Actions Conversations & Intersections

Day 2 was just as great! - Last night I was thinking about what I might create from the items that were there in the gallery... I had an idea of a large ballerina - but then after getting to the gallery I just really liked the old chair that would have to be broken apart.... plus Patricia had this great piece of fabric that was so perfect for the seat cover! So I worked on other things and had a great time! The following are some of the art pieces that I had created for this show - A while back I had found a bunch of drawers that someone tossed behind a store instead of throwing them away a lil at a time. I reclaimed them and took the outside wood fronts off, patched up the handle holes, and used them to paint on. Then attached a hook on the back to hang them on the wall. -- I have plans for artwork I want to create from the rest of the wood from the drawers.

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Actions Conversations & Intersections

It was a great day at the gallery - They had a bunch of different projects going on at the same time, all of which was very cool! Today Patricia and I worked on making a bike rack out of old metal chairs, and then took part of a foot board of a bed and the rest of the chairs and made a nice bench out of it. We ended up using the bench as we worked on other pieces there in the gallery. Here are some images: 

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LA Municipal Art Gallery

This Saturday and Sunday UPCYCLING at the LA Municipal Art Gallery!!! 

Patricia Zambrano - and myself will be hosting the up cycling project for the Actions Conversations & Interactions exhibition. It is FREE to the public and all are welcome to participate in making something NEW out of items that have been left out on the streets.

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New Paintings

Soooo I am still trying to figure out the look and feel that I want.... But I have been trying to juggle collage (paper, found objects) dripping- running layers of paint - a bit of abstraction and then loose sketching... I LOVE the layers of paint... I always find small sections of a whole pice that I just love the look and feel and visual texture - but just lil random areas in it -- So I am still working on making a look that I like and I can repeat as a style... still trying different things out.... But here are a few of the pieces that I have been working on... 

This piece below will be sketched on and then painted over the layers - so It is still a work in progress....

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Dumpster Diving and Up Cycling

For sometime now, I have been collecting some "junk" from stuff that people have thrown out - Furniture, drawers, whatever can fit in my car! hahaha... The other day I drove a few blocks down side streets with  a large piece sticking out my OPEN back door... =) It just wouldn't fit, but I wanted it! HAHAHA... Some of what I have found are for things that I am working on and other things are for people to use at the LA Municipal Art Gallery, in the "Actions, Conversations - Intersections Exhibition. 

I was really excited last night - I have found a tall lamp stand that has a glass top and my mom has a lamp stand that the glass broke. So it is DIFFERENT then the old glass but I was able to fit it on! The rest of the lamp I will see about using later to make a light box artwork piece I have thought about.... But that will be another day! The base and pole of the stand would make a great stand for some other .... maybe sculpture piece?! In the image above you can see the stand that I took the glass off of and in the image below you can see it on the top of my moms light stand! 

Actions Conversations & Intersections

I have an upcoming project in this show.  -- We will be working on up cycling furniture and other found objects that are left out on the streets. I'll see about posting some of the stuff that I have found or up cycled - in the next few days. 

We will be giving a demo of some of our work and have found objects and furniture for the public to work with - On Feb. 28th (And on Feb. 27th it will focus on up cycling clothing) Hope you can join! 

   

Parts to Make a Whole

Since I have been back home and have been looking for what kinda artwork I really want to focus on... I have decided that I want to be "responsible" with the things that I already have... OR... Is it that I just want to CLEAN up and make room?! haha - In either way, I had decided to work on some more Assemblage work. In the last few days I have made about 10 new pieces from stuff that I have been collecting over the last year or so. Here are a few UNFINISHED pieces... 

I am always picking up lil random junk off the ground... things that just catch my eye... I think that it is really cool to just find something that you find artistically interesting or "valuable." Then to piece it all together to create something new with it. I also like that if everyone was to pick up a few random things and EVEN just toss it in the trash the city would look better and save money/ people would feel better about what they are doing... - the lil things. 

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