tracey kazimir-cree's sunshine factory

So, I’m finally posting all of my AU stuff.

First, are my ATCs.

Then, my Woven Watercolor Wonders:
#1
#2
#3 (still awaiting completion)

And lastly, my drawing of a sickly cactus.

The journaling stuff is highly personal, so just believe me when I say it’s fabulous.

Here’s the piece I finished in class yesterday:

And I’ve finished making my trades for AU, save for the necklace stringing, magnet gluing and putting my mark on the back.

If you ever have the opportunity to do so, I beg you to make sure you attend a workshop taught by Lynne Perella. I took her class “Wabi-Sabi – Art & Imperfection” today at the Artist’s Nook and … Well, WOW, is all I can say.

Here’s a description of the class from her website:

In this process-driven class, we will explore imperfection, deteriorated
surfaces, and unexpected raw beauty, while doing large experimental
mixed-media works of art. Rough textures, deconstructed collages, heavily-
layered surfaces…..These are examples of Art with an unselfconscious
beauty and narrative quality. We will explore low-tech ideas for
creating rich layered surfaces, and we will share a full day of exploration
and self discovery.

We played with gesso, texture, paint, collage and pretty much anything else that turned us on. I was amazed at how Lynne found a way to not take anything for granted, how there is beauty to marvel at in a scrap of paper that one might otherwise discard. And she was funny and encouraging and impressive and a great teacher.

I am exhausted. It was a long day of arting, of thinking, of pouring myself out on this fabulous paper. Tomorrow I’ll take a photo and put it up. I amazed myself and I can’t wait to take what I learned and apply it elsewhere…to my assemblages, altered books and my journal. I feel the tide is turning and I am even more stoked to go to Art Unraveled in a couple of weeks.