Christmas horses

Christmas horses, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Happy holiday to all my friends!!

A digital art work from a winter photo of horses

A poem should be

A poem should be, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is a collage I made using my spray painted papers for the back g round. I spray painted over metal object with silver paint on black paper. I also used one of my tree photos and a favorite poem.

I shut my eyes

I shut my eyes, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is a collage I made using my spray painted papers for the backgrounds I also used pressed flowers and found images

Om

Om, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is the 2nd in my digital zen tree experiment.I painted a tree on a small canvas and then scanned and worked on it with a Adobe art program...kinda fun!

Little House Big Sky

Little House Big Sky, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Painting/ collage from dream series on canvas

The Eye of the Tree

The eye of the Tree, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is from my series of Zen trees.I first made a painting of a tree, then used digital techniques to change it up

The dark tree

The dark tree, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Trying out some digital collage/art.

The Art of Seeing

The Art of Seeing, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This piece is created using a metal tin that I darkened in the fire, old wire, school scissors and some odd pieces that decided they belonged together. The holey piece is backed by a page from a math book so that the numbers show through the holes.
The halo of painted wire circles the piece and is used to hang the work. Inside the round tin is a spark plug with the word “seeing” on it. The base is an antique metal hinge part. This might be a good piece to hang near your creation station to inspire ideas!! The size, including the wire, is 5 inches by 13 inches.
By Laurie Dorrell

All that we see or seem Art Quilt

All that we see or seem Art Quilt, originally uploaded by moonwild.

All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream.

This is made with vintage scraps of handwork and fabric. Some of the pieces I dyed with rust. I quilted it to a hand dyed background. I added buttons and the cool tarnished old spoon on top.Printed the face and the quote onto fabric/ photo transfer.

Page from Dream book,Owl

Page from Dream book,Owl, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Art book made with metal cover and collaged , painted, watercolor pages.

Metamorphosis/ Kafka

Metamorphosis/ Kafka, originally uploaded by moonwild.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.


This assemblage was inspired by the works of Franz Kafka. I created the work on a antique book cover. I use various embellishments such as part of a old ruler, a tiny copper hand, old schoolroom scissors, a image of Kafka famed in a rusty found metal piece. A little sltoid tin with a cut window houses a hand-painted faux beetle represent Metamorphosis. A glass orb and a line from the above quote is on the bottom of the work.
I also used paint and inks to further embellish the work.

Moss garden

Take a look at my little moss garden!! I love mosses and lichens and am growing several mossy little gardens .The moss transplants really easily. I picked off lots of this moss off the house roof eves, where it shouldn't be!
Cold weather here today so I covered up my tender plants (and my tender self) last night!!
Lots of birds starting nests in the trees and the other night about 3 am I looked out the window and saw a mother skunk and three tiny babies in the back yard.
The bear once again knocked over the compost bin in the field....thats why I keep it so far from the house.My dog, Rowdy Jack, sniffed the crime area, furred up and scratched with his back feet and peed on a bush to let the bear know a manly dog was on duty!!
Good Boy!!

Quote of the day!
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
Kahlil Gibran

All the dreams

All the dreams, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Assemblage box made with old image, buttons and a spray painted back ground.This piece was featured in My Somerset Workshop article.

Agoraphobia Dream

Agoraphobia dream, originally uploaded by moonwild.

From my dream series.A collage/ painting made with torn papers, paints,and wax.

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Frida Kahlo image, feather wings, multi layers of yarns and fibers, shell and handmade pieces all bundled together.

Girl Who Turned Into a Tree

Girl Turned into a Tree, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The Girl Who Turned into a Tree

Spirit of the wood;
Take me–make me next of kin
To your leafy brood.

This is from my series of assemblage that are fairy tale inspired. I always loved fairy tales as a child and these are assemblages that I am giving my own stories.
The quote is one from Ethelwyn Wetherford’s wonderful poems.

She is an ethereal being. Her mysterious face is created with an altered image behind a thick lens embellished with mica pieces. Her skirt is copper mesh with a little moss on it. Her arms are copper tubes and doll arms. Her legs are a woody branch.

