Fiddlette
06-12-2007, 01:29 AM
I loved the March/April article in Somerset Studio Magazine by Jennifer Black with the same title of this challenge "The inner lives of women" so I thought I would use it as inspiration for this week's altered/collage challenge!
She started the article out by saying "If you're like most women you keep a small piece of yourself secreted away from judging eyes. Maybe you are a lawyer who paints by night - or a scrapbooker who longs for chaotic mixed media. Do you have a shoebox full of dreams on a top shelf, or a journal you hurriedly close when someone enters the room? Don't worry, you're not alone!"
All of us have secret lives that are so rich and powerful that they would probably really surprise our closest friends and family. Jennifer suggested that there is no better way to celebrate those inner lives than with art that both hides and shares our secrets!
Participants in this challenge are invited to use this inspiration in any creative way they would like. My proposal is to create what Jennifer suggested, covered matchboxes, either altered, or created from scratch with a template like the one found here:
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/matchbox.htm
You can glue, paint, glitter, whatever your heart desires, in order to alter the exterior, or do what i did, which was to create a digital piece that I wrapped around the box cover. You can fill it with whatever you wish, skies the limit! It is your secret, or you can share your secret with us! A love letter, a diorama tribute to a heroine, or just a little place to stash a cherished necklace. Whatever you do, your theme will be the "Inner Life of Women"....
And if you choose to create a purely digital piece, please share that with us too...whatever you do, please come and post here the link to your art from our altered collage category. We are excited to see where this challenge takes you!
Here is my box:
http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44432&cat=602
Enjoy the process! :)
She started the article out by saying "If you're like most women you keep a small piece of yourself secreted away from judging eyes. Maybe you are a lawyer who paints by night - or a scrapbooker who longs for chaotic mixed media. Do you have a shoebox full of dreams on a top shelf, or a journal you hurriedly close when someone enters the room? Don't worry, you're not alone!"
All of us have secret lives that are so rich and powerful that they would probably really surprise our closest friends and family. Jennifer suggested that there is no better way to celebrate those inner lives than with art that both hides and shares our secrets!
Participants in this challenge are invited to use this inspiration in any creative way they would like. My proposal is to create what Jennifer suggested, covered matchboxes, either altered, or created from scratch with a template like the one found here:
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/matchbox.htm
You can glue, paint, glitter, whatever your heart desires, in order to alter the exterior, or do what i did, which was to create a digital piece that I wrapped around the box cover. You can fill it with whatever you wish, skies the limit! It is your secret, or you can share your secret with us! A love letter, a diorama tribute to a heroine, or just a little place to stash a cherished necklace. Whatever you do, your theme will be the "Inner Life of Women"....
And if you choose to create a purely digital piece, please share that with us too...whatever you do, please come and post here the link to your art from our altered collage category. We are excited to see where this challenge takes you!
Here is my box:
http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44432&cat=602
Enjoy the process! :)