Ellen Vargo!
I met Ellen last fall when I taught @ The Queen's Ink, in Savage MD. Her enthusiasm was contagious...
She was in every class & left with a huge smile &
VERY inky fingers...
I was thrilled when she sent me some photos
of a project she created, using LOTS of my art parts & stamps...
and I thought it would be fun to feature her art here...
Take a look at this AWESOME art village...
I bet you'll be inspired...
HANDMADE ART (PARTS) VILLAGE
I had a *blast* making this ART (PARTS) VILLAGE. Ever since I saw the "Residences" kit of Art Parts I knew exactly what I wanted to do...
The foundation of the village is a piece from a square yard-stick that I found at an antique mart.
From there I started by assembling ALL the residences, and then it took on a life of it's own....
Here is a list of products used:
ART PARTS: Residences (houses), Florals (tall flower), Leaves (scroll/vine), Borders & Bottles (stars), For The Guys (car), Dress Forms & More (hand)
STUDIO 490 STAMPS: polka dot background (All About Art), checked flower/star background (Alphabetically Art), flower and flower background (Art Colors Life), script background (Live and Make Art), dashed stripes background (Let Your Art Have Wings), "handmade" (Artfully Noted), antique car (Destination Art), torn paper label (Art Inspiration - used for the woodgrain of the doors). GREAT IDEA!!!
RANGER INKS: distress inks (bundled sage, crushed olive, weathered wood, vintage photo, frayed burlap, distress stains (fired brick, wild honey, archival (coffee, olive, jet black), snow cap pigment ink
IDEA-OLOGY (Tim Holtz): hitch fastener, snaps, jump ring, fleur-de-lis charm, accoutrement button, small crown, ball chain, grungeboard letters and arrow.
TEXTURE FADES (Tim Holtz)
OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS: Winged clock on house and gear under the button on flower are from 7 Gypsies.
House numbers are combination of Making Memories metal number charms and Industrial Chic "rings" by Susan Lenart Kazmer.
Rooflines were painted with Gold Iron Ferro (Viva) and then white washed with Golden airbrush paint (titanium white).
Other embellishments from various sources... i.e.... unknown...
If you look closely, there are lace "curtains" in each window - used lace trim by Melissa Francis. "aRt" and arrow were painted with gold paint dabber and then lightly swept with Inka Gold.
BIG thanks to Wendy! Art Parts are simply...
GENIUS...
and they have completely transformed
the way I "MAKE ART" !!
THANKS ELLEN for sharing your awesome ART!!! I think it's adorable!
Ellen sent some close up photos...
looks like a delivery of art supplies...
multiple layers make it so interesting...
cool art parts flower!
ok...I LOVE them all...
this is a great idea for the door...
Comments are always welcome here...
and I'm sure Ellen would be happy to have you visit her blog & leave her a little love there too...
it's fun for me to see how others use my products...
now I'm inspired to...
make art!
wendy
58 comments:
WOW!
this is wonderful!
Bravo Ellen!
Sandra ltb
Ellen did an awesome job. BRAVO, BRAVO!!! It's nice to see how people see things and then they are interpreted into their own art. Nice job. TFS!!! :-D
This is fabulous! Thanks for sharing all the little details. I loved it all.
BIG BIG thanks to you, Wendy, for all your support and encouragement. I'm so thrilled to see my art featured here - I'm positively bouncing with excitement! And thanks to everyone in blog-land, too. It's such a great community to be a part of and I've made lifelong friends as a result! Some of them thanks to Wendy herself! Hugs to everyone, Ellen xx
Thanks for sharing...great project!
WOW and more Wow! That is an incredible piece! She definitely did justice to those supplies!
WOW! Wendy, Ellen truly did justice to your Art Parts! I love the little village she has created. How inventive of her, gorgeous!
Elaine Allen
This is absolutely gorgeous!!!
All the little details make it oh-so-wonderful.
Well done you Ellen!!
Gorgeous work Ellen!! It's really cool!
Ellen did you BOTH PROUD!!!
Thanks for sharing Ellen, I love the project it's awesome !!! Excellent job.
Oooooh, I am SO excited to see Ellen's GORGEOUS creation here... I am lucky cos I got to see this on Skype and I cann tell you in the real it is even more beautiful... LOVING the Arty Van delivering STASH!!!
xxx
Gorgeous project!!!!
