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After I finished today’s piece for Art Every Day Month, I realized I could have done something just with the date.

There has to be magick in the date 11/12/13.

Instead I just titled this “potential” – because there’s always magic in potential.  And it is up to each of us to set it free!

Today being a very unfocused day, including 4 hours of work (because I’m working a long day Thursday, I flipped the number of hours I usually so today is Thursday’s usual 4 hour day, I was feeling really tired.  So I pulled out the goodies basket.  Let’s face it, if you’ve spent enough time gathering collage materials, when you get around to the collage you have plenty of inspiration to work with.

a lot of (but not all of) my trusty collage materials files.
a lot of (but not all of) my trusty collage materials files.

I’ve found that laying down a background, even if it is never seen (magick hiding behind what the world sees), is some kind of requirement for making a collage.  This piece is 14″ x 17″.  this background is leftover spray paint over lace.  I use all kinds of lace for patterns in my clay, so finding some for this was no problem.

AEDM 11 - 2

Next comes the edging and more texture and color for the final background.

AEDM 11 - 3

A poem of some sort is always waiting in my cut out letters and words file.  I don’t even have to think hard,
I just have to let inspiration pick a few phrases and see how they fit together.  This is a very free flowing process.
In fact thinking might just jam it up.  So I didn’t and I don’t.

AEDM 11 - words

Then come the finishing pieces.

AEDM 11 - final

Next up:  sorting through these gifted pieces of glass to try to match like to like so that I can fuse them.  Because I don’t know the coefficient of all the pieces, I can’t mix them unless I’m ready for a catastrophic cracking apart when different coefficients cool – like must be joined to like in glass.  I think this will keep me busy for a while.  What do you think?

AEDM 11 - whats next

May the rest of your day be filled with magick!

2 Comments

  • Greetings Tammy! I love how you made that transition from collaging to glass fusing! That sorting, organically sifting thru color, shape, texture applies to bringing up, coalescing, congealing images (forms) of art. If I don’t have an already formed idea to start all I need to do is start sorting and organizing my materials and whoosh up pops a project to be worked on. I recycle low flat cardboard boxes for holding materials in groups, then keep the boxes close by for “next” project idea.
    But you completely jumped mediums from paper to glass using the same creative process. Can’t wait to see what dream next!!!
    Thank you for your faithful inspirational friendship!

  • Ellie Smith

    Ah Tammy! It has been too long since I visited your blog. Happy to see you healthy and well, love the beautiful collage. What brought me here was a labyrinth walker Who came to interview me and walk my labyrinth. When we got to the center she was captivated by the Wylde Woman you created for me as a totem for the center of my labyrinth. She wanted to know more about you and so I sent her a link to your website and of course, I decided I needed to come here for a little visit.

    So glad to see you, dear one. Blessed be.

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