Eco Art Cardboard Box Creation 06 "Tree" by mayah(c)2019 6.5" X 8.5" X 2.5"
Made from recycled cracker box, turned inside-out and coated with matte acrylic*** for low-gloss sheen and protection; jute hanger (not shown); reused paint palette: acrylic on waxed paper; handmade open weave paper; hand embroidery;recycled tea bag tags
Sideview--you can see the "fringe" of the open-weave paper extending past the edges of the box
The open-weave handmade paper was gifted to me by LFIRE*; it is from a small company named Loose Ends Unleashed**
The Tea Tags state: "Plant Kindness and Gather Love"--proverb; "In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous--Aristotle"; and "Friendship is a sheltering tree--Samuel Taylor Coleridge"
Eco Art Cardboard Box Creation 07 "Dad's Home!" by mayah(c)2019 6.5" X 8.5" X 2.5"
Made from recycled cracker box, turned inside-out and coated with matte acrylic for low-gloss sheen and protection; jute hanger (not shown); recycled magazine photos****; acrylic gloss glaze***;recycled cardboard backing;sandpaper.
Box side--giving credit for the original art work: "Horseman and four figures, Bankoni, Mali,ca. 13th-16th century,terra cotta, ranging from approx. 17 to 27 inches tall. Art Institute of Chicago"; "Bowel, Egypt, 11th century, luster-painted fritware, 7-7/8 inches in diameter. Aga Khan Museum"; "Brancusi: 'Portrait of James Joyce' ca.1928, cardboard and metal, 30 inches in diameter, Moderna Museum Stockholm." The photos were cut out of the magazine "Art in America" April 2019 edition. Circles are made of sandpaper.
3-D View
When I saw a photo with the five terra cotta figurines in it, I knew I had to make an art piece out of them; they remind me of my childhood. I grew up in what was then called a "traditional family"--working father, stay-at-home mother (euphemistically called "home engineer"), and three kids. My dad always came home from work around 5 P.M. hot, grumpy, and hungry. My dad's ill-humor was understandable--having worked a long day, much of it standing on his feet, he then had to make it home during rush hour traffic, with no air conditioning, on blistering hot summer days. Invariably, upon hearing Dad's car pull up in the driveway, one of the three of us kids would enthusiastically call out "Dad's home!" and we'd rush to the door to let him in. The "father" in this art piece seems to have had an even more difficult journey, having just arrived home after a slow slog on his mount through the blistering desert of Saharan Mali.##
"Eco Art by mayah" utilizes recycled and earth-friendlier materials whenever possible.
*LFIRE: Curezone Blog "Dreaming a New Reality": https://www.curezone.org/blogs/f.asp?f=471
**Loose Ends Unleashed-- Handmade Papers, Fibers, Textiles, Assorted Ephemera: https://looseends.com/
***AFM Safecoat AcriGlaze: https://www.afmsafecoat.com/products/clear-finishes/safecoat-acriglaze-gloss-and-matte
**** "Art in America" magazine, April 2019 While I use cut-out photos from the magazine, you can get an online version here: https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/ More about Constantin Brancusi and his art work: http://sis.modernamuseet.se/view/objects/asitem/artist$0040141/1/primaryMaker-asc?t:state:flow=cfb8a7c8f-21db-4555-9bcc-06d25ef246c5
##Mali is a landlocked nation in West Africa...Desert or semi-desert covers about 65 percent of Mali's total area...Mali is one of the hottest countries in the world." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Mali
Eco Art Cardboard Box Creations from the 16-part series:
"Into the Unknown" and "Hives" Boxes 15 and 16 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426412
"Tiger Rose" Box 14: https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426411
"Space-Time-Matter-Energy" Box 12 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426060
"SunBee" and "Van Gogh Revisited" Boxes 11 and 13 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426047
"Ocean" and "Precious" Boxes 09 and 10 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2425757
"Ruth and Naomi" Box 08 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2425722
"Tires" Box 05 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424954
"Squiggles" and "Goddess Two" Boxes 03 and 04 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424544
Cardboard Redux: Box 02 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423605
Cardboard Creations, including Box 01 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423058
MORE Eco Art:
Memorial Day 2019: https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424978
EcoArt: Easter/Resurrection Festival https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424028
Assemblages: "Discard/Toss" https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423918