creative box

The box is finished!

Goddess on the creative box

The Goddess takes Energy from THE Source! This is a magic Saturday for me! It's a rainy day, the sky is very dark, a wonderful silence....the sea near my house...only silence and rain...and my imagination goes on...







Puppen Fimo, acrilic paints, Pirkka.

The Red Art Project

I have made my piece, Its a bracelet...a particular...the name..."the smile of childrens"

silver wire (26 and 28 gauge), wood beads, silver charms, Fimo Puppen, beewax, glass beads

I've been tagged...

...from Marilyn Radzat: a new experience for me, thanks Marilyn, my sweet Teacher!
Here are the rules....

1) Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog
2) Share 7 facts about yourself, some random, some weird
3) Tag 7 more people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
4) Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs

Okay....7 facts about myself...

1. My choice is to be an artist, this is all my life.
2. When I was a pupil I said 'I don't want to sculpt and model', now I sculpt and I'm a Theoric of Shapes.
3. I love cross stitch and the decoration of my house.
4. I love the rain and the Autumn, the Seasons and the energy of the earth.
5. I have a great friend in my heart, She is so special, Marilyn, but I never hugged her!
6. I love to talk with different people, the world is so interesting!
7. I love blogs. I love the community. I love the connection. I love the magic of meeting friends all over the world.

Ok ok...I tag...

Marilyn Radzat

because she's my sister!

Ulla Milbrath

because she's so magic!

Mo'a Roming Boyles

because she's like an elf!

Gayl Lackey

because I love her world!

Pat Lillich

because she's so different from me, I love her Art!

Shashi

because I Have interviewed her for our CDAA Newsletter!

A case of curiosities

because It's a new blog for me, very interesting!

Goddess on the creative box

white Fimo puppen.......the foundations of a Goddess.
She is like a chrysalis, without hair, legs, colors...in the next days the other steps!

urban angel: a vision? a dream?

I don't know...I do not know if I dreamed this Angel or if I have imagined him, but for my hands, this Angel was a real pleasure... for my hands, my head, my eyes. I have modeled this statue almost in trance for hours and hours: Prosculpt like butter, the washi paper like silk. This is an urban angel that walks on our side. The heart says 'change': do you want to change? I (and my urban angel) say YES.

Prosculpt, washi paper, acrilic paints, musk, feather, silver charm, swarovskij, copper wire. And passion.

modeling with a cup of tea...

Simonetta Martellini, (a wonderful journalist, a great friend) was in Beijing in August for the Olympic Games and She sent me from China a wonderful gift: a special bouquet of flowers, tea flowers, handmade by chinese women.

You take a bud of tea and put it in a glass, You pour hot water on the bud, as if to make tea...You smell the good scent and hour after hour this bud opens in a wonderful flower, thanks Simonetta!

well, It's the time for modeling...I'm creating an urban angel...

Jewels for a week

Lessons from Eni Oken (Thanks Eni): this bracelet is made with wooden pearls and silver wire with silver charms, I have had fun!



and This is a ring: a quartz stone with silver charms and silver wire

A creative week end, a creative wooden box

Saturday I started a box of desires...this is the first step of the cover...





My desires must be tactiles, even if they are visuals...on the cover:buttons, charms, flowers...a little paradise for me

...Like Stieglitz....

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

Nature=Art

The Nature is the most important Art in the Universe! some pictures from my last trip in Friuli, Northern Italy...



...and a man sits down and paints the beauty!

self-portrait with lavender and basil

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

The emotional Art of Hannie Sarris

Questions in This Interview presented by italian correspondent, Stefania Morgante (Summer Issue 2008)

How did you get started in Art?

I was a very creative child, I loved to paint, sculpt and make drawings.

At that time already I knew this was the thing I wanted to do for the rest of my life. But I wanted to become a paintin artist. Dollmaking came by surprise!

What artists/themes inspire you?

I love the dreamy fairy atmosphere. From my childhood on I am inspired by the work of Sulamith Wulfing, her work evokes the feelings of strangeness and innocence.

What is a doll for you?

