Recycled Bamboo Tile Art
Posted by: myalteredart on: October 23, 2010
Last year I purchased a bamboo tile mat, thinking that someday I would make something beautiful out of them. They sat around in my work room for almost a year before the inspiration hit me.
I love turing something ordinary into something unique and creative. These tiles gave me the opportunity to experiment with different colors and designs. After I decoupaed them I coated each one with a layer of clear nail polish and the effect was spectacular!
Here are some of my completed designs!
These and many other items are listed for sale in my e-store Cornerstone Handcrafts.
Hand Rolled Paper Beads
Posted by: myalteredart on: October 21, 2010
Hand rolling paper beads was a favorite of the Victorian times, when women made enough beads to create room dividing curtains!
Today this art form has been revived as each paper rolled turns into a work of art in and of itself!
Here is a necklace I made out of a New York Subway Map:
It’s available for purchase at my store Cornerstone Handcrafts
Recycled Hand Rolled Paper Beads
Posted by: myalteredart on: October 18, 2010
Well, here I am again….. I’ve been busy with my latest projects….. Making hand rolled paper beads. It’s inspiring and so eco-friendly and what is MORE altered that this?? (not traditional altered art, but altered nonetheless!) To see these and many other items for sale visit my e-store Cornerstone Handcrafts
Here are some of my current creations….. I’ve been rolling beads for weeks and then stringing them into mixed media necklaces and bracelets!
Here’s a pile of beads made from a sales circular and turned into art!
Shades of brown and blue accent this ethnic necklace made from the pages of Nat Geo!
“Jungle Girl” necklace also made from the pages of Nat Geo!
“Calendar Girl” necklace made from the pages of an expired calendar
Nat Geo Paper Bead Necklace
Posted by: myalteredart on: November 27, 2009
Newly listed Nat Geo paper bead necklace….. order online
Go Green by wearing recycled paper beaded artwork necklaces!
This ethnic looking necklace was made from hand rolled beads from Nat Geo, and coated with an acrylic finish. The necklace is multi colored in browns and blues and the spacer beads are wood tones.
Approx 34″
How To Use a Brayer
Posted by: myalteredart on: November 26, 2009
A brayer is a handy tool used in altered art for making interesting backgrounds. Here are several tutorials that I found giving instructions on using brayers.
Paper Bead Necklaces
Posted by: myalteredart on: November 23, 2009
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Go Green with recycled art! My first attempts at paper beads! Each bead is hand rolled from recycled newspaper, magazines or circulars!
I just listed some in my etsy store!
Sunday Circular
Magazine Ads
Nat Geo photos:
Collage Art: Poet Tree – Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass
Posted by: myalteredart on: November 21, 2009
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I’ve recently been working on gifts for Christmas. My daughter’s boyfriend really likes Walt Whitman, so I made a Poet-tree collage of Whitman’s book of poems “Leaves of Grass”.
First I went to google images and found some copies of Whitman’s poems in his own handwriting and glued them onto my background:
Then I printed a picture of Whitman and the title of the book:
Next I cut the leaves out of magazine pages and any paper I could find with green in it:
I then stained the background green and blue and glued Whitman to the bottom, painted a tree coming out of his head and glued the leaves on the tree. I also used the leaves for the grass. I used a bottle cap to print cloud circles in the sky.
Here’s the finished collage:
A Walt Whitman “Leaves of Grass Poetree”
Recycled Paper Beads
Posted by: myalteredart on: November 13, 2009
I was searching the web this morning looking for a how to on making my own paper, when I ran across this video. It is a tutorial on how to make your own beads out of old magazines or newspapers. So, the next time you have an old magazine, before you throw it away you can make some jewelry!
Very easy and very cool!
Free Colonial America Images
Posted by: myalteredart on: November 6, 2009
Here are some free public domain images of life in Colonial America.
George Washington
Washington in the Revolution
Colonial Woman
General Washington
Contenential Congress
