Expozitia "West meets East 2018"

Luni, 8 octombrie, am fost la vernisajul expozitiei "West meets East 2018", un schimb cultural international. Expozitia, organizata de d-na Conf.univ.dr. Daniela Frumuseanu si Alexandra Neacsu, este deschisa la Galeria "Piata Spaniei" din Bucuresti, str. Alecu Russo si este la a IX-a editie. Aici, mi-a facut placere sa intalnesc persoane cunoscute, printre care surorile Livia si Laura Greaca, Ionela Apetrii, Alina Brasoveanu, Corina Grigore, Alexandra Neacsu, etc.
Este o expozitie de carte-obiect de arta, un mod interesant de prezentare a unor miniaturi artistice, realizate in diferite tehnici si adunate sub forma unor "carti". Acest lucru m-a interesat in mod deosebit si expozitia reprezinta o sursa de inspiratie.
Iata cateva imagini din expozitie.

Laura Greaca - premiul publicului

Livia Greaca

Miruna Hasegan

Ana-Maria Rugescu

Lidia Margelu

Atena Simionescu

Adriana Popa Canija

Alina Voda

Livia Ramona Petrescu

Ionela Apetrii

Georgeta Hlihor

Ecaterina Marghidan

Elena Habasescu

Daniela Frumuseanu

Zoe Vida Porumb

Invitatia lui Beth (1) 

"Monoprinting"

Beth Berman, o creatoare de arte frumoase din SUA, m-a invitat sa postez trei articole pe blogul grupului ei, "And Then We set it on Fire"
http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.ro/
Primul meu articol este despre creatiile mele de monoprinting si va apare in 9 aprilie.
Multumesc, Beth!

Beth Berman, a US artist of Fine Arts, has invited me to post three articles on her group blog "And Then We Set it on Fire"
 http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.ro/
My first article is about my works in monoprinting and will be published in the April 9.
Thank you, Beth! 

Today I want to present some monoprintings. First I tried to do monoprinting on a ceramic plate. The things have not really successful, perhaps because I have not chosen the best color consistency.

For this, I supplemented by adding a few lines of drawing and the result is this ...

Then I made myself a gelliplate, a little one...

In this case, things went easier...

  

  

Then I tried to monoprint by using a plastic sheet...hum, could be better!!
Finally, I had to add some corrections, color effects, on the monoprinted sheet.

From all this, I was able to draw a conclusion: it is true that, working with gelliplate, things are going better.

Carmina

http://carminarte.blogspot.ro/ 

 

O surpriza de la Renate...

Challenge-ul propus de Sara s-a incheiat....Dupa ce am terminat paginile si am facut carticica, Sara ne-a cerut sa realizam o lucrare surpriza (ATC), cu care sa participam la un schimb artistic....totul in mare secret. Sara ne-a trimis fiecareia un e-mail prin care ne anunta numele partenerei de schimb.
Partenera mea a fost Renate Tillack din Germania.
Am primit de la Renate aceasta minunata lucrare feutrata...
Multumesc mult, Renate!

The Challenge proposed by Sara has finished .... After we finished pages and did little book, Sara asked us to realize a surprise work (ATC) to take part in an artistic exchange .... all in secret. Sara sent us each a mail to let us know the name of the exchange partner.
My partner was Germany's Renate Tillack.
I received this wonderful felt work of Renate ...

Thanks a lot, Renate!

 Eu i-am trimis Renatei aceasta surpriza...

I sent to Renate this surprise ...

Challenge...

Azi, am sarbatorit 1 Mai prin munca. M-am inscris, acum cateva zile, la un Challenge "Booklet feltalong", organizat de Sara Lechner din Argentina. Urmeaza sa realizam niste mici pagini (aprox.7cmx10cm), care vor fi stranse intr-o carticica. Vom primi, in fiecare luni, instructiuni de la Sara.

Pentru inceput, o pagina pe un background feltat. Nu am lucrat pana acum in aceasta tehnica desi am studiat problema, dar nu s-a ivit ocazia....
Asa ca, am inceput prin a face o bucata de feutru prin tehnica wet felting.

Today, I celebrated May 1st by working. I signed up in a Challenge "Booklet feltalong" organized by Sara Lechner from Argentina. We will do little pages (aprox.7cmx10cm), that will be collected in a booklet. We receive every Monday instructions from Sara.

For start, a page on a felt background. I did not worked until now this technique although I studied the issue. So I started by making a piece by wet felting technique.

Dupa ce s-a uscat, am taiat o bucata  de feutru si am trecut la decorarea lui. Crearea compozitiei este problema cea mai dificila, mai ales cand iti vin mai multe idei. Pana la urma, a iesit asa...

Once dry, I cut a piece of felt and I went to decorate it. Creating composition is the most difficult, especially when coming to you more ideas. Finally, it came out ...

Pentru dos, am folosit un material vopsit in albastru la care am facut deasemenea un embellisment cu fire angelina si free motion. Apoi l-am fixat de partea din fata cu o cusatura in jurul partii feltate.

For back side, I used a blue colored material that I also made a embellisment with angelina fiber and free motion. Then I set him by the front side with a stitch around the felted part.

Iata ce a iesit in final...
The final is this ...

