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Five – Mixed Media Collage

Robin Schar — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:03:13 +0000

Mixed Media Collage – 8×10 canvas with cut-out shadowbox, metal house number, napkins, paint chips, pen, ink, glass plates, magazine paper, acrylic paint, vintage photo and coin. Made a lot of mistakes but I’m sure having fun making them lol! (practice practice practice)

Warmth from Within – ATC

Robin Schar — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:57:18 +0000

Created for one of the members at the ADF artisan ATC exchange group. Distressed watercolor paper with walnut ink, navigation symbol from old map, white liquid ink, pencil, metal gears, pad ink, small rhinestone and printed text.

Fabric Art

Robin Schar — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:28:55 +0000

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Tried my hand with the sewing machine (yeah, I know… lol) and so far I’ve been able to do a few things I can share with you. I’ve also joined two fabric art groups that exchange fabric postcards through the mail.. hoping to get past the “I think I can” stage… it’s great fun! I’m also working on a set of “captured fairy” bottles for an upcoming craft fair to benefit my woman’s group. If you’d like to trade fabric art with me (4×4 or 5×5 inch, mixed media) I’d love to hear from you… just click “contact” button and send a note. Cheers and happy altered art-ing :)

(That green sleeve you see there is called a coffee cozy, it’s used as a sleeve for Starbucks coffee cups instead of the usual paper ones. Less for the landfills and much cuter, too)

Altered Art Update

Robin Schar — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:59:11 +0000

Geez… seems I’ve been bit by the “I don’t feel like typing in the blog thing again” bug. Here’s an update of what I’ve created over the past two months. Trying to find more time to create and keep balance in all my other interests, too. Thanks for stopping by!

Painted Smiles – Mixed Media Collage

Robin Schar — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:10:51 +0000

Sheesh can’t believe its been so long since I posted. I’ve been busy with work and the holidays like most people, unfortunately art has taken a back seat. This is my latest creation… made with a lot of different elements which I always love to do. I couldn’t get the “smiles” the way I had them in my mind… maybe when I have some better techniques under my belt I’ll be able to pull it off, but for now I opted to create an X over their lips to convey the same feeling. The next time I make this they will have huge Cheshire-cat smiles that at the same time, don’t look goofy. How I’ll manage that I have no clue! Have an excellent day, RS

On the back, there’s a quote that says “they always seemed to wear painted on smiles”

“You Become Me”

Robin Schar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:04:01 +0000

I tore it up and redesigned the frame for my mixed media collage. This was a lot of work but I’m satisfied with how it came out. I’ll be submitting this and a few of my other past altered art projects to be juried into the crafters guild on Tuesday night. Crossing my fingers and toes!

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Treasure Hunt Day :)

Robin Schar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:21:20 +0000

On Saturday I was invited to go on a treasure hunt to a rummage sale and craft fair with Cathy. She always great company and we had a lot of fun poking into all the nooks and cranny’s we came across. First stop was the rummage sale, bah! It was postponed until next week. So whats the next best thing but to hit up the quilting shop and then an antique store? I purchased some neat vintage thimbles (or what looks like antique, hard to tell with all the distressing techniques that people use, lol) and a few placards of black snaps. I also got a neat silver bangle/charm bracelet thing (six bucks!) a silver ring, two Halloween themed kitchen towels and a rubber-band and bead bookmark thing. Fun fun! We ended the day with a trip to Cathy’s house to meet her bird (seems my lack of remembering names crosses over into pets as well) and her well-stocked studio. Hope we get to do this again, really a great time all around.

On the 27th I’ll be going to the crafter’s guild to see about becoming a member. To do that I’ll need to bring in samples of my altered art. Since I’ve spent the past year learning techniques and also trying to get a community started for altered artists in Las Vegas, I haven’t made too much to show off. I have an idea of what to bring… and yesterday I created one additional piece that they can look at so they can see what direction I want to lean toward in the future. I love creating collage in 3d bases such as frames, shrines, wooden blocks, boxes… etc. Anyway this is my latest creation… just coming out of a two month hiatus and glad to be creating again.

I think the inside composition (made with polymer clay!) and the wire thing across the middle looks way better than the frame… I’ve really got to think of something that looks more polished.

Altered Art Collage - "You Become Me" by Robin Schar

Altered Art - "You Become Me" (closeup) by Robin Schar

Altered Thingamajig

Robin Schar — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:49:48 +0000

Have you noticed that some things cross the line between altered art, mixed media and even the category’s listed under them? This started out as an Altered Shrine… but since its so flat I’m guessing it’s not really a shrine but instead a mixed media piece… but then again it uses 3d elements, so it must be a shrine? Ha-ha, who knows… I just like how it came out! We had a great time at the art party yesterday and I’m so glad to see the group blossoming as it is. Looking at the first year anniversary (I started the group in November) time passes so fast! I’m going to try to think of a special something to do for the members to celebrate :) Hope you like my latest creation… I listed the things used to create it… such a trip what people throw away! Going to add this to my etsy store and see if anyone else likes it too. xoxox

Old wood frame, Baby board book, Sewing pattern, Vintage image, Faux pearl beads, Images from old catalog, Old necklace clasp, Vintage key, Woven cotton fabric, Grandfather clock piece, Glass beads, Wire and Acrylic paints.