One of my favorite alter artist - Pat Salas is now at Cranberry Hill. I love her use of found objects to make some of the funniest dolls. I really like this doll that I call "Woman of the World" because her head is a world globe. The teapot body and the cake mold skirt(looks like she's doing the twist) are too funny and way too creative! Many of the items I get at the auction houses are for people like Pat, who are always looking for interesting things to turn into something else.
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
3 comments:
How cute!!!
Now this is something I LOVE - how come I didn't see her work when we were there?
Oh, what fun! I'll have to show this one to Nattie - it's her kind of thing!
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