Friday Inspiration: Button Tree

Friday Inspiration: a picture of anything that makes me want to get creative.

I found this in my local Hobbycraft in a corridor on my out of the lift (with a pushchair). 

I love the multimedia mix and colours.

Friday Inspiration: Smaug Book Sculpture

Friday Inspiration: a picture of anything that makes me want to get creative.

Mind bogglingly amazing sculpture by Danish artist Victoria.

I. Can't. Even...

#tbt: Blackwork Streetscene

Throw back Thursday: taking a look at stuff I've made in the past.

I made this in 2012, inspired by the smallest picture in the world which I spotted in a book catalogue of all places. 

I pretty much made it up as I went along, drawing straight onto the canvas with a water-soluble pen. 

Mr Strawberry was all like, "aren't you going to finish it?" and I was like, I totally have. The little snippets of colour are entirely intentional.

It took me about 3 months and I loved doing it, which lets face it, is the whole point.

It hangs in our bedroom, just under last week's jellyfish painting.

#tbt: Jellyfish Multimedia Painting

Throw back Thursday: taking a look at stuff I've made in the past.

A year or so ago I redecorated our bedroom with an Art Deco inspired look, so I needed some wall art which reflected the moody, slightly glittery look I was going for. Around the same time I went to London with Bean for a mother and son weekend of adventure which included a trip to the aquarium where we saw some lovely jellyfish.



I also went to London  alone to see some friends, during which I went to a friend's art exhibition which featured lots of amazing artists, one who really struck me had some stunning multimedia paintings. All of these thoughts squished together and made this come out. 

It used to have some chalk bubbles on it too but they vanished when I varnished it. Also, annoyingly, I overdid the varnish and it left some dribbles where it had collected on the beads. I still love it though, and it has hung in our bedroom ever since.  

#tbt: Butterfly Wall Art

Throw back Thursday: taking a look at stuff I've made in the past.

 

 

I made this about a year ago.

Actually, I made it, took it apart and re-did it several times until I was happy with it. I'm super glad I didn't give up on it or leave it after the first attempt because it sucked.

It's made using pages from my old copy of Pride and Prejudice (which makes me love it even more), brown paint, some brown fabric from my stash, a wooden frame Mr Strawberry made for me, a staple gun from B&Q and a butterfly cutter from Hobbycraft.

I painted the pages using watered down paint, then cut out the butterflies when they were dry.

Then I painted the tree across the top of the fabric.

Once dry, I pinned the butterflies to the fabric and stitched them on using my sewing machine.

Next I stretched the whole thing across the frame and stapled it down at the back, starting in the middle of each side and working my way outwards.

Then I discovered the stitching had made a lot of the butterflies split in half, so I glued them back on and glued the others to make them a little stronger. A year later, they're still attached, which is amazing as it's been hung in the living room, sharing it's space with two raucous boys.