Monday, March 14, 2011

Treasures & Transformations


As promised, images from last weeks gallery show.

Besides some vintage tennis racket mirrors

the "surplus lamp"

and a comic book chair....
Here are the other pieces and their recycled components.

"January in Wisconsin"
-old picture
-moss
-glitter
-paint

"Tranquility"
-old painting
-sand
-batting
-paint


"Full Bloom"
-found picture
-thrift store silk flowers
-paint


"Maxine"
-found picture
-black glitter
-beads
-fake eyelashes
-silk flower
"the recital"
-old picture
-antique sheets of music
-red flocking powder
-paint

"the Deep"
-salvaged drawer
-found rubber shark
-Barbie parts
-costume jewelry
-gravel, shells, sand

"High Dive"
-salvaged kitchen drawer
-antique Irwin doll
-old calendar pages
-floral stems
-Fisher Price slide made into a diving board



"Spot in the City"
-salvaged drawer
-decorative plastic hydrant
-stuffed toy
-Chicago Tribune newspaper pages
-moss

"Fitting room confessional"
-found mirrored shelf
-vintage 'I Wish I Were' game pieces
-google eyes

It was a lot of work, but I loved the entire process. It was a whole new genre for me and I can definitely see me doing it again.

1 comments:

Funky Junk Antique Show said...

so talented green cricket girl!!!
congrats!
Hollie