Magnets created with floral glass gems, pictures from magazines, and strong magnets

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My friend Anita (The Web Muse) found this craft idea on the blog “Not Martha”at  www.NotMartha.org    

Anita invited several friends over to cut up magazines and create these fun magnets.  For some reason I got the idea to use pictures of eyes for most of mine.  On one magnet – the moon – I put a thin layer of glue on the picture and sprinkled microglitter on it before gluing down the glass marble cabochon.  (This photo distorted the image of the magnet a bit.)

photo by Cathy Andersen

My Buddha squeeze toy is in an altar, along with the candle art displaying the photo of my cat, Puss-Puss.

photo by Cathy Andersen

Beautiful bronze statue on the altar display, loaned by Old Tibet in Boulder, Colorado

What happens when you put 7 artists in one room? Lots of fun -that’s what! We each brought a bunch of art supplies and our creative energies and had a fabulous afternoon creating and sharing ideas and supplies.

We had an art teacher, a pastel artist, a raku and all-around artist, a children’s book illustrator, a graphic designer, a newbie artist and one creative kid. Since we all brought different talents to the table, it was interesting to see what everyone came up with.

We may have done more chatting and eating than actually producing much, but hey, that’s half the fun! We plan on doing this more often.

Linda Miller

Aritst Playdate

Erin Richardson and her art

Holly Urquhart looking through Erin's book

Vanessa

Nancy Nixon

Artist Trading Cards, or ATCs are a really fun way to share a small bit of one’s work with other artists.  Create your masterpiece on a 2 1/2″x3 1/2″ card and then trade this for another artist’s miniature piece.   There are Artist Trading Card clubs and workshops all over the world.  Here in Denver, I recently visited the monthly ATC gathering/trading event at the Core New Art Space  at 9th and Santa Fe.  www.corenewartspace.com Trading sessions are held there every second Saturday of the month from 10:00 a.m. – noon.

Here is a scan of a few cards I made:

Examples of Artist Trading Cards

Here are some of the cards by various Denver artists that I came home with:

Several ATCs by various Denver artists

 

A Good Cry by Marcella Nordbeck

I had the privilege of  interviewing a very lovely woman who is as interesting as her art.   Marcella Nordbeck moved here just a little over a year ago and hit the local art scene running.  She has taken acrylics to the extreme with her original compositions incorporating various layers of paint, sand, and more.  

During the creative process, she makes use of the extended drying time it takes after each layer is applied.  She trades her paint brush for a pen. Marcella journals about the painting and what it means to her, and the intuitive process of what comes out on her canvas.  

Recently her writings have caught the interest of Penguin, the publisher of Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way.   Marcella has been blogging about her experiences while going through the creative exercises in the book.  The Tarcher/Penguin website published Marcella’s post at http://www.tarcherbooks.net/?p=1643

You will enjoy Marcella’s blog, Observations of an Artist:  http://marcellanordbeck.blogspot.com/  
You can see Marcella’s work on her website: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/marcella-nordbeck.html

Love Unfolding by Marcella Nordbeck, sold at Michelangelo's

Interesting video of “flip book” 

This was created by a graphic design degree student living in Singapore.  It was illustrated with a technical pen and shot frame by frame.

parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.

The artist:

Graphic Designer, author of the video "flip book"

The Stickerman

I read about this artist in the Denver Post a while back.  These kind of unusual artists really pique my interest.  He has made these large art pieces using the stickers from fruit.  Can you imagine how long they must take?!!

Got produce stickers? Send them to become part of a Barry Snyder mosaic: Stickerman P.O. Box 301 Erie, CO 80516

Denver Post article:   http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_13278473#ixzz0cdVbV8ey

Artist’s website:  http://stickermanproduceart.wordpress.com/

Beautiful “blinkies” courtesy of Shabby Blogs.  I love it when creatives share!!  http://www.shabbyblogs.com/button.html