Thought I would post some pictures of my latest completed assemblage... they were created to be a sort of Mexican folk art inspired triptych, or a 3-in-1 piece, but instead I think they stand alone just as well. All three are done with acrylic on wooden trays that measure 5" x 8".
This one has the 14 traditional stations of the cross decoupaged inside bottle caps which have been painted and then lined with glitter. Station 1 starts in the upper left hand corner and the stations then move clockwise. I finished it off with a cross made of a broken guitar string. For more information on the history surrounding the Via Crucis go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/passionofchrist_5.shtml
Images 1-10 and 13-14 are from the series Via Crucis by Ukrainian artist Svitozar Nenyuk. To purchase work from this artist go to: www.ArtWanted.com/Svitozar
This one has the 14 traditional stations of the cross decoupaged inside bottle caps which have been painted and then lined with glitter. Station 1 starts in the upper left hand corner and the stations then move clockwise. I finished it off with a cross made of a broken guitar string. For more information on the history surrounding the Via Crucis go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/passionofchrist_5.shtml
Images 1-10 and 13-14 are from the series Via Crucis by Ukrainian artist Svitozar Nenyuk. To purchase work from this artist go to: www.ArtWanted.com/Svitozar
Way of the Cross
Michele Durrett
2008
The next one is a beaded painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The original image is a painting by Gail Rein. I copied the image and then painted over it using acrylic. Then I added glass beads.
To purchase the original image you can go to: http://www.art.com/
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Michele Durrett
2008
A close up detail on the beads and the dried roses.
The third piece was actually the first one finished. It was the catalyst for the whole thing. Years ago I had done a sculpture of the sacred heart of Jesus using Femo clay and then proceeded to complicate it with a really large and overdone wooden sculpture type thing-a-ma-bob that incorporated embroidery floss, rhinestones, and my own apocalyptic poetry. Needless to say, I eventually tore the thing apart but kept the sacred heart sculpture. On a recent trip to my storage unit to grab my guitar, I rescued it along with the three wooden trays. Shortly after, I discovered a large inexpensive bag of assorted sequins at Target and well here we are.
Sacred HeartMichele Durrett
2008
Close up on the clay heart...just so you can see all of the dust that I could not remove no matter how hard I tried. Of course all of that dust just gives the whole thing a sort of distressed feel. Next up...pictures of my completed Apathy series.
Besos,
Michele
2 comments:
This is a comment from my cousin Alishea...in response to an e-mail I sent telling my friends about the blog...in the e-mail I did something that I do a lot...I added -ish to the end of a word. Namely, represented-ish.
Alishea said:
I would have left a comment but my scarce knowledge of the blog world or should i say the web...haha...I couldn't figure out how to. if you know how, which I assume you do, you can paste and copy this there. Love the artwork...you know my fascination with Mexican art or anything relating to or of the latin/latino. haha. It makes me sad I no longer feel as though I have the time to be creative. I, of course, have the time, I am just choosing other less interesting things to waste it on. And in this email I am responding to, because I do know how to "reply"...I love your use of -ish. I am the -ish girl...and continually get asked what that exactly means, and why I use it. I use it because its awesome...what does it exactly mean? (15 minutes later) I went in search of the best way to describe -ish and first visited wikipedia, of course. Nothing! I was rather surprised as I go there for almost everything...so then I googled -ish to see what I could find. And surprisingly this is what I found:
1. ish
Slang term often used to replace "shit." Derived from the process of editing the vocals of rap-songs by reversing the curse words so said song could be played on the radio or television.
"That's the dope ish."
Really, did I just read that? That is amazing! What I was looking for though, was #2.
2. ish
kind of/sort of. usually added to the end of a word or phrase.
Their example...Well did it work? Yes...ish
Yes...ish? Worst example ever. "that's the dope ish."...best example ever!
That was just a little FYI. haha. Never liked the lol.
Anyway, congrats on the new blog. And I hope to read more soon. You are quite the eloquent poetress. I just made that word up...their is songstress so why not a poetress.
Hi Michele,
Here it is August 6th already and Mark and I haven't posted anything new-nor have you! You've made two really neat slide shows that I wish you could post somehow. Because I can't sleep I'm sipping hot ovaltine and reread your comments about your art pieces. They are quite good and I love the way the close-ups show off details. At any rate I'm glad we had those days of creativity-I realize now what a rarity they were.
Love you,
Mom
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