He Appears Again

He Arrived., originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is an assemblage created with found objects.Behind the domed glass lens is a little world with a tiny tree ( made from a cabbage root).The glass is edged with words clipped from a weird old book I salvaged. I added a little bird, tiny light bulbs and chains. Guess what the barbed orb that hangs from the bottom is...???

Relics Stolen from the Crow Nest

Relics Stolen from the Crow Nest, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Relics Stolen from the Crow Nest
If you are looking for shiny and new this "Ode to the Crow" necklace probably won’t suit you as all the objects and materials in this piece are found and upcycled/recycled and have natural patina of history and mystery!
The center piece is made from an unusual found object. It is a stiffened leathery holed object 3.5 inches long. I backed it with a metal brassy piece to create a window. Behind the tiny mica window is the word: crow.
Along with beads and baubles I used large vintage safety pins, old buttons, a tiny light bulb, shiny crystals on chains, and old tokens to create the sides. The top part of the side pieces are vintage black ribbons and added a brass fastener for a clasp on the top. The sides are each about 8 inches long. I can pull the piece over my head or it can be put on with the brass clasp

Moves some to Tears

Moves some to Tears, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Assemblage using William Blake's poem. Created on inside of a old iron.

I Wonder Sometimes

I Wonder Sometimes, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Collaged and carved head .
This is the side view.

I don't know why I swallowed that Fly

I don't know why I swallowed that Fly, originally uploaded by moonwild.

There Was a Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly
I don't know why
She swallowed that fly!


This assemblage art is from my series of Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme inspired relics.
This 13 inch long piece is built on a old blue door hinge. I used an image of an old woman in a little box, a metal bird, a round tin, a big faux fly.
I don't know why.... is embossed on the copper sign. I added twisted wire, and prickly hair to the old lady. Don't ask me why!

What is Gypsum? How Can This Medium Be Used in Mixed-Media?

What is Gypsum? How Can This Medium Be Used in Mixed-Media?

Girl turned into a Raven

Girl turned into a Raven, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The Girl was turned into a Raven

The dark
side of light
as I am.

This is from my new series of assemblage that are fairy tale inspired. I always loved fairy tales as a child and these are assemblages that I am giving my own stories.
The quote is one from Margaret Atwood wonderful poems.
This is the girl who was turned into a Raven. I used a little vintage image of a long ago girl, gave her Raven wings. She is created on a found metal piece attached to a antique metal hinge piece. I added a wire top embellished with old buttons. She is 7 inches long and 3.5 inches wide

The Girl in the Nest Hatches

Nest girl, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is created in small metal altoid box with a window I cut with my Dremmel.
It is framed with egg shell pieces.I speared through the tin with a tree branch added the nest with the girls legs.

Memories of Wyoming

Memories of Wyoming, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is a piece inspired by memories of growing up on the high prairies and mountains of Wyoming. This is not a delicate piece…it has heft and is made with metal, bones, and stone, and the weight of an artist’s memories.
I used a found object/ metal base and added interesting a stone wheel with the text “The land of clouds and regions of waters” from a William Blake poem.
I further embellished the stone with a bone ring, a tiny bulb with a secret message inside and wire beaded findings. The modern components fit strangely well with the stone and bone. The white bone piece is an old piece of jawbone that I found many years ago on the sagebrush flats in Wyoming. I added a white bird of hope. The piece has an old painted and rusted spring, a tiny buffalo charm, along with wire, more text from Blake and other items of interest. The size is 6 inches by 10 inches. It has wire a hanger on the back for display.
P.S.
Annie Prolux books are wonderful stories of Wyoming and western states!! By Laurie Dorrell

Uploaded by moonwild on 6 Apr 10, 3.26PM PDT.

The Art of Seeing

The Art of Seeing, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The Art of Seeing

This piece is created using a metal tin that I darkened in the fire, old wire, school scissors and some odd pieces that decided they belonged together. The holey piece is backed by a page from a math book so that the numbers show through the holes.

The halo of painted wire circles the piece and is used to hang the work. Inside the round tin is a spark plug with the word “seeing” on it. The base is an antique metal hinge part. This might be a good piece to hang near your creation station to inspire ideas!! The size, including the wire, is 5 inches by 13 inches.
By Laurie Dorrell

Spring Equinox

Spring Equinox, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Lengthening Days
As the days grow longer
The storms grow stronger.

