Oh World Egg Hear Me

Oh World Egg Hear Me, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Oh World Egg… Hear Me
This is an assemblage I created from great old industrial stop/ start switch box with old wire curling from the top. I painted the cloth covered wire with red, black and white paint. I added weird rusted wires and coils to the work and a little doll hand reaches out of the top. I have added strange text and images from a crumbling remnant of a book that I found on the street. The side has prickly iron thorny pieces I found in a old burnt house. The work stands strongly on its heavy metal coils

Darkness Peering

Darkness peering, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Darkness Peering
This is an assemblage/ found object necklace made from antique velvet fabrics, silver chain, rosary beads, a tiny key and other interesting findings. An image of Edgar Allan Poe with the text quote “Darkness Peering” is covered with silver edged mica.
I crocheted the soft chain from a burgundy silk ribbon. .

She Preferred the Company of Ravens

She Preferred the Company of Ravens, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is an assemblage/ found object necklace made from antique velvet tapestry fabric, rosary beads, buttons, strings, beads and leaf findings. An image from one of my collages, of a girl with a raven on her head, is covered with mica and sewn on to the work. This piece was all hand stitched.
The sewn piece is a 3 by 3 ½ square. It is 14 inches long as it hangs from the rosary beads. The piece pulls over the head.

Window Tree

Window Tree, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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The Window Tree
This is an assemblage/ found object necklace made from antique velvet fabrics, brass chain, strings, and bird and findings. An image from one of my photographs of a lonesome winter tree is covered with little house made of mica and sewn on to the work. This piece was all hand stitched.
. To wear the necklace I crocheted a chain from soft variegated ribbon. The piece can be tied on with the ribbon to whatever length you like. The focal piece is a 3 square. The necklace is 18 inches long as it hangs from the ribbon.

The Bird Tried to Wake Him

The Bird Tried to Wake Him , originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is an assemblage mounted on a 7 inch rusted and aged metal cog. I uses plaster molded doll and a little bird and a chippy painted frame the main focal piece. A jewelry piece hangs from the bottom of the frame. I backed the doll piece with a cool holey round piece of metal. I backed that with a page from a vintage physics book so that the numbers show through I used more text from the book around the metal piece.

I Wonder Sometimes

I Wonder Sometimes, originally uploaded by moonwild.

collaged head!

A flash that revealed the invisible world…Rilke

A flash that revealed the invisible world…Rilke, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is from my new series of assemblages/ icons created with antique decorative metal door plates. I made a Frozen Charlotte like doll with a Plaster of Paris mold. I used great antique jewelry pieces and gold gilt paint. I used a found metal fashioned piece across the back of the work. I added the above quote by Rilke and put a tiny piece of map peeking through the key hole. The figure has tiny insect wings. The door piece is 7 inches long and 2.5 inches wide.

An Immense World of Delight

An Immense World of Delight, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is an assemblage I created from great found metal piece with a center hole just right for a window. I backed the window with a tree image framed with pieces of broken glass. I added a hinge hanger to the back for easy display. I use a real antique Frozen Charlotte German bisque doll, a piece of glimmering seashell, a tiny bottle with a secret message. Little birds, that had escaped from a wedding cake, were wire wrapped to fly around the work I wrapped the base with gauze and added a quote by Keats The work is 5 wide by 10 inch long.

We inhabit the world of dreams and mountains.

We inhabit the world of dreams and mountains., originally uploaded by moonwild.

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A fabric assemblage made with some of my hand dyed and stamped fabrics and mixed with other blues.

Tansy Leaf Print

Tansy leaves Print, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Supplies were:
A 12 by 12 piece of Plexiglas (you could use any size or use regular glass instead).
A rubber type brayer,
Acrylic paints: I like the thinner craft paints like Folk Art.
Leaves I used rhubarb leaves and tansy, but others just work as well!
Squares of cotton sheeting or muslin. I used 12 by 12 inches
Cardboard to cover your surfaces

These are prints I created with tansy leaves. I painted acrylic paints on to a Plexiglas square and laid the leaf on to the painted surface. For one print I left the leaf on the painted Plexiglas, rolled paint over the leaf and put the cotton sheeting square over the whole thing and rolled over it with a rubber roller. Then carefully I took leaf off of the Plexiglas and laid it on a square of cotton sheet and rolled over it with the brayer. For a third print I laid sheeting over the Plexiglas that had the removed leaf for a “ghost” print. I liked all the prints!
Tips: The acrylic dries fast so have your cotton squares ready to go if you want multiple prints!.
Use up some scraps cotton to clean up your paints and you can use them in art quilts. You can flatten the leaf a little with the brayer before you use it to get more vein detail. Try stripes of colors on the glass or use just one color to get different effects.

