Was planning on painting all of the bishops + Narinder, but I ran out of rectangular scrapped wood
So Leshy and Heket attack!!! They're my favorites anyway. I'm working on another painting that's got all of em together, so I'll post that when it's finished. These are about a month old so I've learned more about painting on wood and in general, so the group painting should look nicer!!!
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[Himorogi], powerful sculpture depicting a mighty wolf made from scrap wood by artist Seiya Kaji (personal site + twitter).
In Shinto, the 神籬 himorogi is a sacred space where can be placed an object called 依代 yorishiro (often a branch of sakaki/evergreen) to act as physical representation of the invisible kami’s presence.
The artist lives in Tochio and wanted to embody the fierceness nature of that mountainous area.
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haiku 20230925
pulling nailsfrom scrap woodscreech screech clank
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hubby and i threw together some raised beds in one of the few clearings available with some of the scrapped wood that was already on the property :3
a lot of the cut timber that was left was already rotting so we added it to the raised beds to help fill them out~ sort of trying a hügelkultur mixed with already set raised bed.
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Visuals & Memory
Just seeing something, can take me many places. Depending on subject matter. Listening to somethings does this also. Tasting feeling while visually and hearing
Without touch
Visuals & Memory
From one profound way?
41Prunt
The many sources just hit me…
From all different directions
I feel LIFE is not leading a WAY and other life forms are causing most of the PROBLEMS
ITS really a daily show at least two to three times a week
I have these MEMORIED INSTANCES
Are they daily?
Only if you, in my head!
41P
Command in Conquer
CIC
You do visualize, you are the visual-ar of memoroah !
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Hello! I have been following your art for awhile now- I just had to refollow because Tumblr is a webbed site. If this is rude to say, ignore it, but I find your pieces inspiried! They truly are so cool. It got me to get a set of caran d' ache water soluble pastels myself! I have been hitting a bit of an art block lately, and I wanted to try something different than what I have been doing.
I just have a question about what you draw/paint ON. I see a lot of what you are describing as reclaimed support - what is it and how/where do you get that? It is wood correct? Is it a specific type of wood? Is there any specific way to prepare it for painting?
Thank you for taking the time for reading!
Hello there! Thanks for your ask! I'm really glad you're inspired and trying new things, and with my favorite art toy, no less. The wax pastels are truly a joy to work with. Like the crayon of my childhood dreams.
I typically paint on scrap wood. I will scavenge plywood, old shelves, lumber, furniture panels, flooring, etc. and prep them for painting. Part of my personal set of values I try to live by is to buy as little new things as possible and that counts for art stuff, too. I have a video about how I like to prep scrap wood here: https://youtu.be/9Ni8aIgB7F4?si=fBAaaB1fSWQC4bfS
Lately my friend and fellow artist Sasha reminded me that mounting paper on the scrap wood is also a thing! So I've been doing a bit of that lately, too, and it has been really nice for pastels and colored pencils. (I mount paper usually with Nori paste and/or matte acrylic medium.)
When I use words like "support" instead of scrap wood, sometimes that's just shorthand for "an archival panel of indeterminate material", such as my stash of 12"x16" PVC panels I got from a fellow art supply hoarder friend. It's strange to say "mixed media on plastic sign material" because that... doesn't necessarily bring up a clear idea...? But yeah, a lot (like the heron series) are done on sanded and gesso'd PVC panels that were once intended for outdoor signage.
Salvaging your own surfaces takes more time and work, but costs barely anything. It works with my rough and natural aesthetic so I lean into the wood's imperfections. Look, this one even has a hole in it! And you can see the grain and the pop-and-lock groove on the left. This was a piece of cedar flooring.
Boy he's a sad little guy isn't he
tl;dr I paint on flat sturdy things likely to last a long time. If you can sand, gesso, and attach wire hanging hardware to the back-- you're good. Go nuts.
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What a cute scrap wood tabletop tree by Paula Skulina at Sweet Pea. I would do a very pale color – yes, I'm too Nordic for anything else :) – but to each their own.
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Water bowl house, in progress
Water bowl house, in progress
My younger daughter starting working on a shelter for the water bowls, and we got some more progress on it last night. This is being built with whatever scraps we can find in the barn.
Construction is almost complete. A couple of floor boards are not nailed down yet. It got too dark to see. The scrap boards used for the floor and walls are pretty old, and there was a fair amount of rot on the…
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