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- DaWanda Shop Web Address:
- http://en.dawanda.com/shop/lostandfoundobjects
- About Me:
- Assemblage Jewelry, Collage and Sculpture
I am so excited! My work was featured on a great blog!http://ourgreatgreenglobe.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/lost-and-found-o...
if you want to see it.
More items can also be seen in my flickr - www.flickr.com/gp/21255859@N08/U4EUB9
In Lost & Found Objects I couple discarded bits from daily life and create new, funky, sometimes funny, jewelry. I also sew dolls from found stuff and make collage from my own handmade paper and found objects. I get a charge out of using things overlooked and under appreciated by others. I have been working with recycled materials for over 20 years, at first because i had no money and then later (even though i still have no money) because that is all that interests me. I think i like the extra challenge of working with what is available and i congratulate myself on finding uses for things normally thrown away.
I get really excited about finding a resource that is abundant! and figuring out a good way to reuse it. I have been collecting bits of this and that, old junk drawer kind of stuff, broken things, shiny things, stuff I find on the street while walking. There is nothing like the patina of a partially rusted, partially shiny smashed bottle cap or piece of metal - run over by cars with the pavement texture ground into it. Yeah!! <:0)
The metal from soda pop cans are my current passion. All my items are well washed and sealed if need be:) Old knitted scarves and sweaters to make stuffed monsters is keeping my hands busy too.
In my neckpieces i combine lost keys, worn buttons, seashells, small toys, vintage costume jewelry and hardware with interesting semiprecious stone and glass beads - redeeming these objects for a new life. Hung on adjustable black rubber cords, it is my hope that the juxtaposition of the precious with the mundane will cause you the wearer to smile as much as it did me when I created it.
I studied Art at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL where I received a MFA in Fibers and Art History. For over a decade I have directed an arts program at Patchwork Central in inner city Evansville, IN. I enjoy making art with the children from the neighborhood, who often bring me cool items they find themselves in walking through our city’s streets. I like to feel I am helping to create a new generation of redeemers who will look at life in new creative ways. 10% of the proceeds form my shop goes to support free art programs for inner city kids at Patchwork Central. See www.patchwork.org for more information.
I also have the fun of working with a women's craft cooperative in Honduras, Central America. These ladies make jewelry and hand made paper and products. I usually get to visit in August when my after school and summer programs are on break in Indiana.
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All photography, products and articles are under the strict copyright of the writer/shop owner. If you wish to feature the blog, or any seller who is here, please contact them directly for permission of the details you wish to use.
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Veuillez noter que ce site communautaire ne fait pas partie de l’entreprise DaWanda. Il a été créé et est mis à jour et modéré par Sara's Texture Crafts (une vendeuse sur DaWanda).
Tous les droits sur lesphotographies, produits et articles relèvent strictement de la propriété de chaque auteur/vendeur .Si vous souhaitez présenter le blog ou le travail d’un vendeur membre de ce site, merci de le contacter directement afin d’obtenir la permission d’utiliser les documents que vous souhaitez publier.
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All photography, products and articles are under the strict copyright of the writer/shop owner. If you wish to feature the blog, or any seller who is here, please contact them directly for permission of the details you wish to use.
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Responsabilité
Veuillez noter que ce site communautaire ne fait pas partie de l’entreprise DaWanda. Il a été créé et est mis à jour et modéré par Sara's Texture Crafts (une vendeuse sur DaWanda).
Tous les droits sur lesphotographies, produits et articles relèvent strictement de la propriété de chaque auteur/vendeur .Si vous souhaitez présenter le blog ou le travail d’un vendeur membre de ce site, merci de le contacter directement afin d’obtenir la permission d’utiliser les documents que vous souhaitez publier.
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