Big Rhubarb Leaf Print

Big Rhubarb Leaf Print, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Supplies were:
A 12 by 12 piece of Plexiglas (you could use any size or use regular glass instead).
A rubber type brayer,
Acrylic paints: I like the thinner craft paints like Folk Art.
Leaves: I used rhubarb leaves and tansy, but others just work as well!
Squares of cotton sheeting or muslin. I used 12 by 12 inches
Cardboard to cover your surfaces

These are prints I created with rhubarb leaves or tansy leaves. I loaded some more of these on flickr if you look at the photostream. I painted acrylic paints on to a Plexiglas square and laid the leaf on to the painted surface. For one print I left the leaf on the painted Plexiglas, rolled paint over the leaf and put the cotton sheeting square over the whole thing and rolled over it with a rubber roller. Then carefully I took leaf off of the Plexiglas and laid it on a square of cotton sheet and rolled over it with the brayer. For a third print I laid sheeting over the Plexiglas that had the removed leaf for a “ghost” print. I liked all the prints!
Tips: The acrylic dries fast so have your cotton squares ready to go if you want multiple prints!.
Use up some scraps cotton to clean up your paints and you can use them in art quilts. You can flatten the leaf a little with the brayer before you use it to get more vein detail. Try stripes of colors on the glass or use just one color to get different effects.

Commit the World to Memory

Commit the World to Memory, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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I printed the fabric with acrylic paints and added the birds with iron on transfers.I beaded the black bias tape on the bottom.I think i will add this piece to a hanging or maybe a journal cover,

We Danced

We Danced, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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We Danced (more close ups on photostream)
A girlie Purse.This is made using a vintage coin purse that i painted gold. I added linked pearl chains for the
handles.I made the dollhead from a mold and handpainted it. The body is made from Fix It 2 part epoxy. I added a inset of glass with the text "We Danced
and tiny wings on the back .For the legs... some recycled necklace parts and tiny high heel shoe charms!

We Danced

We Danced, originally uploaded by moonwild.

SONG OF SOLITUDE

SONG OF SOLITUDE, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Nest necklace

Nest necklace , originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is a necklace made from vintage velvet, threads, blue beads and brass leaf jewelry findings.It is attached it to a brass chain that is continued with a silk ribbon to tie it on. I displayed it on a collage card I made from a Piddix image and old paper ephemera

Prepare for a Rainy Day

Prepare for a Rainy Day, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is an assemblage made with a antique photograph mount frame,old buttons, postcard, a piece from a typing assignment from long ago.I use Tim Holtz crackle paint to stencil on the frame and added the birds. For more embellishment I wrapped the work in vintage string and a piece of bias tape.

Finite eyes

Finite eyes, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is a mixed media fabric and found object assemblage mounted on black canvas. I use an Emily Dickinson quote that i printed on fabric, old pieces of textiles, a little old school picture , buttons, pins, pearls, beads and other good stuff!! Lots of sewing!! Check the photosteam pics for close ups.

Blue Egg and Nest

Blue Egg and Nest, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This necklace is created with vintage beads, copper wire, old safety pens, buttons and ribbon ties

The Beauty of Daybreak

The Beauty of Daybreak, originally uploaded by moonwild.

A necklace made from vintage velvet, beads, crochet ribbons, glass orb.

Sleeping on a featherbed

Sleeping on a featherbed, originally uploaded by moonwild.

strange dreams!

