tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30003904021859131742024-03-13T08:55:30.263-07:00Clarissa Callesen Creator of Strange and Wonderful ThingsThe main focus of the mixed media art work I have been creating for the last 11 years, has been to cherish the lost and forgotten objects of our society. My objective has been to raise the status of throw away objects from garbage to sacred and significant, both the literally discarded as well as the symbolically discarded. To see the beauty in peeling paint and rusty cans, to honor our sometimes broken and scared human experience.Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-67847909936296640242016-06-24T12:24:00.002-07:002016-06-24T12:25:26.467-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">Sat July 9, <strong>Junk Crow</strong> 9:30 am- 4:30 pm $70 plus $15 materials </span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>I am retiring this class so don't miss this last opportunity to learn how to make Junk Crows. </em></span></span></h1>
Come and join me for some creative deconstruction and transformation of the humble artificial bird. We are going to breathe soul and spunk into those mass produced plastic creatures and create unique works of art. Through the use of fabric, wire, and string we will create a complex textural base for our bird. Working with thin metal and found objects we will create new beaks, wings, and eyes. Then to complete our Junk Crow we will create a whimsical wire hanger and embellish our creation, with beads, buttons, and junk.<br />
This is a project-based class with tons of room for exploration and variation. I really encourage everyone to go where their muse is leading them. We will be learning lots of fun easy techniques that produce quick, dramatic results. You’ll find that these newly learned techniques can be applied to many different kinds of mixed media work. I look forward creating with you.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">Sat July 16, <strong>Own Your Creativity</strong> 9:30 am- 4:30 pm $80</span></h1>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you doubt or deny your creativity? Do you feel like you are not original? Like you are just copying others? Creativity for most of us is an amorphous, slippery, fickle creature that does not like to be caught, questioned, or structured.<br />Come spend a light hearted exploratory day getting a grip on that magical creature CREATIVITY. We will use fun quick exercises to let go of those pesky ideas of perfection and preciousness. I will share with you inspiration art and words from diverse sources to support your journey. This is the perfect class for those brand new artists who are convinced they are not very creative and for the seasoned artist whose work has gotten tight and predictable. Come join me in creating some artistic chaos!<br /> </span></td></tr>
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Classes are held at my personal studio at 1920 Main Street Suite #8, Ferndale, WA, 98248. There is parking along side of the building and in the back by the smoke stack. A lunch break of 45 mins is included in the schedule. A sack lunch is recommended, but there are some food options close.<br /><br />Full payment is required to register. Supply list will be emailed after registration. How to pay: my first choice is a check made out to Clarissa Callesen and sent to 2252 Seamount Dr. Ferndale, WA 98248, I can also take a credit/debit card over the phone, or I can send you a PayPal invoice. For full refund a cancellation must be made 48hrs before day of class. 15 students max, must have at least 5 students to run the class <br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">Call 360-305-9058 or email clarissacallesen@gmail.com</span><br /> </span></h4>
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-62535899228751410422014-05-20T08:55:00.000-07:002014-05-20T08:55:00.899-07:00All Dolls Are Art Conference<p>I am going to be teaching at <a href="http://www.alldollart.com/" target="_blank">ADAA</a> for the first time this year. I have never taught at or even been to a conference that specialized strictly in dolls.  I am not quite sure what to expect but I am excited about the opportunity.  Besides its being held in a Austin where the motto is “<a href="http://www.keepaustinweird.com/current.html" target="_blank">Keep Austin Weird</a>”… I want to start a campaign called “ Make Ferndale Weird” but not in the creepy weird way it may lean some days.</p> <p>  <a href="http://www.alldollart.com/?page_id=52" target="_blank"><img title="cropped-zentangle_sm1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="cropped-zentangle_sm1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-spdQklsr5Uk/U3LpVntQ8hI/AAAAAAAAEl8/IQZpk-SgXqk/cropped-zentangle_sm1%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" height="175" /></a></p> <p>Amy of <a href="http://www.alldollart.com/" target="_blank">ADAA</a> just published a  <a href="http://www.alldollart.com/?p=419" target="_blank">faculty profile</a> about me that includes some great pictures and some interview questions I am going to share here.</p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  Hi Clarissa, tell me about the dolls you create.</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>: I create assemblage dolls from recycled and found objects. I enjoy giving discarded objects a new life. I am drawn to the rust, patina, and evidence of life on found objects.</p> <p><img title="ccallesenwildthing_sm" border="0" alt="ccallesenwildthing_sm" src="http://www.alldollart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ccallesenwildthing_sm.jpg" width="454" height="604" /></p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  Where did you start your artistic journey?  Did you always know you wanted to be an artist?