Awesome little village.
Beautiful!!! Love how you used all of the art parts to create that piece. Amazing. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Wow, this is amazing Ellen! Great use of Wendy's great products.
Love this village, it is adorable! Wendy, how sweet of you to display her work on your blog, that is such an honor.
Gloria
Love this!! Ellen's blog is full of work like this, I love it. Obviously I need some more Art Parts.... when's payday?!
Thank you for sharing Ellen's art work and blog site. I enjoyed looking at her site and saw a really great frame covered in paper from "Queen Bee" along with a really cool stamp image of wheat/grass. Lovely image indeed!
Holy mackerel! This is amazing! What fun! So many details make it all sing out loud!
I love her little village - it's so appealing! And I love yours at the top of your blog as well!
Ellen did a GREAT job, and it's making me want to go get out my art parts! But alas, the dishes and the laundry are both calling. Maybe later. Sigh....
This is why I love this art world. One artist recognizing the designs and work of another. It doesn't get any better than that ! :) I love house art and this creation of Ellen's is just super. The details are amazing. Wendy, you inspire so many of us - Thank you.
This piece is spectacular! Love those details.
Oh I am so glad you shared with us today
Way to go Ellen ... DELICIOUS!
Ooohh.....brilliant!!
Totally awesome!!!!
Amazing, beautiful piece!
This is such an amazing piece of artwork! So glad we were able to view it!!!! Just WOW!
What a fantastic project!
Fantastic piece! TFS I'm heading to Ellen's blog.
Awesome project Ellen, love the Jalopy:)
Wow what an awesomely cool project, way to go Ellen :)
This is so COOL!!!! I love it.
What a fabulous project!!! Ms. Ellen truly did your parts justice. One complaint though... not enough close ups.lol I won't be able to dissect it like its a frog in your 5th grade science class. Bravo Ellen--It's simply amazing and thank you for sharing it with all of us out here!!!
Holy Cow!!!!!!! This is BE-U-Ti-FUL! Makes me want to actually live there! I'm so proud of you Ellen. I told you one day I would be saying, "Hey, I knew her before all this talent started flowing! Loved her then, love her now!" I can't begin to tell you how happy I am for you! Pammy Poo
no way! u havea a CLone girly LOL! luv this....will leave her some blog luv for sure...luvvvvv!
love the Art Parts City! Thanks for sharing!
That is incredable! What talent.Thanks for sharing.
For anyone interested in more detail, I just posted an uber-detailed description on my blog, too... here's a link...
http://1036art.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-takes-village-to-make-art-parts.html
Thanks again to everyone for the amazing feedback....
Thank you for sharing Ellen's work with us Wendy. I loved the layering and the beautiful details Ellen!
What an inspiration from two great artists - Ellen and Wendy! Ellen for creating the lovely village and Wendy for creating the Arts Parts and stamps used to make the village. You two inspire us all. Thanks!
Thanks for introducing us to Ellen--great art!
WOW!! This is just AWESOME!! I LOVE the added layers and the whole piece came together so nice!! THANKS FOR SHARING!! Have a FABULOUS DAY!! =)
wow!!!
WOW! This is fabulous!! Ellen did a fantastic job!! Love all the layering and details!
I love these projects!
This is so awesome, and congrats to Ellen for being featured on "THE BLOG"! lol! This is awesome, Ellen is very, very talented!
Stunning!!!!!!! I love all the fine details!!!!!!
Magnificent! What a gorgeous work of art. Ellen is one of my favorite artists, and it's wonderful seeing her featured on ANOTHER of my favorite artist's blogs!
Ellen redefines Genius, her ideas resonate such a warm feeling..love this creation.
connie paxman
Great job, Ellen! Love what you did to dress up the village! See what an inspiration you are to us, Wendy! I am always amazed at what you create from just, paper, ink and glue!
Thanks for sharing! I love Ellen's flower! AMAZING!!
so much talent - love your art parts!
Great job Ellen! And, to be featured on Wendy's blog! You must be in artist heaven! You go girl! Congrats!
A Whole week without a Wendy post!! We are going into withdrawal... oh, the pain!!! LOL I hope you are having fun!!!!
this is beautiful and so inspiring. thank you for sharing!
So glad you are back, don't stay away so long GF! Luv your piece, she is just lovely!
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