Saturday, March 1, 2014

happiness is...

...loads of vintage paper, scissors, gluestick, stencils, spray inks, a sewing machine and-- especially-- using all of the above to make a freeform collage for this week's collage obsession prompt which just happens to be called, "happiness is..."! so here's what i made:


i had a blast with this one, though i confess that it took me (parts of) more than one evening to get where i wanted to be. i had the buddha and the random background the first night. the arch (from the second night) changed everything and got me in the ballpark. but the butterflies saved the day: punched ones from a hindi language newspaper, digital brush ones that i had printed out on clear labels but never used, and finally masked and sprayed ones. the tiny flowers were the very last thing i added, and they are the one truly premeditated element... i realized quite close to the end that i needed to pull the brown and gold colors from the buddha out into the frame area.


now i can't wait to check out the "happiness is..." gallery at collage obsession. wanna come, too?!

9 comments:

  1. Lovely work. I like the frame around the buddha and the background you made.

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  2. This is AWESOME...happy March 1st!

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  3. This is such a peaceful piece. I love the depth you achieved with the 3 different ways in which you incorporated the butterflies. Blessings!

    PS - I LOVE the sketch and the card you made inspired by it.

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  4. Wow wow wow ... is it wrong to ask for my name to go on this one :) Absolutely love it ... it made me happy for sure.

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  5. Super! The butterfly effect is great!

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  6. Lovely piece it has the feeling of true happiness.

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  7. Awesome! LOVE the look of this page! Soooooooo cool!

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  8. Beautiful - esp the 3-d butterflies!

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