Urban Elf: He is emerging in the city...

...and This is the Elf's house...with graffiti...




stay tuned!

Urban Elf: Starting new piece...

remember this sketch?

I've started a new piece, an Urban Elf. This is the first step, the head...



Stay tuned..... :)

Halloween!

It's night, It's time for 'trick or treat'..children to my house...monsters, skeletons, witches...buon Halloween!

Halloween?

The first day of Autumn (I know, It's October 31, but this Autumn is very crazy, like Summer!)... a rainy, cold and grey day...but I love it!
I worked on the little table out of my house....I love dark orange and green/yellow and compositions of vegetables (like Renaissance tables).
Strange gourds bought during my travels and a wonderful chrysanthemum.


The Autumn colors are perfect for meditation.

This is the time to think about the dead and the night, when the earth is sleeping together with the seeds.
I love to sketch in the afternoons of Autumn...on my sofa...


...and this is the new sketch, He (She? It?) will be another urban angel, a contemporary angel, with an house on his (her?) back

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/