The 100 Artists Show: The Art of Communication

Four PAC members are participating in the 100 Artists Show at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem, The Art of Communication. The members are Tory, Steph, Melissa, and Dayna.

Mary Lou's website offers a complete description about the show, but here is brief explanation:

During the month of February, the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery will be presenting “The Art of Communication”, the 10th annual 100 Artists show. Participating artists received a blank letter through the mail and were asked to write a thought, a story, or whatever they so choose and then send to their “partnered” artist. The artists had over three months to transform the writings into their work of art.









A pre opening dinner at a local French restaurant, Napoleon's, with all four participating PAC members: Dayna, Steph, Tory, and Melissa.


The opening reception was Wednesday evening.




Check out Mary Lou's website for photos of the over 100 pieces of art donated for the auction. You can place your bid in person or by calling the gallery.

Art Show and much more in The Dalles

If you are in the area or up for a small drive come see Beyond Iconography at The Dalles Art Center. The show will be up for the month of June .Opening reception Thursday June 2nd 5-7 pm.

I will be enjoying the company of two very talented artists in this show, Natalie Hassell icon maker and Jerry Fenter water colorist.
In addition to the show beyond Iconography you can round out your experience with two educational presentations on iconography. The first one June 4th 2:00 pm free with Robert Carsner and Rev. John Langfeldt present a general background of icons with several examples detailing iconographical principles.
Then on June 18th 2:00pm free- take your education of iconography further with an in depth lecture by Fr. Luke Hartung. He will discuss the role of icons as portals to the spiritual realm, how icons express the Eastern understanding of light, and icons as holistic healers of creation.

 I have some interesting new pieces with some assemblage parts I have never included before.

 If you are interested in learning how to make your own Santos I will be teaching a
class June 11th . Call the center to hold your spot 541-296-4759. 

 

I have more pictures on my blog . Thanks, Tory

“Iconography and Beyond”

In the past few weeks I have been working on two new Santos for a show I will be in at The Dalles Art Center. It will run June 1^st to the 30^th with the opening reception on June 2^nd 5 to 7 pm. I will be joined by Natalie Hassell with her Icons and Jerry Fentner’s watercolors. This is a fun show  to see, I hope many of you Portlanders will come up the gorge for “Iconography and Beyond”. I will remind you again in a few weeks (thanks).

There is more on Saturday June 11^th I will be teaching a class on how to make a traditional Santos, like the one in the gown. Follow this link to the classes page to learn more  if you would like to sign up. I have a no fail technique so you are all successful in this fun class.

 This is an assemblage Santos

 notice all the different parts.

thanks, Tory
More photos and information on my blog coppercrowstudio.blogspot.com by Tory Brokenshire

Easy Rivets- Tip to Try

Take your art to the next step…say no to glue…this is fun and easy to do.

 Choose the materials you wish to connect; this can be paper to paper, metal to metal, fabric to metal or any combination you can think up. As long as you can punch or drill a hole in it you can rivet it.  You will need: hammer, anvil, drill or hole punch, small nail (I use #17 wire brads) it must have a head on it and safety glasses.

Your first step is to put holes in your materials and line them up. Place the nail through the holes and place it nail head down on your anvil.

Put on your safety glasses! Clip the nail very close about 1/8” to the material.

Use your hammer to flair and smash the nail end. Start easy tap, tap, tapping and increase swings as the nail flairs. You will need to practice this, as with any technique practice will improve you project.

That’s it you now can make what is called a cold connection.

It really will take your work up a notch. People will say your work is riveting! If you like this post and “Tips to Try, please let me know with your comments, thanks for taking the time and reading our blog.

Tips to Try

I had a project that needed to look aged and didn’t want to take a lot time or materials to accomplish it. These methods can be used on almost anything from fabric to your favorite journal. I hope you find one you can apply to your art.

I cut the tags from an old book and stamped the words on it.

Next using wax from a red tea light I coated the paper. A bit of a mess.

I then burnt the edges to age it. They are now ready to punch a hole in.

The crowns are very inexpensive and were way to shinny. Easy fix was to use pliers to hold it over a flame. I like this look much better.

 The burlap was almost new I wanted it a little darker so  I soaked it in coffee and tea. The longer it sat in the coffee the darker it got.

I was impatient and pulled it to soon so I used some diluted paint as a light wash.

I would love to print on old paper but my printer just rips it up. So the next best thing to do is ruff it up with sand paper. I even sanded a hole to add authenticity. I also used Distress Ink and brushed it with a little water. Now I'm happy with it.

 I love building all the elements to a project but when you get to put it all together that's when the fun starts.

The label says "Our Lady of Abundant Inspiration" I hope this can inspire you to try to age a project of yours.

Tips to Try- a valentine paper cut

Learn to make a one of a kind Valentine paper-cut.
This project takes few supplies and can be completed in a very short time. You will need; a self healing mat, exacto knife,text weight paper, pencil, light to medium weight black paper and your back ground paper.

Finding and deciding on your image might be the hardest part of this project. Once I have an idea I do a rough sketch to see if it has balance and will translate well into the paper-cut. I then draw it again with all the details like where the breaks in the cuts will be. Paperclip or tape it to your black paper.

Now the fun begins, take your time and make your cuts with a new blade.

When you are finished cutting remove the top white paper to reveal your finished piece.

Mount your finished piece on contrasting paper. You can make it into a card or a wall hanging.

 I have had some paper cut posts on my personal blog if you would like to see them follow this link. #1link - #2 link - #3 link .

Have a Happy Valentines-

A Caution

Brazil Nut Art

This is what happens when an artist is in full art mode from our resent show and attempts to stop abruptly and start cooking and cleaning too fast. If you would like to see more Brazil nut art follow the link back to my blog. Stay dry, have a great week and look for art everywhere.

Characters

A few characters are coming to the show. These three have personality plus, I know I spent Thanksgiving with them. The two that are in blue are in a kazoo and bell band from Austria and the funny Frenchman wants to paint everything. I’m afraid I had to put them in a box with others to maintain order.

 This red head is a spicy little number and keep the bell ringer going all night.

Art didn’t say much because he was intimidated by the Frenchman.

I can't wait for us all to go to the show.