I hate dust and anything to do with dusting, but Scott uses the obnoxious build-up as a canvas for his art! Take a look at his constantly evolving work, it is all sketched into dust!
Dust, dew, dirt and anything else that accumulates on the surface adds to the patina.
This is a life analogy for me, “Work with what you got!”.
Thanks Scott for the reminder that art is everywhere!

top: a “prepared canvas”
bottom: a “finished” piece
~Alison Lee
host of ”the online craft podcast“
CRAFTCAST

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Living in NYC , I often come across old advertising on the sides of buildings. While I study the beauty of the old graphic remains, I am transported to a different time and place. I find it a calming retreat, in the middle of a highly motivated city and a complex universe, to reflect on a time when life was more direct and seemingly simpler. Hope you find some “ghost signs” in your surroundings to reflect on!

~Alison Lee
host of ”the online craft podcast“
CRAFTCAST

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Claudine is known for her whimsical but thought provoking collage work,
her inspiring and instructive workbooks, as well as her line of
scrapbook products. Listen to what Claudine has to share about
her creative endeavors.

Links for today’s show:
Claudine’s Website
Musical Selection “Hell of a Boy” from The Lascivious Biddies

Today’s Quote:
What one can do to affect the quality of the day,
that is the highest of the arts.
~Henry David Thoreau

Come back next week when my guest is Kate McKinnon

above: collage work by Claudine Hellmuth

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~Alison Lee host of ” the online craft podcast,“ CRAFTCAST

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Come back at the end of the day to download my interview with Claudine Hellmuth, collage artist!

~Alison Lee
host of ”the online craft podcast“
CRAFTCAST

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Julian makes his art sketching with chalk, with cement sidewalks his canvas. Not only that, he knows how to do the perspective in such a way that when viewed from the correct position, it is a 3D experience!
I’ve come across some of these in NYC. What a visual treat!

top: “Make Poverty History” sidewalk art
below: looking from above

~Alison Lee
host of ”the online craft podcast“
CRAFTCAST

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Start the week off with artistic inspiration! Go to metalmarks.net and look at the gallery of work by Brooke Mark-Swanson. I love each piece more then the one before. The colors combinations are exciting, and the surface textures of the metal are alluring.
Thanks Brooke for getting my creative energy jump started!

above: Copper and Acrylic

~Alison Lee
host of ”the online craft podcast“
CRAFTCAST

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Global warming, winter warming, whatever it is, it adds up to no snow! These “thread paintings” reminded me of what winter use to look like. Ms. Margulis uses a sewing machine’s needle for a painter’s brush and creates rich, realistic, dimensional landscapes.
Thank you Natalia for the “snow day”!