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Free People Catch A Dream DIY Event!

December 7, 2011 in art, craft, DIY, doilies, dream catchers, fashion, feathers, holiday, Portland Oregon, sculpture

The DIY dream catcher event at Free People Portland was totes amazeballs (lol)! It was featured on their corporate blog, and lots of people came out to get their craft on. My inner art teacher was so excited to share my creative pursuits! And the pieces that people made were unbelievably beautiful. Plus, we had Maple Butterscotch cake with EDIBLE GLITTER (!!!) from Cake & Mukti (check out her blog The Yoga of Cake), and supplies donated by Relica Vintage. I hope I get to do it again! Valentine’s….?

from the FP blog

Best. Cake. EVER.

Samantha Cullen from Cake & Mukti

exterior shot of the store window with raffle piece

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Tags: art, craft, DIY, doily, dream catcher, fashion, free people, oregon, pdx, portland
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rachael rice on free people blog

May 25, 2011 in craft, doilies, dream catchers, feathers, jewelry, nature, necklace, sculpture

rachael rice on freepeople blog

sweeeet. got a guest artist spot over on the always-inspiring free people blog.

i love sharing how to make stuff.

here’s a basic way to make a little dream catcher. riffing on the round object with danglies (found in every culture) i’ve been (finally) finding uses for my slightly embarrassing doily collection.

also featured here are diy doily crystal necklaces. my friend heather treasure cautions mindfulness about sourcing quartz and other crystals, and recommends arkansas crystal works.

from the building 25 free people blog

dream eyes & god catchers

object with vintage trims and detail view

start here

start here. i used a bangle. tie string, loop around.

keep looping around, and when you get to the beginning...

catch the loops and weave the string through each one. back to front or front to back, it doesn't matter as long as you are consistent

keep spiraling in until it gets too small to work with. add a bead and tie off. add feathers, etc. and you're done!

: object with doilies and painted feathers

pastels or crayons, watercolors, collage elements

draw with pastel or crayon, add collage elements, and paint over.

cut out, draw designs with markers. i like sharpie paint pens.

finished product, and "dark star"

doily, lace & quartz necklaces

wrapped in wire, held by a piece of vintage lace

quartz necklaces & lace

the piece i sent to julia at fp

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Tags: craft, DIY, doily, dream catcher, fashion, feathers, jewelry, necklace
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galaxy shirts, rough quartz necklaces, and the expo

March 30, 2011 in craft, dream catchers, fashion, feathers, jewelry, necklace, sculpture

vermonthealers.org held its second annual spring expo and i was a vendor! it was great practice for the holy grail that is portland, oregon’s crafty wonderland, which totally blew my mind in December.

some of my wares included galaxy nebula apparel which i bleached, dyed, and then painted, various necklaces made from chains and quartz crystals, some flower head pieces, and some giant “dream catcher” sculptures, one of which was the first piece of art purchased by a 13 year old on her birthday.

flower head pieces at the Expo

wares

my table

"gold dust"

"dark star"

quartz crystal necklaces

Expo interior

quartz crystal necklaces

dream catchers

head piece with feathers & vintage button

head piece with peacock feathers & vintage brooch

headpieces

DIY galaxy apparel

photo of me and my table

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Tags: apparel, craft, DIY, dream catcher, feather, flower headband, galaxy, jewelry, montpelier, nebula, necklace, rough quartz pendant, shirt, vermont healers expo
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“dream eyes & god catchers” art show with kate sprout

October 12, 2010 in art, craft, decor, doilies, dream catchers, fashion, feathers, interior design, leather, music, photography, print, sculpture

Montpelier Art Walk event, sponsored by Montpelier Alive:

DREAM EYES & GOD CATCHERS

by RACHAEL RICE & KATE SPROUT

sculptural, large-scale dream catcher installation from montpelier’s favorite sister act duo at salaam boutique in montpelier, vermont. big, reverent, and re-imagined interpretations of this native cultural symbol through the lens of modern bohemia. show also showcases photography by both artists, all prints are $5.

opening reception friday october 15th 4-8pm with special live performance by LITTLE ENGINE, my new duo project also featuring kate sprout. free LITTLE ENGINE download here on our bandcamp profile.

more about kate can be found here:

facebook.com/katesproutcreations

and here:

katesproutcreations.tumblr.com

hand bill

some photos of the works:

white object

white object detail

see more photos of the art here on my flickr:

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Tags: art show, dream catcher, kate sprout, little engine, montpelier, montpelier alive, montpelier art walk, photography, salaam
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steam punk dream catcher

June 15, 2010 in craft, sculpture

made these out of bike gears, wire and clock arms. they each took about 10 hours to make. they are about 6″ by 18″ long.

sold at Salaam Boutique in downtown Montpelier for $125 each.

dream catcher detail

dream catcher

black dream catcher

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Tags: bike, clock arms, dream catcher, dreamcatcher, gear, metal
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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

bottle cap mural

recycled magazine folding origami book

bottle cap sculpture

trash sculpture detail

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Tags: bottle caps, mural, recycle, repurpose, school project, sculpture, trash art, upcraft, upcycle
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iPhone photography

April 4, 2010 in photography, sculpture

i’ve been completely obsessed with the various apps available for making iPhone photos look all retro and psychedelic. my favorites are Hipstamatic, Lo-Mob, and Tilt-Shift-Gen.

phone exhibit poster

these are pictures i took to exhibit at a “phone-tography” show for Geek Week at Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier, Vermont.

i also made a 12:1 scale iPhone out of foam core and paper, and used the prints i made as the apps.

phone sculpture in my living room

the exhibit

you can see all the photos on my flickr stream.

i may never use a regular camera again.

you can also see a little video of the show that night of Geek Week:

Barre Side Street

Red buddha

deer scene 1

collage 1

oklahoma post office

kate sprout

angels celebrate

collage 2

circus scene

ganesh

horse

buddha shiva tea party

birthday party

collage 3

flower gun 1

sushi cowboy

ballet

gun 2

collage 3

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Tags: analog, app, application, Barre, buddha, foam core, Hipstamatic, iPhone, Lo-Mob, mobile phone art, phone sculpture, phone-tography, phonetography, photography, retro, Tilt-Shift-Gen, TiltShiftGen, Vermont
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holiday craft with trees and deer

December 14, 2009 in craft, decor, nature, sculpture

i’ve been saving these cardboard craft cones…now i know why.

i took a lot of leftover scraps of yarn, buttons, velvet, beads and lace and glue gunned them onto the trees. they sit like a tiny mighty forest on top of my piano.