First of all making is what I have chosen as a medium for myself to work in as an artist. I could have chosen another way of expressing, but making a doll is what I love. It is emotional art. It is beyond the 'figure' as it gives me the opportunity to add materials as I like. Dollmaking is the metamorphose of an idea into a doll with the assistance of any material you like. It is not tied to a concept, it mean freedom.

A doll is also like a journey for me. I have an idea in my head and the clay in my hands. This idea is more feeling than a clear image, and during my travel I often change direction. For me making a complete working plan for a doll is not the right way to work. I do have an idea but it is still lur, during the sculpting I slowly 'remember' what I really want.

Do you have a favorite technique?

I love to work with air dry clay, and I am experimenting all the time with techniques. I love to change techniques and to keep searching for new ways. Dollmaking is an artist's choice of materials and one idea. It is one of the opportunities that an artist has to transform fantasy into a visible form-for a gallery, a doll shop, or on the internet shop, or doll classes.

What is the situation in Europe from your experience?

In the eighties and nineties dollmaking was a very popular hobby in my country, many people were making dolls for a hobby and many were attending doll shows to show their works. Dollmaking was a hype. This gradually changed during the years. The hype is gone. The ones that recontinued, explored their art and for them it developed into much more than just a hobby. They can call thmeselves Doll Artists.

Do you think is there a good business in Europe on dollmaking?

I do believe there is good business in dollmaking, expecially if you combine it with for example a gallery or a doll shop, and internet shop or doll classes. To have an income of only making and selling dolls, in my opinion, is hard to do. Maybe if you work for a doll factory as a doll designer, it is possible.

..the rest of the interview into the CDAA Newsletter, thank you Hannie!

CDAA website:www.dollartists.ca

Hannie Sarris: www.hanniesarris.nl

Sulamith Wulfing: http://wulfing.artpassions.net/

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!

Sculpture: a new Pupazza

After the sketch, my new sculpture is born


This is the particular of the base

Sculpture: a new Pupazza

I'm sketching...my new Pupazza has a voluminous skirt and She has a hat like a crown...She will be...

What is a doll for you?

(Artemide or the Good Harvest, 2007)

I interviewed many dollmakers on what is a doll.The replies are very interesting...

Griselda "For me a spirit doll is a form of meditation, as simple as that...It is not difficult for me to just gather any materials during a walk to the park and produce a little doll, it is freeing and cleansing experience, in times when I thoughts might be in confusion the process of maing a little doll manages to somehow 'change the channel' by focusing on this 'craft' even for half an hour i come out of it with a general feeling of peace and contentment. I never imagined that my love for assemblage art would touch so many people, it is very rewarding experience".

Kris says:" When I first came to Art Dolls, just a year ago, I was interested in a definition. I can't remember where I found this one, but it seemed to say how I understood Art Dolls. Altered slightly to my words, nut its basically a definition I read online.

(Arlecchino and Pinocchio, papier-maché and fabrics, 2004)

What makes an art doll is the search for meaning.A doll may be a small representation of a human being or a fantasy character, but it must carry with it something much more important than its form;its soul. In other words, an art doll is a unique work of art that claims its own existence, no matter what the form, medium or subject. It can touch someone's heart or provoke intense felleings. Beyond the artist's contribution it exist by itself. And being a 3D work of art adds to this reality.

Another interesting aspect of art dolls is the way we relate to them.The art doll is not a plaything. When we hold a play doll we are the dominators. We play with the doll, we dominate the play. An art doll is not a plaything.

Since it exist by itself, the doll tends to eliminate a need for boundaries or barriers. It is an extraordinary way we relate to an art doll we have created, or one create by another artist."

...Yes...but if a doll isn't a plaything...why we play when we create a doll?

Faces:Inspiration

I love volumes, circles, abundance. I love romanic faces, volitive lips, large and long noses, I love cheeks and oval faces..I love faces!

This evening my post talks about the Moon.
She invites us to look within ourselves and discover our dreams. What do I see today within myself? Today the dream becomes reality:I feel good and I am happy when I create my sculptures...I feel like I'm riding the waves on the back of a joyful whale! wow


(particular of a Shrine,'Divine order', from the Radzat's class on Shrines)