The Pattern Grows More Intricate

The Pattern Grows More Intricate, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The Pattern Grows More Intricate
And
Being Swept Along
Is
No Longer Enough.
This is from my series of assemblage signs.
This is an assemblage created with found objects such as round metal pieces, rusty cogs, a thick glass orb backed by a photograph of a lone man, odd metal pieces and a wooden sign that I painted with the text from a Rilke poem. It is 5.5 wide inches across the sign. This piece is ready to hang.
I was inspired for these sign assemblages by memories of exploring ghost towns across the West when I was a child. I remember signs for abandoned businesses swinging and creaking in the wind and thinking how once these had been important to the owners and the town and they were now abandoned to time and its ravages. I used hinges on the pieces to give the works the possibility of movement. Swinging in the wind.

Coffee with Kafka?

Coffee with Kafka? , originally uploaded by moonwild.

Coffee with Kafka?
One morning, after agitated dreams,Gregor Samsa woke up to find he had been transformed into a monstrous insect.....Created on acrylic painted canvas, collaged with paper that I
tinted with ink. I co-joined a Kafka with a large beetle image, and embellished it with real buttons

red sun

red sun, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Doddle of the day. 8 by ten on journal paper. I used charcoal pencil, Sharpie pens and acrylic paints. I might like to a do a big painting of this!

Song of the Yellow Bird

Song of the Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by moonwild.

doodle of the day......acrylic paints and Sharpie pens

Branching out

Branching out, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Inspired by the Sketchbook Challenge for April. 8 by 10 collage, pens, and acrylic paint on journal page. Some map pieces and my photos of a tree is used in the work

Frail vessel

Frail vessel, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Here is a another of my wabi-sabi raft bundles. Red willow, mullen leaf, handmade papers, button and recycled sari yarn.I use text from an salvaged book I found on the street.
Wabi is rustic simplicity, freshness or quietness,understated elegance.
Sabi is beauty or serenity that comes with age, when the life of the object and its impermanence are evidenced in its patina and wear.
a fragmentary glimpse: the branch representing the entire tree.

All the Lonely People

All the Lonely People, originally uploaded by moonwild.

A painting on canvas.I used lots of layering with acrylics, stamps, and collage. Little apartment windows with people like figures are in the center

Ode to a Bee.

Ode to a Bee., originally uploaded by moonwild.

Ode to a Bee.
My poems are not poems,
Pure fragrance perfumes the winds,
Hardly a soul notices,
The flower opens.
This is an assemblage I created with a sectioned cardboard box. I added pieces of nature such as pods, dried flower, tiny cones rosehips, etc, and then poured in melted beeswax. I added the snippets of words to form a poem the bee might be saying as he works.
Laurie Dorrell

Little Poetry

Little Poetry, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The longer shot of " Little Poetry"

Little Poetry

Little Poetry, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is a necklace I created from found objects. I crocheted vintage pink silk ribbon and sewed on old buttons, pieces of jewelry, and beads. I added the tiny antique bisque doll. I added the text “little poetry” to the doll and gave her a thread skirt .Very girlie!!

Raft bundles

Raft bundles, originally uploaded by moonwild.

These are some little raft bundles I made with red willow, leaves and threads.
I added little snippets of text. They are small, about 3 inches long I think I can use then on journal covers, art quilts, and add them to assemblage pieces. I may be thinking of the tsunami and all the people bundling up their possessions and the little fragments of their life. I find my thoughts are often first revealed in my art work.
Do you find your art is affected by what is happening in your environment?
I know that when it is winter my palette is pale as the snowy landscape. About March, much like a plant, I begin to feel the urge of spring and my palette begins to brighten. The first green pushing up through the earth remind me…Oh yes, there is color! I see the red of the robin’s breast and a flash of bluebird, and their colors begin to appear in my palette. Spring is here.

Emily Dickinson's Apron

Emily Dickinson's Apron, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is created on hand stamped canvas. I sewed on lots of vintage scraps and Emily's image on a fabric tranfer.
In her "apron" pockets I put little packets of real flower seeds, feathers, a little ruler. On the side are three little bottles with clips of poems and a little spoon. Buttons, a little thread nest with a blue bead, a tiny key, and other items for embellishment. I think these are things Emily might of liked!

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.

Walk in beauty

Walk in beauty, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Walk in beauty
This is a assemblage I created with canvas that I over-stamped. I added a photo transfer of my collage and hung it on an aspen bough with netting,

The 3rd Day of Rain

The 3rd Day of Rain, originally uploaded by moonwild.

