Been busy with things that life seems to be throwing at me the past few weeks. i will have to post photos of the closing reception for the SPACE Gallery, Oh The Horror show. The party was this Saturday and was a blast! It was wonderful to be on display in that space. Thanks so much to Christy and Beth for having me in the show.
I've been gearing up for another craft show this weekend. I've heard through the grape vine that its a great venue, so I am really looking forward to it. Been making some new pieces. Included in what's drying right now is this great collage that is on the cover of a lined journal- The Physical Proportions of the Typical Man. The Craft show is this Saturday, Nov 7th, at Williston Central School on Rt 2, Williston, VT. 9-4 PM. If you are in the area stop by and say hello!
Here's the link to my shop- http://www.artfire.com/users/glimmeringprize What an easy upload of all my ETSY product to their platform. Crossing my fingers for some robust sales!!
Pimping the hauntingly beautiful ETSY treasury that I was featured in. Thanks SimplyInvitingCards for the spotlight! My Cassandra Collage is in good company! What a wonderfully creepy treasury~
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I think I mentioned earlier in the month that the wonderfully tal
ented Beth Robinson, asked me if I would be in a Halloween themed group show. I met her at the new gallery space at the soda plant, the S.P.A.C.E. I handed off my "spooky" new pieces to her today. Take a look at the creepy doll shrine and haunted mixed media collages that I will be showing.
Beth was impressed with
the size of my new pieces and I have to say they are
probably the largest
assemblages and collage works I have done. I am really happy with how all four of the pieces turned out.
Albeit, they are dark and haunted. The subject matter, stronger and and a little creepier than I usually approach.
But, it was great to stretch myself, both in the size of the work, the content and the process. I used some new techniques that I had been playing with and although I was up late, burning the midnight oil for many nights, this project was altogether, very satisfying.
I AM going to be early tonight, but there is no rest for the weary. With two craft shows looming in my near future, and a guest artist project due this weekend, I am pushing full steam ahead.
If you are in the area, do check out the show at
OH THE HORROR atthe Soda Plant. It runs till 10/31 with a closing party on Halloween. And, you are welcome to pop in at the opening reception, this Friday from 5-8, part of the Burlington 1st Friday Art Walk.
Opening Reception Friday, October 2 from
5:00-9:00pm for the First Friday Art Walk Closing party on Halloween S.P.A.C.E. 266 Pine Street, Suite 105 Burlington, Vermont“Breath-taking” works by a group of ’strange,’ yet extraordinarily talented, artists and craftsmen: Beth Robinson, Marc Awodey, Janet Van Fleet, Kevin Montanaro, Lorraine Reynolds, Jme Wheeler, Jonathan Ward, Andrea Currie. Works range in mediums from paintings to strange dolls, to mad scientist installations and vintage horror movie posters.
my etsy pals are having a little challenge on the melange blog. glenda bailey, who is a fabric addict, has challenged all the melange members to use fabric in our art. as a costume designer, fabric is always a part of my life. this love for fabric made it's way into my art. from the first altered book i made to the dolly shrines that i have been working on this week, chances are if you are looking at one of my pieces, there's apt to be some fabric on it some where.
using fabric for me has always been about texture. besides the fact that i don't seem to have the patience (or the skill) to make anything come out "flat", i love to have texture in my work. when i started this art journey and making altered books, i quickly found that fabric had so many uses. first, i adds texture and interest to the surface, secondly, i used it to cover the myriad of mistakes i made, and lastly, it help the pages from sticking together. now, there are fewer mistakes to cover, but i still use fabric. besides, it's a resource that i have tons and tons of. there was a time when i was selling bags of fabric scraps on etsy because i had so much of it.
the scrap bin is getting smaller. mostly because i have a special project, that i have been working on for craft shows. all i am going to say right now, is that it makes excellent use of scraps, in a truly artist way.
the piece that really shows how versatile fabric can be as a medium is in my altered book, "angels have wings." the cover is a corset and fabric is found on almost every page, from the flames that engulf the workers of the triangle shirt waist factory from hand embroidered flaming heart of Mary that boldly sings out on the final page.
i love using fabric so much, it's pretty much always been a part of my art. i do recommend that you take the plunge and try it yourself if you haven't already. you might like the results!
i've been busy working on art projects every night this week- it feels great to be so productive and moving things towards completion.
the doll shrines are coming together- the boxes are almost complete and i was busy tonight making some clothing for the dolls. tomorrow- i will finish with the sewing and assemble. tonight they are drying.
i also put another layer on to the collage on canvas that i've been working on: what remains. there are three canvases in this group that i am "salvaging" from a project that lost direction and steam. four month later, with many thanks to friends and fellow artists who helped me cut through the mental block, i am working on them again, with vigor. they still have a bit to go- but i am hoping to finish them Thursday night, i have a Friday deadline.
i have patti edmon to thank for her kind, but to the point crit of the old pieces. she helped me find focus. so thanks pat!
i promised myself i would try to get to sleep early tonight, so at 11:55, i bid you adieu. until we met again.
The Glimmering Prize is a bounty of heartfelt treasures made from discarded trinkets and everyday items. Mixed media collage artist, Lorraine Reynolds, transforms the mundane into mystical, the everyday into extraordinary. A graduate of FIT, Lorraine is a costume and technical designer by trade. A Vermont transplant for some 17 years, she takes found objects, such as broken dolls, rusty tins and discarded books and brings forth their unspoken stories, weaving tales of lost love, childhood memories and remembrance into each piece. Her work has been shown in NYC and throughout the state of Vermont. She is a proud member of the VT Book Arts Guild and ZNE.
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my etsy pals are having a little challenge on the melange blog. glenda bailey, who is a fabric addict, has challenged all the melange members to use fabric in our art. as a costume designer, fabric is always a part of my life. this love for fabric made it's way into my art. from the first altered book i made to the dolly 
shrines that i have been working on this week, 
chances are if you are looking at one of my pieces, there's apt to be some fabric on it some where.
the scrap bin is getting smaller. mostly because i have a special project, that i have been working on for craft shows. all i am going to say right now, is that it makes excellent use of scraps, in a truly artist way.
you haven't already. you might like the results!
i've been busy working on art projects every night this week- it feels great to be so productive and moving things towards completion.
i have patti edmon to thank for her kind, but to the point crit of the old pieces. she helped me find focus. so thanks pat!
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