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Tree-cycled Art

Holiday tree tags made from recycled materials by Colleen Maloney/2008 Colleen peeks through the trees! Wouldn’t you love to receive one of these in your mail box?! This is work from Colleen Maloney, another artist in the Arty Girls group I mentioned earlier. Her work is so colorful and amazing. Here is what she has to say about these images: Since it's the holiday season, I thought I'd include what I did for last year. I used old calendars and paper promotions by combining different pieces together, then stitching and die cutting them. My Christmas theme was based on ecology. My challenge was to create a card without using up a lot of resources in an attempt to give back to our earth. Each tree is a collage made entirely from discarded paper in hopes that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Lovely sentiment, Colleen, and great use of waste paper materials. I particularly like the swirly stitching. I can see decorating an entire tree with nothing but these. Thank you ...

Creative Women

Installation "Woman as the Creator" Marita Dingus 2002 Detail from "Woman as the Creator" Marita Dingus 2002 Face with Pink Flowers by Marita Dingus, 2008 - Photo by Richard Nichol Latticework Baby with Corks by Marita Dingus 2008 The Arty Girls group met this weekend for a little creative communing. I mention them in Tip #4 from my last post on motivation . One of our members is artist, Marita Dingus . She is a fabulously creative woman and her work will be on display at the Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle from Dec. 5 through Jan 4th, 2009. If you are in the area don’t miss it. Her work is very inspiring. I'll see if i can get work samples from more Arty Girls to share so stay tuned for that.