This plate was so easy to make, but it is one of my favorite items that I made in 2007. That might be because I made it after I got married and we hyphenated our names :) or it might be because it greets me everyday as I come home and reminds me that I am a Heimel-Heck now.
It is just a plate from Goodwill that I got for 50 cents, butterfly rub-ons from the craft store and I used paint pen to write on it. I then glazed it with ceramic glaze spray. I have made these for friends and family, but unfortunately did not take pictures of them! I wish I had because I individualize them for each person I make them for.
I made this out of a shadow box frame that I got for free on Freecycle. I wanted to frame some buddhist pendants that I had because they were pretty fragile. I printed the picture of Kuan Yin, and then I glued coins of the chinese zodiac to it. The coins represent the women in my life on my mom's side - from Karin and I, to my mom, to my grandmother and then my great grandmother because we all share in the legacy of having struggled with mental health conditions. This piece is very meaningful to me because it also represents that over time it has become easier to deal with mental illness because of advanced treatments, so I was lucky enough not to face what my forebears went through.
This was something I originally made for my father in a high school art class when I was 17 back in 1988. My teacher handed me a branch and said "make something." I was pretty damn proud of it. When my father was getting rid of stuff so he could sell his house he asked me if I wanted it. YES! Unfortunately, the cabin fell into disrepair - so I "renovated" my cabin in the woods. I absolutely love it! Be sure to click on the photo for a larger version, so you can see the little toilet paper roll in the outhouse :)
I got this cute little lamp base from Freecycle... I thought it was neat but didn't know what I was going to do with it. When I picked it up the original glass shade fell off and broke (because I am a klutz) and the wiring was old, so I knew I was going to have to rebuild it and come up with a shade for it. I started by adding some gold paint to the stove and then adding a stem for the lamp kit.
Once I got that in place I started gluing rocks on it like crazy! If you can't tell from my other work, I love rocks and crystals and I love to add them into my artwork. All that was left after that was to make a lampshade - so I bought an ugly little shade that was falling apart from Goodwill and I used the metal frame of it to make this cloth lampshade out of fabric I had. I was thrilled with how it turned out.
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