Saturday, July 14, 2012

Dated Disco Dancer























This week's theme for Collage Obsession was dancer(s).  My tendency would be to do a digital collage, but I thought I'd try "messy art" for a change.  I started with an 8"x10" wrapped canvas.  The background is a piece of fabric I glued to the canvas.  I cut the dancer's body out of black paper, spread the paper with glue, and poured on gold sprinkles.























When I'd been looking for my glitter, I came across a head that I'd made with polymer clay.  It's one of those faces only a mother could love, so I knew I wouldn't be using it in jewelry - or in anything else I could think of!  I decided to use the clay head instead of the black silhouette that was there originally.  The "disco ball" is a button from my collection.  I stuck on gold and silver stars.  The "floor" is a piece of burlap I glued on, and then painted black. 























This picture shows a side view of the wrapped canvas.  I painted the edges of the canvas black.  This was fun, though it took me the whole week to get it done!  Today is the last day that I can post my link....

5 comments:

Pepper Cory said...

Get messy Jean! I got messy this AM with the blender making pesto--sounds like your collage-making was productive!

landscapelady said...

So very cool! John Travolta watch out:-)

Kaylene said...

Excellent, clever you.

Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA said...

I love your whimsical disco dancer. Blessings!

Vicki Lane said...

Nice job! I'll bet it was fun to do.