</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  I knew I wanted to be an artist in 3<sup>rd</sup> grade, and then I got distracted with horses and math for most of my school career. I went to college on a drama scholarship and, in a moment of being frustrated with the lack of creative input I had in theater, I wandered into the art department and never left. Making art, talking about art, learning about artists fed me in a way I hadn’t found before that. I have been both fortunate and tenacious enough to make a living as an artist since I was 22.</p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs:  </strong>So you are a full time artist!  How long have you been able to focus on your art?</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  Yes full time for 20 years.. Eek that makes me feel old!</p> <p><img title="callesenserene_sm" border="0" alt="callesenserene_sm" src="http://www.alldollart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/callesenserene_sm.jpg" width="454" height="604" /></p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  I’m coming up on my 20th anniversary with my day job too, but I’m not a full time artist!  Where do you find artistic inspiration? Do you keep an art journal?</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  I am currently addicted to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/clarissacallese/">Pinterest</a> and justify my hours on the computer as “artistic research”. I am inspired by other artists of all medium both famous and unknown. My studio walls are a giant collage of art images, postcards, quotes, old work of mine, rusty objects, and general chaos. Those visuals become some kind of non linear source of inspiration. I also keep little scratched out ideas on random piece of papers that no one can decipher including myself.</p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  I have recently discovered video’s on Pinterest and have been sucked in!  Describe your process for starting a new piece.  Do you know exactly how your pieces will turn out before you start sculpting/painting or do you allow your creation to develop as you work?</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  All my work is greatly inspired by the objects I have on hand. I start with a porcelain doll that has been discarded to the Goodwill or a yard sale because its owner has out grown it. Those dolls have a certain prissy kind of quality to them and my first order of business is to do some creative deconstruction. I am not a traditionally trained doll maker, and I am starting with a partially constructed figure so a lot of my process is about altering that original doll and combining with found objects to create a completely new art piece. I use a lot of alternative techniques to achieve the look I am going for including but not limited to taking a butane torch to my dolls. I might have a mood or a feeling about the direction a doll is going but for the most part I try to stay out of the way and let the process and the materials create the work.</p> <p><img title="IMG_4344-001_sm" border="0" alt="IMG_4344-001_sm" src="http://www.alldollart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_4344-001_sm.jpg" width="454" height="526" /></p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  Do you believe you have a muse?  If so, how does your muse express his/herself?</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  I believe creativity is the essence of our life force. I don’t have a “muse” per say but I believe there are things I don’t cognitively understand that allow and nurture creativity to flow through me and into physical works of art.</p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  What a beautiful way of articulating creativity!  Please describe a day in your studio.</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  That greatly depends on what kind of deadline I am working on. I try to do some kind of social media update or promo to start the day and then the sky is the limit. I might be torching a whole group of dolls and splashing paint and stain around or I may be spending quiet hours capturing that elusive look in the details of a painted face. I enjoy the alone time in my studio and listen to audio books while I work.</p> <p><img title="ccallesentotem_sm" border="0" alt="ccallesentotem_sm" src="http://www.alldollart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ccallesentotem_sm.jpg" width="454" height="1067" /></p> <p><strong>Amy, AnLiNa Designs</strong>:  Describe an idea that you have that is yet to be born.  What is keeping you from starting?</p> <p><strong>Clarissa</strong>:  I want to create large life sized doll as part of a larger gallery instillation. Also dolls that are more abstract and even further away from traditional forms.</p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-26846885180772090362014-05-17T21:52:00.000-07:002014-05-17T21:52:00.637-07:00Teaching in Seattle in Oct<p>I will be teaching at the new <a href="http://www.createmixedmediaretreat.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=75796&" target="_blank">Create</a> retreat in Seattle Oct 22-26th.  I have several students that have inquired about when I will be teaching in Seattle. Well now is you chance!  </p> <p><a href="http://seattle.createmixedmediaretreat.com/ehome/87874/classes/?&"><img title="create logo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="create logo" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8H5NqjA1jHg/U3GlQYE_HrI/AAAAAAAAEf0/I339JneZMSs/create%252520logo%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="413" height="157" /></a></p> <p>I will be teaching </p> <h5><a href="http://seattle.createmixedmediaretreat.com/ehome/87874/classes/?