under the light and this photo does not do it justice! I have not mastered photographic sparkle ! but they are really pretty, many colors reflect off the light



Nice matching luggage pair





I painted the base in my best black , Golden carbon black and added a fine glitter black. I purchased some bling and put them on the front . This is not a great picture of this case and I will take more of it today, I love it , it has a glamor and city chic quality







need to finish it off yet
painted the inside black
finished off with glitter, gems and embellishments