Imagination is Boundless Workshop

   I love the name of this workshop. It's actually the saying that is on the sample canvas but it is so appropriate for this workshop. The possibilities for it are endless. 
   I work very intuitively when I create so I don't usually think about the specific things I use and why I'm choosing them but when it's done it usually tells a story or teaches me something. For me it's about letting go and not overthinking it.
  These students did a great job of not over thinking things and created something that is all their own.

Cindy

Janice

Lisa

Spike

Do you work intuitively or do you have a plan before you start?

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Black Dimensions workshop

Yesterday I enjoyed sharing another hot summer day creating in the studio with this great group of women. We spent our day creating the Black Dimensions canvas. Lot's of texture to explore and objects to choose and design with. This is such a fun canvas to do and teach. These ladies did a great job.

Angela

Deb

Mary Anne

Spike

I hope you're having as lovely and creative a weekend as I am.

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Altered Books

   I am still continuing each month with my challenges. This month it's all about altering books. I started to alter a few of them years ago, so it's been a lot of fun getting back at them. A lot of my Creative Studio students have joined me as well. 
   The one above is an older one that I just added a few things to, to finish it up.
   Getting the book ready to work in it is the hardest part. It takes time and patience to glue pages together so they are strong enough to work with or to make niches, windows or doors. 

The niche is cut out and them the pages glued together.

A transparency is used for this window.

   Here is the niche page finished. The other one is still a work in progress.

A favourite of mine.

   This one got very dimensional but that is the charm of an altered book. You can do anything you want in it.

   If you'd like to see more or join in the fun head over to Dragonfly Dreamers Monthly Challenge fb group.

  Well I have to get back at it. So many pages to alter in these books.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Imagination is Boundless workshop

   In the last year or two I have been exploring the creation of dimensional canvases. I often call them altered art because so many thing on them are altered from their original purpose. Almost nothing is sacred and cannot be used on a piece of altered art. So now I enjoy teaching my process of creating these canvases to others. 
   Yesterday I was in the company of 3 wonderfully creative ladies while teaching them the Imagination is Boundless canvas workshop. Just see what a wonderful job they did.

Louise

Lucie

Micheline

Now I'm off to finish the canvas I started during the workshop and maybe start a few more projects floating around in my head. Wish me luck!

Keep Creating.

Wendy

Imagination is Boundless Workshop

I had a great time this past Saturday with these wonderfully creative ladies doing the 'Imagination is Boundless' workshop. As always, great fun and inspiration to see what they create with just a little guidance. 

Anne

Kathi

Sharon

Next workshop coming up is 'Life in Layers' Aug. 28. Still a few spots left.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Streetscape Chunky Book Swap

Each year the ATC group I belong to does a Chunky book swap. This means that we each create as many pages as there are people that sign up for the challenge. This year the theme was Streetscapes and we had 10 people sign up. I think I can safely say everyone enjoyed this theme and it is evident in the page results. I myself went a little doodle crazy and had a hard time finishing on time. I think I could have kept going for a couple more weeks. But isn't that always the way!

Kathy

Linda

Louise

Lucie

Marie

Olive

Peggy

Veronica

Virginia

Wendy

It was so much fun, we're already contemplated what next years theme should be!

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Word Canvas workshop

I had a great time last weekend with a small group of very creative ladies. They all had ideas and words in mind before they came to the word canvas workshop. So each canvas turned out to be very personal to each of them.

Hilary may have forgotten her list of words at home but once she got started they came back to her and was able to create this wonderful canvas with such great meaningful words.

Lesley decided to do her word canvas with the names of all her poodles past and present. What a great keepsake.

Sharon had recently gone on a river cruise so she used maps of the river and area, as well as names of some of the cities they visited along the way. This is the second vacation canvas that she has created. A great way to remember a special vacation.

What words would you use on your canvas?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Grungy mirror workshop

I had a great little group of ladies in the studio making Grungy mirrors yesterday. So much creativity and inspiration happening, Olive was on a roll and made 2 mirror. Love the creations they  finished.

Donna

Olive

Olive

Sharon

If you haven't noticed already, the fall workshop is up  here. The next workshop is the word canvas on Sept. 6. Can't wait to see what words people choose to use for it.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Halloween assemblages

  

 Before I start I have to tell you I'm not a big Halloween fan. We live in the country and don't get any trick or treaters.So since the kids are not here to dress up and take out any more, Halloween just sort of comes and goes around here without much notice. Much to the Tin Man's dismay I don't even buy a box or 2 of the mini chocolate bars that come out this time of year any more(no more 'just one little chocolate bar won't hurt' delusions). 
   But after a challenge from Louise, one of  my Art Journal members last month to do an altered sardine can assemblage my mind started to fill with Halloween fun. I also have to tell you that after seeing her house decorated for Halloween last year I had a whole new outlook on what it can be, as apposed to my previous store bought views. Louise's house was filled with hand made and vintage Halloween decorations. None of those awful store bought typical decorations.
  So with these things in mind I began my voyage into the assemblage world which was also a new venture for me. I don't recollect ever doing any assemblage work before but I will definitely be doing it again. It was a bit of a struggle to get started and make decisions on where to put what but once I got going one wasn't enough. I ended up making 3 and a couple of ATC card. 

 The first 2 were done with copies of vintage photo's that I've collected.

This last one is done with a photo of myself in my tap dancing outfit a few years ago!

I couldn't stop altering these photos, so I did 2 ATC cards and it's not even our theme for ATC meeting next month. Any one want to trade a Halloween card?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Inspiring words to live by.

When I teach workshops I often make or start a piece to demonstrate techniques along the way. So while teaching my word canvas a few weeks ago at the end of the class I was left with a canvas ready to add words. I did have a few passing ideas of trying something different with this background but all my containers of letters still spewed about the studio drew me into making more words. Inspirational words of course. The fun thing about doing this canvas is to see at the end which words chose me. Yes I don't think I have much say in it and I don't put a lot of thought into it when I'm working on this canvas. In the end I just step back and let the words tell me where I am in life or what I should be listening to in my life.

Do you have any favourite inspirational words?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Theme Thursday

It's Theme Thursday over at Sheila's blog. This is the last week for January's theme which is inspiration. So as I went into the studio this morning the first thing I noticed that inspired me was this word canvas that I did last week. I've made 2 other ones that sold at shows last year so I thought I'd try some more. Maybe I'll even get to keep one for my own wall to keep me inspired all year long, LOL!

So what's inspiring you today? Head over to Sheila's to see what's inspired her today and share your own inspirations.

New work

I had a great time at the North Gower Market yesterday. Met some wonderful people and purchased some great food. We had an amazing homemade onion pizza for supper last night from Nina who was right behind me selling vegetable and baked goods. Looking forward to next weeks market.

As promised here is a piece I created this week. The background paper is 7 Gypsy and the images are from Graphic 45 Communique tag sheet. And then I added a few found objects like the domino piece and some embossed metal. To finish it off a few Tim Holtz additions like the ticket and film strip with unknown Southin's added.

Tomorrow I'll be showing you some of my new jewelry creations, finally.

Have a great day.