Kat''s Nature

Kat's Nature Is To Be Creative - I Love Paint and Stuff
Showing posts with label folk art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folk art. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Can I WOW You? Maybe




Wise Old Screech Owl 

Here is my "Bark Art" that I have been having fun with
 and will show locally at the open studio days at my studio building. 
 We are known as The Loveland Artist Studios on Main.  
That is Main Street if your wondering. 

 Our little towne is small
 but what they call a bedroom city for Cincinnati, 
which isn't far away. 
 Lots of young families and old timers 
that have lived here all their life and love it in Loveland.  

We are a growing hotbed of artists.
 Loveland celebrates our creativity 
during a big art fair in our town park 
called Nesbit Park,
 right along the Little Miami River 
and the famous Loveland Bike Trail.  
It is always held in September.
    

This is a one by five cedar rough cut board
 an owl shape loosely drawn on

this is my owl cardboard cut out I use

This is some of the tree bark 
I found in the woods
It has been dried 
and coated with wood glue 
on the back for strength.

a view of some of the birds

This is a smaller piece of bark 
that I will use as a base
 because it is flat on the bottom 
and otherwise not too great looking

Now I " Liquid Nails"
 glue it together
  to get a stable,  
pretty, interesting bark  
for adding anything to now.

I can add a clay flower 
and one of my little wooden painted 
Hummingbirds


These are a cute pair of gold-finch 
and some purple pansies.

Thanks for checking out the "Bark Art"
  come back soon Nature Lovers

KAT

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Jazzy Jazz- Hands Turtles... Pay it Forward Blog Party




 

 

    This is an idea I got from from Anne at "Bird Like"

The first FIVE people who comment on My  blog post will receive a folk art nature inspired  handmade gift from me. 

 In  return, you must FIRST write a blog post explaining Pay It Forward 2011.Then.... send out your own (any kind of ) handmade gift to the first 5 visitors who leave a comment.

 It is called a:

PAYING IT FORWARD PARTY 2011

 

I will send out a "Jazzy" turtle folk art  that will be sitting on a rough wooden cedar stand with a little secret hide-y-hole  to the first 4 bloggers who post a comment (pleas send me your mailing address if you are the first four) You have to agree to do the same thing on your blog ...  Such is the idea of "pay it forward"  S I hope you want to do something nice for 4 new friends today!

KAT

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Bark Art is not Fine Art

Hello,
we did not get any new snow( few flurries this morning) mostly today it is very windy and the temps are dropping into the 20s. The ice is treacherous...lots of power outages just north of us more in the rural farm areas. I think the cold air is blowing right in through my cheap windows and doors! I feel drafts everywhere in this house today!

So here is my "Bark- Art" my own little invention. although I am sure someone else has done similar stuff. I was wandering down the paths through the St Columban woods and found lots of old pieces of bark that had fallen off the big old trees. I gathered some up, dried it out in the sun then baked it in the oven also. I coat it with wood glue and strengthen it on the back. I love the natural textures and the jagged shapes. I put some hummingbirds and clay flowers on some and different owls peeking out from behind some more. It's evolving as I go along. I am running out of bark now so I have to go hunt up some more.

I put some of these on my ETSY shop at dblrainbow.etsy.com

If you know any bark lovers send them to my shop! :] Please

Oh yea, Second Saturday open house event is coming up. I made a sign with my "ART-ist" name on it...I made it from an old roof slate tile I got in Florida. and I used clay to make letters and a flower and cemented that on,









then I added a hummingbird...My latest bird creation. I really want Spring to come EARLY How about YOU?