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Epic Dream Catcher Raffle at Free People Portland!

December 7, 2011 in art, craft, doilies, dream catchers, feathers, holiday, Portland Oregon, reuse

I made a huge-normous dream catcher to be raffled off at the Free People Portland store as part of an upcoming DIY event on December 2nd.  I also made a smaller one, so there are two chances to win! Raffle tickets are $5 at the store and some of the proceeds will benefit Adopt-a-Family Portland. The drawing will be held on Dec. 15th via Facebook.

This piece took about 3 days to complete and features vintage metal fringe, a detachable fox tail fur charm, earrings from fortune cookie fortunes and vintage lace, with a huge vintage doily behind a hand-woven “web” with vintage button “spider”. There’s also a plastic water bottle feather garland, which was featured on the Free People blog!  You can see tons of photos here on my Flickr.

dream catcher for Portland Free People store

the beast! it's over 6 feet tall!

 

detail of the large piece at Free People

detail of the large piece at Free People

fox tail charm detail

this piece features a detachable fox tail charm!

lace & fortune cookie earrings

on either side of the piece hang earrings featuring fortune cookie fortunes and vintage lace!

FP Dream Catcher

The second one I made is MUCH smaller, but no less charming! It features vintage trims and gold painted feathers.

two dream catchers for raffle

here are the two raffle prizes!

raffle prize #2!

raffle prize #2!

pic of me and the beast!

pic of me and the beast!

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vegetable prints

October 19, 2010 in art, craft, garden, nature, print, reuse, trash

all those leftover veggies from the garden can make some nice prints!

these were made from cut lettuce heads, apples, and leaves with acrylic paint on canvas:

lettuce core rose

lettuce core rose

apple core & parsley print

rose from lettuce

rose from lettuce core

apple core detail

apple core star print

apple core star print pattern

apple core star print pattern

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bottle cap art

April 18, 2010 in craft, reuse, school, sculpture, trash

i recently finished an artist-in-residence at the Danville School in Danville, Vermont for their three-day arts festival.  the theme was “ReUse” so we made some sculpture out of bottle caps and other items that most people would throw away…

the complete set of photos is on my Flickr page.

cap detail with brushes

cap detail with brushes

bottle cap mural

bottle cap mural

recycled magazine folding origami book

recycled magazine folding origami book

bottle cap sculpture

bottle cap sculpture

trash sculpture detail

trash sculpture detail

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