Frida Shrine

Hey Everyone,
It's been a bit since I have posted.  I have been busy attending my very first crop and teaching.  Today I created this for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts.

I worked on this piece while attending the crop.  I had a lot of fun, but man I did not get much done! I was there for a full day and just managed to squeeze this out under the wire.

I started with the back piece of the Reliquary- Tower Top.  I used a very thin layer of gesso and then painted it with Abandoned Coral Distress Paint.  Once my paint was dry I used a Ripe Persimmon Distress Crayon through a stencil.  The edges got a rough coat of Emerald Creek's Salted Wine Embossing Powder.  

I used one piece of the Folding House Shrine for the next layer.  I gessoed and then used Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint.  The stenciled flowers were made using various Distress Inks.  Why am I not listing them? Well...

I decided this wasn't enough. It looks cool, but it wasn't popping enough for me.  The relics and Artifacts skull has a coat of Vintage Distress Collage Medium and then a light layer of crackle medium.  I rubbed Black Soot Crayon into the cracks and her teeth.  The eyes and nose have a thin layer of black acrylic paint.  The wings are from Rubber Moon.  I colored them using Distress Oxide Inks in Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber, and Spiced Marmalade.  

I went back to the Reliquary- Tower Top and added some more layers

Distress Oxides in Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, and Vintage Photo made it perfectly grungy.  

The House Shrine got a layer of Fractured Ice Embossing Powder and some Charred Gold on the edge.  Distress Oxide inks Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Vintage Photo make this layer just right.  

I added tiny tattered floral flowers to the skull and they are tipped with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Crayon.The Wings were edged with Charred Gold Embossing powder.  I added scribbles using gel pens.  

I thought the quote was appropriate since I didn't have my craft room at my fingertips and I had to work with what I brought.  I also like that it is a nod to Frida since she was limited in her mobility, yet the need to create was always there.  

Jess

Guest posting for Emerald Creek

Hi Everyone,

I'm back guest posting for Emerald Creek Craft Supplies today. The theme up on the challenge blog is superheroes. When I heard this my first reaction was "crap."  Don't get me wrong I love superheroes, but making art with and about them? I really had to put on my thinking cap.  I took this theme and went extreme. I made something to celebrate, someone I consider, an art superhero. Frida Kahlo.

I've always admired Frida's work, but I have been reading more about her as a person. She was a total bad ass! What's more of a superhero personality must than being bad ass?!

She overcame major injuries and incorporated her pain, her joy, her anger, and her love into her art.

She didn't care what society thought about her. She was truly living as her authentic self. I think that is what art is all about, trying to find your authentic self.

Who is your art superhero? 

Jess

Supplies you can find from Emerald Creek:

Hammered Metal Embossing Powder

Vintage Ivy Embossing Powder

Distress Markers

Distress Stains

Distress Ink

Other supplies:

Trophy cup

Styrofoam ball

Memo pin

Chit chat

Cardstock

Seam binding

Tiny tattered floral die

Skull bead

Head Pin

Vial Label

Remnant Rub