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Gallery
Featured Artist: theresa mARTin
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Theresa |
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Introduction
My name
is Theresa Martin and I live in Arlington, Virginia, with my husband and
our comical cat, Boomer. My husband is a sculptor and I indulge him in
having his steel and sculptures all over our yard, while he gives me free
reign in having all my collected bits and pieces for assemblage and
collage inside our house!
I was raised in a Victorian house in a small town in Massachusetts where
my love of things old, Victorian, and funky began! I loved to walk around
our old, historical town exploring colonial cemeteries or looking at
Victorian houses with widow’s walks and other unusual architectural
details. I feel very connected to the 19th century as a result
of this.
I inherited my parents’ Great Depression era mentality. My early life was
surrounded by things made from other things (early altered art!) and I
enjoyed how resourceful my parents were. There were always things to
explore around the house – from an old tea tin of decorative buttons in my
mother’s sewing room, to drawers filled with ‘recycled’ hardware pieces in
my Dad’s workshop. I treasured both categories. I have drawers and boxes
filled with interesting bits and bobs that have been collected over the
years. I now consider myself a recovering pack rat, because through
necessity (storage issues!) I must throw some things away, and better yet
I can use them in my artwork! Is it any wonder that my artwork is more
assemblage than collage? It’s in my genes! |
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Theresa's Top 5
ARTchix Products
1. Winged Beauties
Collage and
Transparency
Sheets
2. Winged Cuties
Collage and
Transparency Sheets
3. Brass Heishi
4. Black Swan Wings
German Scrap
5. Vintage Metal Treasures
sorry, no longer available |
Theresa's Website
http://www.theresamartin.com |
Click images to enlarge
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Artwork #1: Collage |
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Title Little House
ARTchix Products
Fly Over the Moon Rubber
Stamp Sheet
Gold Borders
Asian Delight Collage Sheet |
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Instructions
The little house began with a 4” x
7” piece of mat board with a 3” diagonal cut for the roof. The central
figure is a rubber stamping from the FLY OVER THE MOON Rubber Stamp
Sheet. The collage background has a face from the ASIAN DELIGHT COLLAGE
SHEET, black and white papers, red decorative paper and is trimmed with
GOLD BORDERS. The roof is finished with a brass embellishment and
two sections of a vintage ruler.
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Artwork #2: Collage |
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Title
American Dream
ARTchix Products
Winged Beauties Collage
Sheet
Winged Cuties Collage Sheet
Mini Mix Collage Sheet
Papillon Transparency Sheet
Brass Sunburst Halos
Women In Art collage sheet
Black Baroque Borders
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Instructions
American Dream is on a 4” x 10” piece of mat board. The first
layer of the collage is a vintage train certificate. Over that I added a
WINGED BEAUTY, a woman from the WOMAN IN ART collage sheet and a BLACK
BAROQUE BORDER. I used a couple pieces of vellum – putting a transparent
butterfly from PAPILLION TRANSPARENCY sheet behind them, and a woman
from the MINI MIX sheet in front. I lifted up the boy from the STARS &
STRIPES COLLAGE SHEET on a mounting square and placed next to him an
emblem from the VINTAGE METAL TREASURES collection (my new favorite
ARTchix item!) I raised a WINGED CUTIE with mounting squares and a piece
of vintage ruler and gave her a BRASS SUNBURST HALO. I used a magnifier
on the face of the WOMAN IN ART.
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Artwork #3: Calendar |
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Title 2007 Calendar
ARTchix Products
Parisian Sewing Kit collage
sheet
Women In Art collage sheet
Copper Swan Wings
Brass Sunburst Halos
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Instructions
This
calendar began with a 4” x 11” piece of mat board with a half circle cut
into the top. I layered the base with an image from the PARISIAN SEWING
KIT COLLAGE SHEET, black & white checkered paper, and striped paper
topped with black & white ribbons.
The second layer is a raised piece of 3” x 4” mat board with gold, black
and brown decorative paper and textured light brown paper. The collage
on this little platform is made with a figure from the WOMEN IN ART
COLLAGE SHEET, with COPPER SWAN WINGS, and an image from the PARISIAN
SEWING KIT COLLAGE SHEET folded into a fan for a collar. Behind her is
a brass embellishment and she is wearing a BRASS SUNBURST HALO that I
filled with rhinestones. The base of this layer is trimmed with a piece
of a vintage ruler.
I added
some metal pieces for an embellishment at the top, and printed out a
calendar that I made in Photoshop using a rubber stamp font for the
month and dates.
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Artwork #4: Collage |
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Title
A is for ARTchix
ARTchix Products
Black Baroque Borders
Gold Borders
Sisters and Friends Collage Sheet
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Instructions
A is
for ARTchix is made with two pieces of 5” x 5” watercolor paper. On
the top piece I measured out a square and drew the letter A in the lower
right hand corner. I carefully cut out the square and the A leaving the
letter attached by the bottom right only. The A was painted and aged
with alcohol inks. The top page is covered with decorative paper, edged
with BLACK BAROQUE AND GOLD STAR BORDERS. On the bottom piece of paper I
glued the girls from the SISTERS AND FRIENDS COLLAGE SHEET over a
background of gold embossed paper. The last touch was a double punched
flower fastened with a blue brad.
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Artwork #5: Collage |
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Title
Tied to the Past
ARTchix Products
This Ol' House Collage
Sheet
Party Crowns Collage Sheet
Red Baroque Borders
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Instructions
The main figure in Tied to
the Past is from my cabinet card collection and was altered in
Photoshop. This 13” by 5” assemblage is on mat board. The background is
collaged with pieces of old tickets, ribbons, images from THIS OL' HOUSE
COLLAGE SHEET, KIMONO KRAZE COLLAGE SHEET, PARTY CROWNS COLLAGE SHEET,
and RED BAROQUE BORDERS.
The girl is standing on a key from the VINTAGE METAL TREASURES pack and
she is tied with ribbon that is strung with buttons from the TREASURES
pack. I painted an old skeleton key white for the bottom and edged the
top with white roses. The sides are bordered with silver frame pieces.
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