Buttons necklace

I love buttons, I am a collector...I love different shapes and copper...and so..I created this necklace!

What do you think? It's so funny...my keyword today is release your inner artist!

Drawing with colors

I'm using some colors in my drawings...a new way next to black and white. What do you think?
Dance with me, you can see it on http://www.gufobardo.etsy.com/

It's not cold, It's humid, It's rainy, It's a strange day. I need colors! What you need?

PS: Remember 'Spider's web' Post, I will announce the winner! Write a comment on it!

New week and new month, a wonderful Monday to everyone

I'm working on Dreams for you...stay tuned!

but...for the moment... Think for a few days of something creative for yourself then write about it in this post.

tactile self-portrait

Why do I use my image so often? Perhaps do I love too much myself? Perhaps do I am narcissist? This is not a great self-esteem mixed with cult of myself!
I am the only human model that I have at hand!And it is very fun to play with my own image, You too,try and play with your image!

This painting is called Icon.
I have played with the Byzantine painting, rich of gold and metallic contrasts.
I have added a 'tactile' element made with yarn of wool and silk. Also the painting that I used is very tactile: the layers of color are similar to lumps. I did not glue the yarn everywhere because I wanted the yarn to move in the air.
The child above the head is the new, new ideas, the change.The butterflies... I simply adore them, but They are also very common symbols!
For me, a Painting is created for the eyes and hands...and a little for the ears, the yarn rustles in the wind!

A new artistic idea is like....?

When I have a new idea is like a vortex of color. When I have a new idea is like a hand in the grass or into a soft cream.
When you have a new idea What is it like....?

...Like Stieglitz....

Nuvole...clouds...nuages...Wolken...nubes...nuvens...moln...bewolking...

Diary 2009 Project

A great project for all of you artists!
365 artists and crafters around the world can design 1 page in this beautiful and artistic diary, a free participation and a free publicity.

To participate, you need to have a website or a web space (e.g.. Etsy, Flickr, MySpace, any blog,...) from where you sell or promote your art.

http://www.fantazya.ca/diary2009.html

Here are some page examples http://www.fantazya.ca/diary2008.html

A medieval animal:Griforena

Griforena. A fantastic medieval creature.
He has a human head, His intelligence has the animal instincts and the human concentration.
His body is of a bird and specifically It is the body of a Griffon. He has a siren tail, He has Lion legs. He flies, He swims, He walks, He runs. Audacy, intelligence,lightness, power!

Messengers and Storytellers:a class with Dayle Doroshow

5 lessons and a wonderful group! These are my Messengers and Storytellers:Rich, Balance, Storyteller,Water,heart, heart1,Spring.

Wow! Stef! They are wonderful. I love your use of fiber and all the mixed media (silver etc ) parts. And the shapes/gestures you put into the torso are not only lovely design-wise but very emotionally evocative. I am a big believer of working in a "series"- so much to learn as you work on a number ofpieces in the same family- you did just great! xoxo Dayle

Oooh Stef! They're all wonderful! Your style is so creative and fun. And you were very bold in your media mixing. The way you wrap the fibers around the bodies is great. One reminds me of a tree with vines climbing on it. And using the tin is brilliant. Bravo! Karen

Sculpture: Pupazza

the other steps and the inside:

Pupa or pupazza:a particular

The next step of my Pupa (or Pupazza)...I am working on the body and on the inside of the body (a surprise!). This is the face with moustaches!

Messenger

'Oh mi gosh- it is wonderful!!! The colors are fabulous, the feeling is very organic- like something from a garden. I love the way you did the edges.
It's just super! Dayle Doroshow'


'Hi Stef- I can't get onto the message board at the moment- but wanted to let you know your dolls are FANTABULOUS!!!! Dayle Doroshow'


Thanks Dayle...but your class on Messengers and Storytellers is a great class!

The inner child:wind, healing, flowers... the sight and...

A strange day:Scent of Spring and embroidery coloured flowers
swollen clouds full of rain...




An electric light, and dry.

Suspended time.

I have been listening the wind for a couple of minutes....



A good day for 'messengers and storytellers', from the class of Dayle Doroshow (http://www.thatcreativeplace.com/html/dayle_doroshow.html and Dayle's website http://www.dayledoroshow.com/).

These are Storyteller Dolls, made with the Millefiore technique...They are not finished, but I want to give you an idea of the fun work we are doing with Dayle!




Lisa Gatz (http://www.thatcreativeplace.com/), the fantastic creator of these classes, says
'This class will give you fresh visions and open new possibilities for your own work!'

This strange day was very creative and fun, perfect!

The electricity of the air has moved my creative spirit, a real blessing!

Sunday Morning:"Finding Your Child Within",the sight,the hearing,the smell and the touch

Sunday Morning.
Poetto, Cagliari's sea.
I connected with the nature and my inner child, an experiment from Nancy Azara's book, Spirit Taking Form: "When you are an artist, you can again see the world with the eyes of the child-with the 'beginner's eyes' and the 'beginner's mind'..."
"Notice everything.Touch it too, if you can" says Azara.
So...I was walking and I noticed the sand. I noticed the surface and the texture, black and white, sand matt and sand glittering. The footsteps of hundreds of feet create an invisible and mysterious people. These footsteps seems the movement of a human tide that is gone. To the left, my shadow: I am the witness of this transhumance...
The sea.
A sea noisy, sometimes frightening, but clean and fresh. A strong smell of salt and algae. A white and cheerful foam which seems a lace that comes and goes.
"Breath and breath"-says Nancy Azara-" watch yourself be with your breath"...
I was almost hypnotized by the waves of the sea and observing the embroidery of blue and green waves, when suddenly a ray of Sun has broken down the colors of the waves and changed the natural painting. The embroidery of water has become a mosaic of shells, algae and gurgles of water!
Fantastic, a fabric of water and plants!

I have decide to take home a treasure for my sculptures. Without a specific idea.

Only shapes and forms. Shapes like wood, shells, stones, sand...relax relax relax... eat for my spirit and water for my dolls...refresh your eyes:this sunday morning is the time for stones. A strange couple, but very interesting: stones and water.


The sea is now far and lives in my inner child. I became a stone, I'm a stone. (and a shell, and...)And this is my treasure, and your WHAT IS?