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More Depth than the Popular Design Sites

cluelesscrafter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:29:45 -0600

Great resource. I am happy to find 2 or 3 Things' blog. Cerre has a simple approach, saying very little and allowing the reader to interpret. It's a challenge to "read" when the design, art craft inspirations aren't synthesized for me. I'll have to hit the books!

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

awesome

lolagoetz — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:41:49 -0500

Karen, this is awesome. Thanks for this topic.

Over the summer, I started doing some art journals, based on workshops from Teresa at Paper Bella Studio. I am loving it, as I've never really combined art with my journaling (except for sketches and doodles once in a while).

My next steps are to funnel my own creativity. Right now I'm just doing a riff based on what I'm seeing others do. But I hope to start coming up with my own ideas soon. Yet in spite of that, I still enjoy it tremendously.

Becky
misspriss.org
beckyscorner.com
organizedmother.com

A Kitschy Kook

Willful Woman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:45:05 -0500

Thanks for writing on this! Love it! Did you know kitsch comes from the German word kitschen meaning to throw together? Hmmm... I love the low class/high class tension that often exists in kitsch. That describes me to a T. I find it so interesting! and brings so much dimension to decorative objects and art. Kitschy, kitschy koo!

Willful Woman at www.besidethestonewall.com

Oh Golly I Hope Not Because I Have A Cluttered Brain!

Gena Haskett — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:43:01 -0500

All kinds of junk is stored in the brain cells and I keep packing it in. This is beyond the need to learn it is like breathing. I just keep sucking it in.

I'm about a low class as you can get. I like anything that appeals to me and I don't care if it is or isn't in style.

In one of Allie's other videos there was a canned ham. My mother use to buy those type of hams. You needed a really good knife to whack off a piece of meat. It is funny now. I'm sure they have changed the cooking process. You had to put a lot of goop on that ham to get it down your throat.

So I understand why someone would collect an empty canned ham tin. The velvet paintings of the dogs playing poker or Elvis have always cracked me up. I keep meaning to get Elvis but I think he's finally gone out of style for the velvet artists.

The dogs playing poker - no, that I can appreciate from a distance.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

another aspect

mashadutoit — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:34:03 -0500

Another aspect that you have not mentioned is that there is usually a aspect of classism in what we regard as kitch.

The precious objects of people in a class lower than yours, is often regarded as kitch.

What you say about collecting is true -
And some people take that beyond the physical object, and collect knowledge. Also known as trivia :)

Is trivia the "kitch" of the mind?

Do books and CDs count?

sassymonkey — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:32:56 -0500

He collects CDs. Oh and vinyl but we don't have room for that right now so it's all in storage. And for me it's books (I know, you are shocked). My "display" method for books is something I stole from Denise. I arrange my books by colour, which makes some people's heads explode. But it's pretty. It's like having your own rainbow.

We have not thought of a creative way to display the cds at all. Possibly because someone must have them arranged by artist. (I've been strictly forbidden from arranging them by colour...)

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

By God, they count...

Karen Walrond — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:21:29 -0500

...especially if they're pretty. :)

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Do magnets count?

Anali — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:19:45 -0500

I'm not sure if they qualify as a collection, but I have a lot of magnets. When adults visit, they always look and comment. And kids like to play with them.

Wherever I go, I'm looking for interesting ones. They're only displayed on my fridge, but where else can I really put them? : )

Anali's First Amendment

Apartment Therapy

cluelesscrafter — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:23:29 -0500

This will help, too. It's part of a whole month on the topic!

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/at-email/martha-stewart-great-collections-art-crafts-collections-month-095639

I work in the art world in NY and collection displays are an intense topic of debate.

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

This recent article from

cactina — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:54:35 -0500

This recent article from Apartment Therapy might help:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/collections-vs-clutter-where-do-you-d...

Frogs!

sliceofpink — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:22:23 -0500

I ALSO collect frogs and hide them all over the house. I have teeny frogs on the window sill, in the medicine cabinet, on my computer desk....

http://sliceofpink.typepad.com

I paint portraits and I have to agree with Nerd's Eye View...

gwenn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:53:58 -0500

There are plenty of people who can make a decent likeness or at least make a face look like a face, and they still don't qualify as an artist.

I think that being an artist is not in what you do but how you do it!

Don't Be Drawing Lines!

Pam — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:35:31 -0500

I'm an artist. I have a degree that says so to prove it. And from my lofty position as a person who holds an art degree, I'm hear to tell you that being able to draw a face or capture perspective isn't actually a signifier of "artist". It denotes some skill, that's for sure, but there's no reason a person who's able to capture a moment with a camera, a perfect portrait, the light on the side of a fence, whatever, with a camera, can't be an artist too. Ansel Adams. Edward Weston. Cindy Sherman. Dorthea Lange. I'm thinking they might not have even been interested in drawing.

I always sucked at realism. but I don't think it's the arbiter of art. Nor do I think the medium is the determining factor. It's the eye of the artist.

Harumph. Also, Karen, I've seen your photos and I'd take exception to your not calling yourself an artist.

Nerd's Eye View
@nerdseyeview

I just read the post on your blog

vomviersen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:30:54 -0500

The additional backstory on your blog today really touched my heart. Your grandmother sounds like she was a strong and wonderful woman.

Re my "advice": bad Kanji tattoos are a constant source of amusement to me, but most of the translations are not quite that unfortunate!

Character study - from Chicago Tribune, April 2004

vomviersen :: Kathi Wilson
http://rottweilers.brilliant-disguise.net/

Cool tip, Jennifer.

lauriewrites — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:14:45 -0500

I admittedly did not think to ask about that. I will in the future though. Thanks.

Laurie