A Natural Evolution of RECYCLED ART
"Georg" Eggshells on glass, acrylic, 2008
As a quilter, I love to create larger pieces out of smaller
pieces, so mosaics using non-traditional materials was a natural evolution for my art. For this piece, I hand-painted the eggshells with acrylic paints, then broke them into pieces and reformed them into the portrait of my husband, using the picture I took of him on our wedding day in 2007. His smile says it all! "In the Beginning" Cassette tapes on steel, 2010
My interest in audiocassette tapes spawned from the first tapes of my voice lessons and my concern about the changes in communication from the portable audiocassette tape, the first "social media", to the current on-line electronics age.
For this project, I collected 3000 audiocassette tapes from my family, neighbors, friends, aquaintenances, fellow musicians, co-workers and colleagues and arranged 10% of them on a rod iron spike. |
"Sonic Spill" Cassette tapes, 2010
I was so depressed from witnessing the loss of our sea ice, that I told my husband, "Let's go to Monterey Bay Aquarium to see the sea horse exhibit." We drove down and after seeing the most beautiful sea creatures I had ever seen - the SEA DRAGON - related to my most treasured sea horses - I a said, "I am not depressed anymore... I am going to crochet a sea dragon our of audiocassette tape." Soon after, "Sonic Spill" was spilling off of my needles - unbroken - and I was imagining wearing the finished piece and ranting and raving improvisationally in rhyme about the plight of Mother Earth.
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"Northwest Passage"
Eggshells, vinyl and watercolor, 2011
I saw the Pulp Fashion show, with Isabelle deBorchgrave's fabulous kimonos
made out of paper, at the De Young Museum in 2011 and had to try my hand at
adhering more eggshells on vinyl. In this piece, I am reflecting the state of our sea ice,
as it continues to break up as a result of global warming. I achieved the green watery
background by adhering my watercolor painting on newsprint to the back of the vinyl.
made out of paper, at the De Young Museum in 2011 and had to try my hand at
adhering more eggshells on vinyl. In this piece, I am reflecting the state of our sea ice,
as it continues to break up as a result of global warming. I achieved the green watery
background by adhering my watercolor painting on newsprint to the back of the vinyl.
"Seeing the World Through New Eyes"
CD's, Vinlyl and Gel Skins, 2011
Music makes its way into many of my pieces. For this kimono, I collaged old CD's
I picked up at the free library give-away at the College of Marin in 2005, and held onto them
for 6 years until I found the "perfect" project. I added to my collection with more CD's
purchased from the recycling center called SCRAP in San Francisco. I took photos at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium of the endangered sea dragons and created gel "skins" with
polyacrylamide gel medium and adhered them to the CD's. All of the CD's are sewn to the vinyl,
in order to maintain the free movement in the piece. I named the piece "Seeing the World Through New Eyes"
because the viewer can see their reflection in the brilliant light-refractive CD's. This piece is on view at my studio C
at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA.
I picked up at the free library give-away at the College of Marin in 2005, and held onto them
for 6 years until I found the "perfect" project. I added to my collection with more CD's
purchased from the recycling center called SCRAP in San Francisco. I took photos at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium of the endangered sea dragons and created gel "skins" with
polyacrylamide gel medium and adhered them to the CD's. All of the CD's are sewn to the vinyl,
in order to maintain the free movement in the piece. I named the piece "Seeing the World Through New Eyes"
because the viewer can see their reflection in the brilliant light-refractive CD's. This piece is on view at my studio C
at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA.