Finally Near The End…. 3D Tree Almost Complete!

The last two and a half days I have been making the items that I’d intended on hanging from the 3D Tree. I originally was going to create all the pieces and then paint them all gold. Sounded like a great idea at the time. But now that I’m putting them together, I realize  it is important to have something on them indicating what they are. So instead of gold I went with “realistic.” It is amazing how much time it takes to do things when you are aiming for easy recognition…

In creating these pieces, I went back to my original post dated March 19.( https://mindfullyartistic.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/  )

Here are the final pieces. I didn’t take images of all the steps…. but if you want to see how I made something, I’d be happy to repeat one and post the directions for it. All are ready to be hung besides the oil paint palette I used actual oil paint, so it will be a few days before they dry enough to hang. The rest are waiting for the flowers to be opened to blooming! Working on those now! In mean time, take a look at the pics below!

Acrylic Paint Palettes

Wooden Cars

Collage Materials

Bolts of Fabric

“Polaroid Film Pictures”

“Strathmore Sketchpads”

Altered Books

Oil Paint Palettes

Bundles of Fiber Materials

Handmade Glass Bracelets

The Mediums We Work In: Part One

As part of the 3D tree, I am looking at the different mediums my family members (and I) work in. Some of us have varied interests (i.e. My grandmother Peggy, mother, aunt Barbara, and aunt Robin all sew). I am going to hang from this tree an item that represents for each type of medium. Here is the list I have come up with:

Paint Palette = acrylic/oil painter

Polaroid Film Sheet = photographer

Rubber Stamp = For those who created a rubber stamp.

A Beaded Bracelet = For those who make jewelry

Drawing Pad/Pen = For those who draw

A Mini-Handmade book = For those who do altered books/projects

Fabric on a Hoop = For those who quilt, and/or do embroidery

Something wooden = For those into woodworking

Fabrics/Needle = For those who sew

My intent is to have each person represented by the different work they do. So, say I’m putting my mediums on the tree, I would be represented in several ways, with several items. I am an artist, photographer, sewer, altered artist as well as a jewelry maker. I would get all of those hung from the tree. My purpose in doing this is to show that we are all multi-talented artists. I plan to make all of the items be painted in gold. The tree itself is in the tertiary  colors.