{"id":1383,"date":"2012-10-19T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2012-10-19T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:21:21","slug":"art-as-everyday-object","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/19\/art-as-everyday-object\/","title":{"rendered":"Art as Everyday Object"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1384\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/125-collage-cloth.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1384\" title=\"collage cloth\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/125-collage-cloth.jpg?resize=590%2C295\" height=\"295\" width=\"590\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: &#8220;Super-Cloth&#8221; made with layered dictionary pages and stenciled and stamped surface design on Tyvek construction sheeting. Right: Belts and bags made with cloth for upcoming sales.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have been playing around with a new surface design technique for the last few months.\u00a0 As long time blog followers know, I love to experiment and try new things.\u00a0 Last spring I got my hands on a book published by Interweave Press by Kelli Perkins called \u201cStitch Alchemy- combining fabric + paper\u201d.\u00a0 Of course as we artist are want to do I quickly abandoned Kelli\u2019s directions and went off on my own tangent but her ideas inspired mine.\u00a0 I had a roll of Tyvek sheeting (used in construction as a moisture barrier) left over from a camp kite-making project, and I\u2019d been itching to do something with it.\u00a0 The surface is smooth and very strong and can\u2019t be torn but is easy to cut and thin enough to sew.\u00a0 I had been making banners and garden flags but was searching for a more durable substrate.\u00a0 Tyvek was the answer.\u00a0 I love words in my work and I am forever cutting up books to use in my collage.\u00a0 I decided that layering dictionary pages on the Tyvek would be a great background from there I kept piling on the layers using both commercial and hand made stencils and stamps.\u00a0 This created a gorgeous and durable \u201csuper-cloth\u201d.\u00a0 But what to make?\u00a0 Really the question is what can\u2019t I make?\u00a0 I introduced this technique to the families that attended The Bishop\u2019s Ranch Generations camp last summer and it was very successful.\u00a0 Every family made banners or mobiles with their cloth.\u00a0 Now I\u2019ve been dreaming up what else to do.\u00a0 I love to make wearable art and artful, useful objects so I turned my eye to functional fun.\u00a0 This fall I\u2019m have three sales I\u2019ve already made a ton of fantastic jewelry (something for another blog) and this week was devoted to my yards of super-cloth.\u00a0 I\u2019ve made about 25 gorgeous belts, and about 50 zippered bags of various sizes; I\u2019m experimenting with wallets and luggage tags too!\u00a0 Why should art be confined to the wall, let\u2019s wear it, and share it, hold it and give it.\u00a0 I hope the folks who come to my upcoming sales feel the same way!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">everyday<\/span> art, don\u2019t forget to get your 2013 calendars, here is the link <a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/calendar.html\">CALENDAR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been playing around with a new surface design technique for the last few months.\u00a0 As long time blog followers know, I love to experiment and try new things.\u00a0 Last spring I got my hands on a book published [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,88],"tags":[372,382,447,748,21,783,803],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-inspiration","tag-functional-art","tag-generations-camp","tag-interweave-press","tag-super-cloth","tag-the-bishops-ranch","tag-tyvek","tag-wearable-art"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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