Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wednesday Stamper - Dress

Every couple of months my stamp club has a challenge. We are given different materials to work with and/or alter. Our completed pieces are brought to the meeting two months later to share. At our July meeting one of the members passed out these:

They were little voodoo dolls that had been given out as part of a promotion - I think it was for DirectTV or something like that. The doll was supposed to represent cable, I think. Anyway......

I had thought that I might do something where I bound the doll and made it into more of a cone shape. Last night I was hit with a flash of inspiration and came up with what you see at the top.

Thanks to being such a junk collector, I had everything on hand. The legs and head were cut off and reused as the strips for the top skirt. It's hard to see, but there is a harlequin pattern stamped in black on the strips. I know it's not a lot of stamping, but I think it does (barely) quality for this week's Wednesday Stamper Dress theme.

It is always very interesting when we have these challenges. It brings out something in me creatively that I can't explain. Here are a few other things I've made for these challenges.


This is another art doll I made. The challenge this time was to alter an eyeglass case. This, along with some of the other member's cases was featured in an article in Altered Arts magazine. Unfortunately, they photographed most of them as a group and it was impossible to really appreciate any of them. Very disappointing!

This is a book I made to hold pages from a Gothic Arch swap. The covers are made of ceiling tiles. Very fun stuff to work with!

This one has been on my blog before. It's a plastic medicine bottle that I altered.


Last one! This is a cover I made to bind all the pages from our coffee filter swap. It is much cooler in real life - the brown ink on the burlap seems to have lightened and turn a bit reddish over time.

Apparently when faced with a challenge, my weapons of choice are wire, copper, and rust!

18 comments:

  1. Your weapons of choice are brilliant, each creation is SO cool! The altered eye glass case is very inspiring ... I am a stuff collector too! Really fun having a group work with the same ingredients and to see what each person comes up with!

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  2. Wow, great peace of art!
    Like it very much!

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  3. FABULOUS!!! I love each and every piece. Your weapons of choice are used to great effect!

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  4. OHHHH Shelly, I really enjoyed seeing all your altered art. When you had mentioned voodoo doll. I wondered who there meant for? LOL
    The first one is perfect for Halloweeen. The others are just well Perfect! Thanks for sharing these amazing pieces!

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  5. These are all fantastic. I save the stuff for altering but hardly ever get to it. I had never thought of eyeglass cases. and yes I think it qualifies as a dress.

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  6. AWESOME!!!!!!! You are my art inspiration! You amaze. Great pieces.

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  7. Oooooooh Shelley, I love ALL of those projects!

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  8. Wow Shelly your work is very impressive. Amazing designs. Love them all.

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  9. Wow these pieces are amazing. I love the doll.

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  10. Wow, these are sooo cool, wonderful, interesting, creative and fun!! Love what you've created!!

    Linda

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  11. Your creativity has me floored today Shelly! Absolutely amazing work! - Kris

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  12. Wow! Your blog is sensational and all the pieces above are amazing and so beautifully crafted.

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  13. Fantastic artwork, Shelly! Simply gorgeous!! :-)

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  14. Oh how cool! Love all your different creations!

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  15. Your pieces are amazing! thank you for sharing them with us! :)

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  16. I'm subscribing! Awesome work, Shelly!

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  17. WOW! These are very VERY cool! Awesome stuff. :)

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