The 3rd Day of Rain
“The 3rd Day of Rain.”
This is a new mixed media painting with acrylics, inks, paper collage elements and some cloth fragments. I used some Tim Holt ranger crackle paints on edges for more texture. I mixed inks with gloss medium to create the rain and let it run down the painting.

Make your home a nest.

Make your home a nest., originally uploaded by moonwild.

Make your home a nest.
Check out my bird nest! I created it with free form sewing using bits of this and that. (Always save those wonderful little scraps of ribbons ,tulle, lace, ravels etc!) I keep a sack by my sewing machine and put all my scraps in it to re-purpose in to a fun piece!)
I used a piece of muslin underneath and machine sewed the pieces randomly in a
circular pattern.
I then switched to hand sewing and added a fabric transfer bird and sewed some more
strings, threads, and fibers around her. I further embellished the nest with
beads, buttons, and little nature items such as twigs and mosses.
I think I will put her on an art quilt piece soon as I find all the right things
to go with her!
Laurie Dorrell

Sing the song of Solitude

Sing the song of Solitude, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is an assemblage/mixed media art quilt made from various materials.I mounted it on rust dyed canvas.

Laurie Dorrell

“In the Face of This Truth” by Robert Jensen — YES! Magazine

“In the Face of This Truth” by Robert Jensen — YES! Magazine

Trees...Opposites

Trees...Opposites, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is an experiment. I stamped and painted a page with acrylics and then scanned it and reversed colors to get the opposite effect. A good way to try out different color effects for bigger paintings!
8 by 10 on canvas paper.
Laurie Dorrell

Journal cover

Journal cover, originally uploaded by moonwild.

I decided to have a "play day" and did some free form sewing using bits of this and that.I ended up with a journal cover that I like.Very loosey goosey!

Cranky Angel Sketchbook Challenge

Cranky Angel Sketchbook Challenge, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Hmmm...a bit cranky this morning...I see her halo has slipped! Hate when that happens.
Collage and painting with acrylic and pens on 8 by 10 sketchpad paper

Penscore “block” prints for Sketchbook challenge.

Penscore “block” prints for Sketchbook challenge., originally uploaded by moonwild.

Another batch of penscore prints using doll arms and buddha face for impressions!

Penscore “block” prints for Sketchbook Challenge

Penscore “block” prints for Sketchbook Challenge, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Have any of you ever use the penscore moldable foam blocks to make prints? I had fun this afternoon printing up some collage papers for my journals and artwork .You heat the blocks with a heat gun and then press them onto found objects to make a big stamp. I used a Buddha statue face, keys, doll arms, a flat wooden bird form. If you don’t like the stamp you can heat it again and the image pops out to be reused again. Fun! .I used acrylic paints and over stamped the images to get a different look. Also used old paint brushes when applying the paint to get a cool scratchy organic look.

The winter moon Sketchbook Challenge

The winter moon Sketchbook Challenge, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is a painting/sketch I did on canvas paper using paints, inks, and oil pastels and then scanned it and reversed colors on photoshop.This is a cool way to check out different color combos and get new ideas for paintings and art work.Try out little sketches this way and see what you think!

Birds of Peace ,The Sketchbook Challenge

Birds of Peace ,The Sketchbook Challenge, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Another experiment with stamps, stencils.... Over stamping and stenciling with handmade stencils/stamps with acrylic paints. On canvas paper 8 by 10.
Laurie Dorrell

May the Singing Birds Prevail

May the Singing Birds Prevail, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Found vintage papers, pressed flower, paints and ink collage on 8 by 10 inch journal page for Sketchbook Challenge

The Forest Dream

The Forest Dream, originally uploaded by moonwild.

made with acrylic paint, colored tissue papers, self portrait , inks...size 8 by 10

The Sketchbook Challenge

The Sketchbook Challenge, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is an experiment for a possible magazine article using acrylic underpainting, hand carved stamps and overstamping with the stamps to get a shadow effect

She Learned the Language of Birds

She Learned the Language of Birds, originally uploaded by moonwild.

an oldie...collagehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/moonwild/4016881539/

Angel of the Falling Blackbirds

Angel of the Falling Blackbirds, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Ode to the poor fallen blackbirds! The Sketchbook challenge

The Angel of January

The Angel of January, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Sketchbook Challenge day 2
acrylics, collage,ink pens