This is an assemblage made with found objects. I used metal hinges, vintage textiles remnants, and an image of a long ago girl that I altered with paint and ink. The glass orb has the words “strong winds” behind it. It has a tiny lock and key and wire to further embellish it. The work hangs from the muslin fabric tie.
The body of the work is 8 inches long and with the hanging ribbon it is 14 inches long

Nothing is the same.

Nothing is the same., originally uploaded by moonwild.

Nothing is the same.
This is an assemblage created with an antique bisque doll fragment, a frame piece that I covered in a rock like texture. I used painted wire, old hinge, green orb, strips of muslin, odd key and other found objects to create the work. The size is 6 inches wide and 7 inches tall. It hangs from a muslin strip.

Georgia O'Keefe

Georgia O'Keefe, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Georgia O'Keefe
Georgia image, bleached bone branch matchbox fibers and yarns

Somerset Studio Workshop

Somerset Studio Workshop Autumn 2009 issue has my article on shadow spray paint technique art creating assemblage art and backgrounds using found objects.
Also if you get a chance read Rusty Things by Michael De meng. Great ideas for an assemblage or mixed media artist!

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Rustic Grunge Blog Layouts: Grunge Layout 104

Agoraphobia dream

Agoraphobia dream, originally uploaded by moonwild.

From my dream series.A collage/ painting made with torn papers, paints,and wax

Upon Which a Black Crow Perches

Upon Which a Black Crow Perches, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The background and the dream like frame is made with my spray paint technique featured in my Somerset Work Shop article I did this fall. The image of a black bird, rusty cogs and a tiny light bulb with a secret message inside embellish the work. The piece is mounted on a canvas board panel. The size is 8 inches by 10 inches. By Laurie Dorrell

And All the Dreams That Watched

All the dreams, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Assemblage box made with old image, buttons spraypainted back ground

Trust in dreams

Trust in dreams, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Trust in Dreams

. The background is made with my spray paint technique featured in my Somerset Work Shop article I did this fall. The work is created on cardstock and mounted on cigar box lid. The altered medical book image, a colorful bird, text from a Kahil Gibran poem and found objects such as a tiny key, rusty cog and a tiny light bulb with a secret message inside .. The size is 6.5 inches by 9 inches. It has a wire on the back for easy display, but could be used for a great journal cover!

He spoke the language of birds

He spoke the language of birds, originally uploaded by moonwild.

collage

25 Ways to Get Over Creativity Block

25 Ways to Get Over Creativity Block

Moves some to Tears

Moves some to Tears, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Assemblage using William Blake's poem. Created on inside of a old iron.

Dreamscape #2

Dreamscape #2, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Another in my dreamscape series. ...Dystopia dreams of the crumbling grid that some of my friends are having of late,
Torn papers, ink, paint
Laurie Dorrell

Dreamscape

Dreamscape, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Collage/ painting made with torn papers , paint, and inks.By laurie Dorrell

Counting Sheep Again

Counting Sheep Again, originally uploaded by moonwild.

flat collage with paint, stamped image and found altered images on canvas panel

The Mother Ship has Recently Capsized.

The Mother Ship has Recently Capsized., originally uploaded by moonwild.

I used an old steam pressure gauge from the steam age era. It has a broken glass face and wonderful coloring. I added vintage hinges to create the body and embellish with a Victorian spoon handle. I found the odd text in a 1920 magazine article about ships. Seemed fitting somehow…. another fictional relic.
I wonder about the pieces who once were important and maybe even vital to a long ago people who eventually abandoned them to a newer technology and the objects that ended upon the debris pile of history which now is our world..

Their Feet Shall Manifest

Their Feet Shall Manifest, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Their Feet Shall Manifest

This is an assemblage made with many pieces of found metal such as a old drawer pull, a pair rusted scissors, old key , a tiny copper foot and other vintage embellishments . I joined them all together to create an evocative fictional relic. It is 6 inches tall and 4 inches across. I used odd pieces of text from an old latin book to create the wording. The piece has wire on the back to easily display the work. It also has a poem on the back. I try to make the back of my pieces as interesting as the front

Voice

Voice , originally uploaded by moonwild.

