Art Is......Illuminated!!!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

Wow, Art Is....You is coming to Nashville and it is just around the corner!!  We are so very excited to be a part of this inaugural event and can't wait to meet all of you who will be attending AIY for the first time!!

Kecia and I are very excited to be teaching the 2 day class, Illuminated Reliquary and we hope that you will decide to come and join us on this assemblage journey.

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We were at one of our favorite haunts in Roanoke when we stumbled upon these wonderful old, and large, glass negatives slides.  After some research, we found out that these images were created through a process known as collodion. The collodion process was introduced in the 1850’s and eventually replaced the daguerreotype.  Pretty cool, huh??

So thus the idea was hatched in our heads to create an art project paying homage to our unique find. At the same time, we also knew we wanted to add light to create a shrine - so thus our “illuminated reliquary” was born.

Both of us bring much to the table. In this 2 day class we will do a lot of planning, playing and building. We will be discussing assemblage and connection techniques to unite odd items together. We will be doing some basic soldering. We will learn how to duplicate interesting found objects through molding and casting (and Lesley will be happy to answer questions on things suitable for molding, . We will also learn ways to make items look older than they actually are. As our pieces come to life, we will be weaving a story of history and modern day as we take our images and lay out their next phase of life.

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So now that you've read about the journey from find, to idea, to class fruition why not come and play?  There are so many techniques that you will be learning in this two day class that your mixed media toolbox will be overflowing.  A finished project and a virtual toolbox full of awesome techniques....two of my very favorite things!

Here are just a few of the wonderful processes that we will be sharing....

1. Connectivity - connecting this to that and other things.
2. Use of Imagery to tell your story.
3. Assemblage Composition
4. Use of Basic Soldering
5. Creating Molds Using Found and Unusual objects.
6. Replicating items using our molds and apoxie clay.
7. Adding Age and Patina to old and new items.
8. Surface perparation techniques.
9. Adding color with inks, paints and more.
10. Working with Ice Resin to create unique pieces.
11. Goodies baked by Mr. Lesley to keep those artistic energies flowing.  :)

Whew!!!  Pretty good wouldn't you say?? 

To sign up for the class simply click the below image to be whisked away to the site....

 We hope to see you there!!!

xo,

Lesley V.

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Comments

[Phyllis]

Thanks for sharing, it looks fabulous!!

[keeshagirl4]

it's going to be a great time! thanks for the blog post, Lesley!