Steps in a Changing Life...: Post #3 of An Exhibition of Paper Mâché Art by Sylvia Kay

December 20, 2021

Post #3 of An Exhibition of Paper Mâché Art by Sylvia Kay

Today - #3 in a Series of 7 Posts

Paper Mâché Art: Uniqueness...

The art works on this post showcase some unique objects made with paper mâché ...

This post was originally published Feb. 11/2017... I've republished it on Dec 20/21, so it appears in the proper viewing order...

This past year I've been working with "Dream Catchers"... I made a few pieces of jewelry with feathers, beads, scraps of fabric and lace and then the dream catcher tree you see below... It stands on a plant stand beside my front door and is about 2 1/2 feet tall. Its construction incorporates cardboard, copper foil, paint, bead work, copper wire, feathers, ribbon, tree twigs and copper tubing in addition to paper mâché.... The base uses a small box filled with stones to provide weight and keep the tree stable...

Top Detail of Dream Catcher Tree

Base Detail of Dream Catcher Tree

Full View of Dream Catcher Tree - Art by Sylvia Kay

Full Dream Catcher Tree - Art by Sylvia Kay

The three photos below are of two candle holders which sit in front of my kitchen window.

Reversible Candle Holders - Art by Sylvia Kay

They are made reversible... and look quite different each way...

However, they are equally happy to stand right side up as upside down and were made specifically for the candles they hold...

Reversible Candle Holders with Candles - Art by Sylvia Kay

The photo on the left shows them as I usually display them, holding their "special" candles...

The three photos below show a paper mâché holder I made for a vase. Even filled with stones the vase tended to be quite prone to tip. The vase holder contains it and prevents tipping... It was made with paper, and cardboard, and filled with gravel to give it weight... It is covered with fabric and ribbon and embellished with a little paint...

Vase holder with its Vase and Bouquet - Art by Sylvia Kay

Above is the vase holder with the vase and bouquet... The whole thing is just a little over 2 feet tall...

To the left you can see the empty holder...

Vase holder with Vase - Art by Sylvia Kay

On the right you can see the vase holder with the vase in place...

The next three photos are of a vase I made to hold a bouquet which sits on my bathroom vanity... Each of the vase's three sides are shown... The vase is made with cardboard and paper, covered with fabric and some lace, to which I added additional paint... It is about 8 inches tall and the bottom of this vase is also filled with sand or gravel (I don't remember which now) to give it weight so it doesn't tip....

One of three sides of my bathroom vase - Art by Sylvia Kay

I hope you enjoy my exhibition... I plan to do seven of these posts, so you're welcome to come back to see more.... or revisit ones you've already seen as many times as you wish... and please pass the information about this exhibition on to others you think may be interested...

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I've lived on my own for more than 20 years now and although I don't miss the constant presence of some other person in my life AT ALL, I felt there was something missing and I've been thinking about what this could be... My inner work has clearly shown me that MANY things are best shared ONLY inside with my own parts and faces; as this is where they can be REALLY understood and appreciated. The occasional sharing I do with my few friends, although infrequent, is VERY important too, but there still seemed to be something I was missing... Puzzling about what this was, I've determined that what I missed was sharing the small things which felt interesting, important or meaningful at sometime during my day.

However, in the past, when I had others close, like "A MAN" in my life, I was MOST often disappointed. What felt important, interesting or meaningful to me, just wasn't to this other person. Consequently, I don't really want to share with any one particular person. Instead, I'm wanting to allow what I feel inspired to share fall like a drop of rain... free to find its own way to where it may be of use or interest...

This blog is, therefore, a series of posts sharing some feature of my day... Like a drop of rain, each one is free to find its own way to those for whom it might be interesting or meaningful without direction by me... Some days I have nothing to share, but I also frequently write small Haiku-like poems inspired by some piece of my day... It is my space for sharing my small puzzles, feelings, thoughts, poems, some of my current art and...and...and... with whoever wants to stop by... I do often revise posts... I usually continue working with a post until I begin a new one, so most revisions happen before I start the next post... but that isn't the end... nothing posted here is cast in stone or set in concrete. Revisions are to be expected and they can happen at any time. However, since 2017, because the work I've been doing on my web-site has been mostly enough, I haven't shared or revised much here until the end of 2021... Nonetheless, I do hope that you find something of interest... and I don't think I've stopped working here... I've just taken a break or rest for awhile...