Fata

Dos

Valentin swap

Azi am primit din Statele Unite o surpriza foarte placuta de la Grace Stanford. In februarie, am participat la un schimb artistic de Valentin Day in The Art Colony si Grace era partenera care urma sa-mi trimita un card asa cum eu am trimis unul lui Mary Margaret.
Azi a ajuns la mine cardul trimis de Grace, dar surpriza a fost si mai mare cand Mary Margaret m-a anuntat ca a primit cardul meu.
Grace lucreaza intr-un mod foarte delicat, cu un pen micrometric, cu care face niste desene foarte delicate, pe care le umple cu culoare.
Multumesc Grace!

  
Today I received from the United States a very pleasant surprise from Grace Stanford. In February, I participated in an artistic exchange Valentine's Day in The Art Colony and Grace was the partner who would send me a card as I sent one to Mary Margaret.
Today got the card sent by Grace, but the surprise was even greater when Mary Margaret announces she received my card.
Grace works in a very delicate, with a micrometer pen with which she makes some very delicate drawings that fill them with color.
Thank you, Grace! 

Valentin's day swap...

Acum cateva zile, m-am inscris pentru un schimb artistic "Valentin's day swap" la The Art Colony. Partenera mea de schimb este Mary Margaret, din Missouri, Statele Unite. Azi i-am trimis un card textil (10cmx15cm), facut pentru ea. Sper sa-i placa surpriza mea...

A few days ago, I signed up for an artistic exchange "Valentine's Day swap" at The Art Colony.  
My exchange partner is Mary Margaret, Missouri, United States.  
Today I sent a textile card (10cmx15cm), made ​​for her. I hope she like my surprise ...

 Enjoy!

ATC again... 

 

ATC  (Art Trading Card) este o miniatura textila (sau din alte materiale), facuta pentru schimburi artistice sau pentru a fi daruita. Are dimensiunea unui card bancar, de 6.5cmx9cm.
De curand am participat la un schimb artistic pe Milliande Art Community for Women si am facut cateva ATC-uri pe care le vedeti in fotografia de mai jos. In general, fac o serie de sase bucati pentru ca este o munca tare migaloasa si nu este rentabil sa lucrezi un singur ATC.

ATC (Art Trading Card) is a textile miniature (or from other materials), made for artistic exchanges or to be given as gift. He has the size of a credit card, 6.5cmx9cm.
I've recently participated in an art exchange on the Milliande Art Community for Women and I made ​​some ATC that you can see in the picture below. In general, I do a series of six pieces because it is a meticulous and hard work and is not useful to work only one ATC.

Photographs were taken with cell phone and can not have the best quality.
Fotografiile au fost facute cu telefonul mobil si poate nu au calitatea cea mai buna.

Si acum sa va arat cum am procedat. Nu este o regula, ceea ce spun eu acum....este vorba despre cum am lucrat eu la aceste ATC-uri.
Am folosit ca material de baza, o matase sintetica, groasa, cu o tesatura rugoasa, folosita la draperii. In centrul ei am asezat un patratel din bumbac, vopsit manual, imbogatit ulterior cu o pictura facuta cu acrilice. Aici apare o diferenta de textura, patratelul va apare ca un mic tablou, acesta a fost si scopul acestei compozitii.

And now to show you how I proceeded. This is not a rule, what I say now .... it's about how I worked on these ATC's.
I used as base material, a synthetic silk, thick, rough fabric, used for curtains. In the center I placed a square of cotton, hand dyed, then enriched with a painting done with acrylics. Here there is a difference in texture, small square will appear as a small painting, this was the purpose of the composition.

Materialul de baza a fost, in prealabil, stabilizat pe un termocolant. Apoi am taiat bucati ceva mai mari de 6.5cm/9cm, pentru rezerve. Patratelele de bumbac vopsit au fost taiate la dimensiunile finale, adica 4cmx4cm, poate unele putin mai dreptunghiulare.

The base material was previously stabilized on an interlining, then I cut pieces slightly larger than 6.5cm/9cm. Dyed cotton squares were cut to final dimensions, i.e 4cmx4cm, maybe some slightly more rectangular.

Le-am fixat apoi cu niste vliesofix pe materialul de baza, ca sa nu se miste in timpul lucrului. La fel de bine se poate folosi si un pic de lipici pentru hartie.

Then I fixed the squares with some vliesofix (bondaweb) on the base material, not move during operation. As well you can use a little glue.

Le-am facut un chenar cu zig-zag si le-am quiltuit incercand sa fac un desen cu frunze sau alte figuri, dupa imaginatie.

I made a frame line with zig-zag and I'm trying to make a quilted leaf or other drawing figures, by imagination.

Apoi am adaugat niste culori acrilice...
Then I added some acrylic ...

 Acum urmeaza etapa cea mai placuta pentru mine, infrumusetarea sau "embellishment"-ul pe care l-a facut cu fire si margeluse....aici trebuie sa alegi! Cu asta se poate spune ca am terminat "topul" ATC-urilor.

Now comes the most pleasant step for me, the embellishment, that I made ​​with threads and beads .... here you have to choose! With this, we can say that we have the ATC's "top".

Apoi am taiat, din carton, dosul ATC-lor, adica niste bucati de carton la dimensiunea finala de 6.5cmx9cm. Le-am fixat cu lipici de "top", iar excesul de material a fost apoi taiat.

Then I cut from cardboard, the ATC's back, in the final size of 6.5cmx9cm. I've fixed them, with glue, on the ATC's top and the excess material was then cut. 

 

In final, marginile ATC-lor au fost cusute cu zig-zag.....si gata!
Finally, ATC's edges were stitched with zig-zag ..... and ready!

I hope you liked this,
Carmina