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living large with Chihuly.

verte d'art wrote 1 week ago: Never before has a glass artist so inspired myself and my students. I have had the awesome opportuni … more →

Tags: 4th Grade, Sculpture, Glass Art, Dale Chihuly, recycled bottles, Installation Art

philosophy of change2 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 2 weeks ago: singingbird sea change statement I’ve googled but can’t find a way round this…what … more →

Tags: Art, assemblage, avoiding monopolies, broken, daoism, forget perfection, installation, permaculture, Politics

Trash Nest - Mini Painting1 comment

Caitlin wrote 2 weeks ago: Since painting Precarious Perchings, I was super excited about how I did the cut canvas nest  for th … more →

Tags: Painting Progress, Art, bird nest, Crochet, crochet net, cut canvas, Fine Art, Mixed media, Mixed media art

Avian Habitat - Precarious Perchings1 comment

Caitlin wrote 2 weeks ago: Precarious Perchings… sometimes birds really do make nests in the strangest of places and you … more →

Tags: Painting Progress, Precatious Perchings, acrylic painting, Painting, Mosaic, mosaic painting, Fine Art, cut canvas, Mixed media

see more slideshow

singingbirdartist wrote 2 weeks ago: Boom! I finished the handmade book SEE MORE and I even knocked up a couple of flyers for the SEE MOR … more →

Tags: altermodernism, Art, Beauty, contemporary conversations, Creative-Community, embellishment, Fibromyalgia, freeform machine embroidery, Handmade books

SEE MORE @ Nottingham Contemporary3 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 2 weeks ago: Soooooo…the Contemporary class curve balled me, and extended by a week, meaning I will have an … more →

Tags: looking with new eyes, contemporary conversations, Nottingham Contemporary, altermodernism, RELENTLESS OPTIMIST, Process, daoism, Art Journalling, quote albums

sea change3 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 3 weeks ago: I am very excited! Sea change has been accepted by Nottingham City Council for exhibition in a Green … more →

Tags: contemporary conversations, Creative-Community, daoism, disability politics, exhibition management, Fibromyalgia, freeform crochet, installation, looking with new eyes

see more at nottingham contemporary2 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 3 weeks ago: The title/theme for our end of course art share is SEE MORE. I have really broken through a lot of p … more →

Tags: looking with new eyes, assemblage, contemporary conversations, Nottingham Contemporary, altermodernism, brusho, Process, Art Journalling, quote albums

Upcycling Ideas: Art, Arman.

helenbrown36 wrote 1 month ago: Upcycling Ideas: Art, Arman. Surely purely aesthetic objects are the ones we can least  excuse, espe … more →

Tags: upcycling, reclaimed objects, upcyclist, Christian Boltanski, Miaudulation de fritance, Arman

sea change2 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: I am so tired! Keith came round and we had a photoshoot of gaia’s guardians, renamed to SEA CH … more →

Tags: looking with new eyes, altermodernism, permaculture, Process, Fibromyalgia, Beauty, Art, freeform crochet, Creative-Community

persistence and pacing

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: So today I have overdone it, I got on the wrong bus (attention! expensive when not paid) and walked … more →

Tags: assemblage, contemporary conversations, Process, Fibromyalgia, Art, freeform crochet, Creative-Community, installation, Inspiration

a rose by any other name?2 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: - would definitely smell as sweet…but would a rosegarden sound as attractive if it was called … more →

Tags: looking with new eyes, assemblage, altermodernism, Feminism, Process, Fibromyalgia, Beauty, Politics, Art

bubblewrap pressprinting tutorial1 comment

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: Tutorial is a tad grand for this technique, it’s so simple! There are always a couple of  thin … more →

Tags: Process, Art Journalling, Art, Tutorials, Machine Embroidery, embellishment, bubblewrap printing, bubblewrap printing tutorial, creating surface texture for machine embroidery

Upcycling your own art

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: Sorry, this is not a great photo, showing art in a cave is hard on my photography skills I’ve … more →

Tags: Art, Art Journalling, assemblage, Creative-Community, installation, looking with new eyes, Machine Embroidery, Process, Ready to release

loosening up2 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: Barbara Kingsolver: The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the … more →

Tags: looking with new eyes, assemblage, contemporary conversations, altermodernism, RELENTLESS OPTIMIST, broken, Process, daoism, Fibromyalgia

nottingham contemporary: definition for recognition3 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: We were working on the marketing side of being an artist at  last Friday’s class at Nottingham … more →

Tags: contemporary conversations, Nottingham Contemporary, Process, daoism, Art Journalling, Fibromyalgia, Art, disability politics, Creative-Community

Hand Project

Artist wrote 1 month ago: This is the first of it’s phases……..more phases to come……This will be … more →

Tags: 365 Art project, abstract, Artist Carolina I. Reyes, assemblage, Carolina I. Reyes, carolinaireyes, chicago artist, Chicago based artist, color therapy

counting pages3 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: It was a lively session at Nottingham Contemporary yesterday, and deserves a full post, so for now y … more →

Tags: Art, Art Journalling, brusho, Fibromyalgia, Handmade books, Inspiration, looking with new eyes, Possibilitarian, Process

book box: immersed in the making3 comments

singingbirdartist wrote 1 month ago: Now it’s safely arrived, I can show some more images of a book/box I made as a present for the … more →

Tags: RELENTLESS OPTIMIST, broken, Process, Art Journalling, quote albums, Fibromyalgia, Beauty, Politics, Art


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