Paper Mâché Art: Some Utilitarian Objects...
This post was originally published Feb 11/2017... I've republished it on Dec 19/21, so it appears in the proper viewing order...
The art works included in this post show utilitarian (useful) objects I've made with paper mâché... However, for me, both art and writing have a larger use... I use both to pull what's inside me out so I can see what's there to work on it...
For several years I was physically unable to do either writing or art. It was a HARD time, but with these avenues shut down I learned other ways of working with what was inside me, which I wouldn't have learned otherwise... In retrospect I can see going through this HARD time has been HELPFUL!!! I now have many more avenues open with which to explore how I am inside... ones I'd NEVER have found or learned to use otherwise.
Nonetheless, I'm ENJOYING coming back to clarifying pieces of my confusion by journalling... I don't do it every day like I used to, but I write there frequently. I'm also GRATEFUL to be back doing art!! I'm working with both art and writing differently. The kind of journal I keep now, bears little resemblance to the kind of journal I kept before... I've changed and so has my journal... The process is slower and because I use these newly discovered ways too, I don't need to do so much... However, to again have access to these familiar and much loved tools of art and writing and now, mostly even without pain, is a TREMENDOUS gift!! I'm VERY grateful!!
For me, this exhibition, of new art in a new form, is a celebration of my physical renewal or rejuvenation which has made art possible for me again......
I've tried to add interesting details to ordinary, functional objects I use every day...
The picture on the left and the three below, show boxes made to hold underwear and socks...
They sit on a four tier wire shelf which holds shoes, slippers and sandals...
There is a mauve one, a green one and a pinkish/blue one.... My shower curtain has the same colors...
The objects I particularly enjoy creating are those which end up being not only interesting and sometimes perhaps a little beautiful, but also more functionally suitable than anything I could buy ready-made. Over the years I've made many such things... They give me pleasure each time I look at them or use them... On this post, I've displayed a few I've made with paper mâché...
The picture on the right is a photographic collage showing four sides and the top of a small box made to hold twist ties....
The picture on the left is a photographic collage showing three sides and the top of a yogurt container covered with paper mâché... It holds more ties and some pieces of string....
The two pictures below show two candle sticks made with paper mâché... I enjoy candles, especially the scent of the beeswax ones I have, but I don't light them, so the paper mâché holders work fine... (I lit the one on the right below, just to take its picture...)
The picture on the left is a photographic collage showing two sides of a container made from cardboard covered with paper mâché... As you can see it is designed to hold my scissors...
The picture on the right is also a photographic collage showing two views of an object made with paper mâché, which holds and dispenses string from two balls...
This Post's Flavor(s): art, creativity, process
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For several years I was physically unable to do either writing or art. It was a HARD time, but with these avenues shut down I learned other ways of working with what was inside me, which I wouldn't have learned otherwise... In retrospect I can see going through this HARD time has been HELPFUL!!! I now have many more avenues open with which to explore how I am inside... ones I'd NEVER have found or learned to use otherwise.
Nonetheless, I'm ENJOYING coming back to clarifying pieces of my confusion by journalling... I don't do it every day like I used to, but I write there frequently. I'm also GRATEFUL to be back doing art!! I'm working with both art and writing differently. The kind of journal I keep now, bears little resemblance to the kind of journal I kept before... I've changed and so has my journal... The process is slower and because I use these newly discovered ways too, I don't need to do so much... However, to again have access to these familiar and much loved tools of art and writing and now, mostly even without pain, is a TREMENDOUS gift!! I'm VERY grateful!!
For me, this exhibition, of new art in a new form, is a celebration of my physical renewal or rejuvenation which has made art possible for me again......
To the left is a detail of three of the objects pictured below...
The pieces above were made to hold lotions, scrubs, toothbrushes etc. on my bathroom vanity...
The picture on the left and the three below, show boxes made to hold underwear and socks...
They sit on a four tier wire shelf which holds shoes, slippers and sandals...
There is a mauve one, a green one and a pinkish/blue one.... My shower curtain has the same colors...
The objects I particularly enjoy creating are those which end up being not only interesting and sometimes perhaps a little beautiful, but also more functionally suitable than anything I could buy ready-made. Over the years I've made many such things... They give me pleasure each time I look at them or use them... On this post, I've displayed a few I've made with paper mâché...
The picture on the right is a photographic collage showing four sides and the top of a small box made to hold twist ties....
The picture on the left is a photographic collage showing three sides and the top of a yogurt container covered with paper mâché... It holds more ties and some pieces of string....
The two pictures below show two candle sticks made with paper mâché... I enjoy candles, especially the scent of the beeswax ones I have, but I don't light them, so the paper mâché holders work fine... (I lit the one on the right below, just to take its picture...)
The picture on the left is a photographic collage showing two sides of a container made from cardboard covered with paper mâché... As you can see it is designed to hold my scissors...
The picture on the right is also a photographic collage showing two views of an object made with paper mâché, which holds and dispenses string from two balls...
I hope you enjoy my exhibition... I have seven of these posts planned, 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...
This Post's Flavor(s): art, creativity, process
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