Queen of Hearts [3M]

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas or holiday.

Today a new challenge from the Three Muses -Queen of Hearts.

I've done a new digital collage from old stuff I had. This queen was free hand machine stitching.

Also on the collage is a playing card, an altered playing card, drawing of queen and a drawing of a heart which was a brooch.

Some years ago I did this 3D piece which included a queen of hearts.

And as she was surrounded by tarts she became known by a new name..

This weeks Illustration Friday challenge is 'scattered'. I used an older drawing but have altered it digitally and scattered shapes from the trees onto the ground, like leaves. Topical too as this is what is happening outside at the moment, that is leaves falling from the trees not shapes.

I said a few weeks ago that I had a sort out in the loft and some of the things I found were from my City & Guilds embroidery course. I've enjoyed looking through the stuff, quite funny some of it like this plate of cakes. We were given the bronze coloured metallic scourer to do something creative with and I came up with cakes.

Another strange item was this, can you guess what it is before I tell you?

there are lots of fabric strands..... and beads, sequins and some paper beads too

not forgetting embroidery

Below is a photograph, its not a very good picture as it is a photo of an old photo. But it is a seaweed covered rock, and that was my inspiration for the above piece. Did you guess?

The Sketchbook Challenge & Gold Squirly Picture update

For the Sketchbook Challenge - Spilling Over

Below - I posted a photo of this last year but I have now altered it. The picture is made from 2 canvases, one was cut in the centre to make a well. The swirls are made from rolled up newspaper, then covered in lots of paint and metallic paint. The new bits are the tiny gold balls and more paint. The balls can be seen better on the close ups and click on the picture.

People Book [57]

Altered book for people art and images.

3D people made from found objects [keys, round batteries, keyboard parts etc]

Altered Book - precious

This is part of the first

altered book I ever did, the back page. Lots of pages were glued together and a rectangular section in the centre was cut out for an altered photograph of my 'precious' - my children. Plus a rose, lace, jewels,a coin & a poem.

Rolled Paper Picture

When I was photographing something in my studio last week I noticed this picture on my studio wall which I did a while ago, but I feel it is missing something...beads perhaps? I think if you hang things on a wall that you are not sure about and look at it from time to time an idea usually comes along to improve it. I have tried various paint effects but I still wasn't sure.

It was made from 2 recycled canvas pictures, the canvases were cheap and not very nice [although the pictures on them were not too bad]. I cut one of the canvases from the frame to the centre and then stuck both canvases together to make a deep well in the centre. I covered the whole lot with paper, creased to add texture. For the centre I  rolled strips of newspaper, lots of them as you can see and then glued them in place. The whole lot was painted several times with a final coat of metallic gold. [It looks more goldy than the picture shows] But it still needs something else....

Dominoland [Altered Art,3D Art]

This is a painted and collaged games board with domino animals and creatures made from modelling clay

3D box

four sectioned box with found objects and featuring the Queen of Tarts at the top left