&">WISH KEEPER ART DOLL</a> (6 HOURS) • CLARISSA CALLESEN</h5> <p>Wednesday, October 22 • 9am-4pm <br />$152 class <br />$25 materials fee</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vtjPYJxKAJA/U3GlRDuvu_I/AAAAAAAAEf8/agusexZNrpA/s1600-h/ccallesen%252520wishkeeper%2525202%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesen wishkeeper 2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="ccallesen wishkeeper 2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jDITZSG4vQQ/U3GlR94WWSI/AAAAAAAAEgE/EYq7GPN2OhE/ccallesen%252520wishkeeper%2525202_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="612" /></a></p> <p><strong>Skill Level:</strong> All Levels <br /><strong>Technique:</strong> Collage & Assemblage</p> <p><strong>You will leave with...</strong> a unique piece of art to protect and nourish your dreams.</p> <p><strong>Description:</strong> We all have wishes and dreams, come join me in constructing a special Art doll to protect and watch over them. Using dyes and paint we will create lush papers to turn into wish scrolls wrapped in string and lace. I will share with you simple but dramatic ways to alter wood in the process of changing a mass produced object into a unique piece of art. We will use sculpting and painting to animate the face of our Wish Keeper. I will be covering easy and effective construction and attachment techniques. Then we will pull the whole piece together with found objects, lace, beads, charms, and of course your wishes and dreams scrolls. That will be safely tucked into the birdcage skirt of your Wish Keeper. This is both a project and technique based class which you will leave with a unique piece of art as well as skills useful not just to art dolls but to other mixed media work as well.</p> <p> </p> <h5><a href="http://seattle.createmixedmediaretreat.com/ehome/87874/classes/?&">OUR SACRED HEART (6 HOURS)</a> • CLARISSA CALLESEN</h5> <p><strong>Date & Time</strong> <br />Thursday, October 23 • 9am-4pm <br /></p> <strong>Price </strong>$152 <br /><strong>Materials Fee </strong>$15 <p><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jLsSvz1j78k/U3GlSvzJDgI/AAAAAAAAEgM/9jeKOuFfFI0/s1600-h/ccallesenheart%2525202.5%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesenheart 2.5" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ccallesenheart 2.5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-X5wgszc0Jgk/U3GlTS4RfiI/AAAAAAAAEgU/M6H6NeVt96Q/ccallesenheart%2525202.5_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="251" height="401" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GkE7xEZEAaM/U3GlTyPXTzI/AAAAAAAAEgc/cyqxvbmNHLw/s1600-h/ccallesenheart1%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesenheart1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ccallesenheart1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cnIl3YjGx8E/U3GlUuzqWfI/AAAAAAAAEgk/HVhOj1KATs4/ccallesenheart1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="300" height="389" /></a></strong></p> <p><strong>Skill Level:</strong> All Levels <br /><strong>Technique:</strong> Collage & Assemblage</p> <p><strong>You will leave with...</strong> a unique piece of art as well as skills useful for many different projects.</p> <p><strong>Description:</strong> Each and every one of us has a heart that is sacred. A heart that loves, cherishes, protects, and hurts. Join me in creating an assemblage shrine to our beautiful and perfectly flawed hearts. We will be covering lots of techniques to alter and age new wood. We will cover the myriad of different ways to connect objects for assemblages. Through sculpting, painting, and distressing you will take everyday objects and turn them into a beautiful reliquary to your heart. I believe in embracing the grunge and cherishing the haphazard. This is both a project and technique based class which you will leave with a unique piece of art as well as skills useful for many different projects.</p> <h5>DELIGHTFUL DISTRESSING (3 HOURS) • CLARISSA CALLESEN</h5> <p><strong>Date & Time</strong></p> <p>Thursday, October 23 • 6-9pm</p> <p><strong>Price  $89</strong> <br /><strong>Materials Fee $30</strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m7CpCzadnxk/U3GlXiX-fFI/AAAAAAAAEgs/DBP_HqnH8t0/s1600-h/ccallesennewtoold3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesennewtoold3" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ccallesennewtoold3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xvAMOELI4_8/U3GlYebNjsI/AAAAAAAAEg0/DDXfM0Z_At8/ccallesennewtoold3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="592" height="416" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gwPu7g3mPoo/U3GlZI3yCAI/AAAAAAAAEg8/4zPu8S354bk/s1600-h/ccallesennewtoold2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesennewtoold2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="ccallesennewtoold2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jRo1EuaSHiQ/U3GlZlou5pI/AAAAAAAAEhE/XRJc5l5J7HA/ccallesennewtoold2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="422" height="567" /></a> <br /></p> <p><strong>Skill Level:</strong> All Levels <br /><strong>Technique:</strong> Collage & Assemblage</p> <p><strong>You will leave with...</strong> a whole bunch of new techniques to easily distress paper, wood, metal, fabric, plastic, mirror, and clay and lots of unique components to use in future art projects.</p> <p><strong>Description:</strong> We all love those amazing vintage treasures found while hunting through musty antique stores. Sometimes we don't want to leave our studio or we can't find the right item, or if you find the perfect object it can be out of your budget. Let me teach you how to take readily available inexpensive items and turn that new shine and cheap plastic into "vintage" treasures. This class will focus on techniques for aging and distressing wood, paper, metal, plastic, fabric, and more. We will take those big box craft store rejects and dollar store treasures and sand, pound, paint, and patina them into unique art items. You will leave this low stress, fun class with new techniques and unique components for dozens of art projects.</p> <p><strong>Students Should Bring:</strong> Just themselves</p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-26637432121276172552014-05-12T23:28:00.001-07:002014-05-12T23:28:53.732-07:00Art and Soul Student Work<p>I had the best students at Art and Soul Portland 2014!  