She Hears a Voice
With
No Language
But a Dream

This is an assemblage made with many pieces of found metal such as a old door hinge, a rusted spring, cogs , a burnt tin, a really old token of a tiny ram / sheep on a piece of old velvet upholstery cloth. I joined them all together to create an evocative fictional relic. It is 7 inches tall and 4.5 inches across. I used a little round piece for a portal window and added the misty face behind a piece of mica. I used odd pieces of text from an old book to create the wording. The piece has a hole in the back to easily display the work. It also has a secret poem on the back. I try to make the back of my pieces as interesting as the front.

In the Valley of the Blind the One Eyed man is King

In the Valley of the Blind the One Eyed man is King, originally uploaded by moonwild.

collage with found ephemera

Significance of Numbers

Significance of Numbers, originally uploaded by moonwild.

of Numbers
And There Are Some Who Dream of the Significance of Numbers

This is from my new series of Fictional Relics. I used found metal pieces and old photos and odd pieces of found text such as the title to create these pieces.
This piece is built on a 8 inch metal round gear. I added numbers of various and letters types , rusty cogs, and other pieces to create the work. I love the photograph of the odd little child who loks to be dreaming of numbers! It has the feel of something that may have been salvaged from an old ship wreck.

Henri BergsonTime machine

Time machine, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is my second assemblage inspired by the Time and Freedom philosophy by Henri Bergson. I used tins, hinges and many pieces from dismantled clocks and little machines to create a kind of time machine.

Henri peers from a glass window. He has mica eyes and the window is embellished with words from his book. The bottom tin contains the clock mechanisms, wires a glass orb window, a tiny light bulb incased in a hand carved rock like formation on top is a red letter dice topped with a bottom laced with red string that wraps around the piece and ends in a fringe of springs and screws hanging from the bottom.

This piece has a lot of tiny detail. Check out the extra pictures to see some of them.

Time Machine / Free will

Time Machine / Free will, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is another of my assemblages in my Time and Machine series using quotes and
inspiration from Henri Bergson's book "Time and Free Will".
I used found metal parts, a glass lens, painted wire, old bingo piece and many
little odd machine parts, quotes and clipping from the book. I salvaged a
discarded copy that was much worn with a lot of notes, annotations, underlining
and handwriting by a previous owner. I like the idea of the former owner
engrossed in the work and adding his own ideas to the work.

Remain At your Table

Kafka, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Kafka
This assemblage was inspired by Franz Kafka. I used his image in a room created by a tin and a matchbox surrounded by shell pieces and a old map.
I mounted the tin sign with part of Kafka's quote onto a hinge. I added other metal pieces to the work and I also used paint and inks to further embellish the work.

Metamorphosis/ Kafka

Metamorphosis/ Kafka, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Metamorphosis/ Kafka
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.


This assemblage was inspired by the works of Franz Kafka. I created the work on a antique book cover. I use various embellishments such as part of a old ruler, a tiny copper hand, old schoolroom scissors, a image of Kafka famed in a rusty found metal piece. A little sltoid tin with a cut window houses a hand-painted faux beetle represent Metamorphosis. A glass orb and a line from the above quote is on the bottom of the work.
I also used paint and inks to further embellish the work.

Keats Who Fears To Follow?

Keats Who Fears To Follow?, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Who Fears To Follow
Where Airy Voices Lead?
Keats

This assemblage is from my new series of Literature inspired relics.
This piece is built on a 8 inch heavily patined old spoon that I found at an abandoned campsite. I used an image of Keats nested in a rusted round window with a mica strip to emphasize his eyes. I further embellished with one of my own photos applied under a glass orb. I added old twisted wire and a hanger on the back for easy display.

Uploaded by moonwild on 22 Feb 09, 3.06PM PST.

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Keats

This assemblage is from my new series of Literature inspired relics.
This piece is built on a 8 inch heavily patined old spoon that I found at an abandoned campsite. I used an image of Keats nested in a rusted round window with a mica strip to emphasize his eyes. I further embellished with one of my own photos applied under a glass orb. I added old twisted wire and a hanger on the back for easy display.

Uploaded by moonwild on 22 Feb 09, 3.06PM PST.