So much fun, laughs, and really good work done.  I love my <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/" target="_blank">Art and Soul</a> family! Classes are up for Art and Soul Portland 2015 with early registration discounts!</p> <p><a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/"><img title="logo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="logo" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cvWqvVbzR-w/U3G7PCmF2iI/AAAAAAAAEhU/USxPkdLwLRI/logo%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="243" height="211" /></a><a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/"><img title="ASCollage" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ASCollage" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZOV34nUacos/U3G7PnV8BRI/AAAAAAAAEhc/dAw8pA4P174/ASCollage%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="530" height="287" /></a></p> <p align="center"><strong>Bricologe Class</strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zJHyVn543O0/U3G7QR59jLI/AAAAAAAAEhk/NWJG7GYOeDY/s1600-h/IMG_9721edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9721edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9721edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VjimVCf10Og/U3G7RBIv6aI/AAAAAAAAEhs/rLNCVYckYbs/IMG_9721edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="319" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d6CSXoTOz2M/U3G7R0k3HPI/AAAAAAAAEh0/sK-FMTQnToo/s1600-h/IMG_9724edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9724edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9724edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MSttkx2yf3c/U3G7Ss0A0MI/AAAAAAAAEh8/B9VSXQGAOZk/IMG_9724edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="238" height="326" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8P2o9QejU1E/U3G7TJDylOI/AAAAAAAAEiE/Y6oaxYIZ80Q/s1600-h/IMG_9727%252520edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9727 edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9727 edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MRl29POj3eA/U3G7TkmTYCI/AAAAAAAAEiM/UT3eyEGxzAM/IMG_9727%252520edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="268" height="375" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GNa1xqF7owY/U3G7We9Xf7I/AAAAAAAAEiU/9CNXh_eohnI/s1600-h/IMG_9730edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9730edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9730edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HIBHofsKbQU/U3G7XDhBW0I/AAAAAAAAEic/egIUUx5GYO4/IMG_9730edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="267" height="374" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pj-qwNpRuw0/U3G7X1wJN7I/AAAAAAAAEik/P1qIwHMQYRo/s1600-h/IMG_9732edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9732edit" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9740edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cHx9AXeO0Bs/U3G7bsGjK7I/AAAAAAAAEjM/zOOciiCk-VM/IMG_9740edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-onpZ98NlboA/U3G7cbcBdAI/AAAAAAAAEjU/58QFRPuZY5o/s1600-h/IMG_9741edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9741edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9741edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WUqGyApomAY/U3G7c4Ori5I/AAAAAAAAEjc/Co6hqBDtFgM/IMG_9741edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="191" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-J88pwbTNoRY/U3G7dlPmFoI/AAAAAAAAEjk/o3unuKf5OzI/s1600-h/IMG_9734edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9734edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9734edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U-apCpTSnss/U3G7eZl3VFI/AAAAAAAAEjs/bAW9yUR52W4/IMG_9734edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center"><strong>Wish Keeper Class</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OLJIsAQ5bEU/U3G7eyQQAbI/AAAAAAAAEj0/3_NihVHwRjY/s1600-h/IMG_9745edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9745edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9745edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ytvPr23mT2o/U3G7fqpCvVI/AAAAAAAAEj8/JZhqU7NmTfw/IMG_9745edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="251" height="353" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zhae5BvhqVA/U3G7gKOuPnI/AAAAAAAAEkE/CPyYA_u1YP8/s1600-h/IMG_9747edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9747edit" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9772edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7n56FyYml10/U3G7mcOXiyI/AAAAAAAAElM/VOL4HKc6xlw/IMG_9772edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="255" height="350" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0-dq69isgno/U3G7nRaNBCI/AAAAAAAAElU/Ur4vci05yWk/s1600-h/IMG_9755edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9755edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9755edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UwKmzKPDbOI/U3G7n487_wI/AAAAAAAAElc/L2vbZ6lwS50/IMG_9755edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="336" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lf54OZoeXho/U3G7oUJwe8I/AAAAAAAAElk/jwxxxX5VPa0/s1600-h/IMG_9761edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9761edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9761edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TgmyyLMLYrM/U3G7o8yr4fI/AAAAAAAAEls/r0FJ-W8uJuk/IMG_9761edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" height="342" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-14191101865457811652014-05-09T09:38:00.001-07:002014-05-09T09:38:56.668-07:00The Beautiful Ugly<p>I LOVE the look of peeling paint and worn out objects. One of my artistic objectives is to find the beauty amid the ugly.   Real life is not airbrushed models and perfectly photographed art studios with styled “chaos”.  Life is zits on your 40 something face and liquid nails oozing all over your filthy work table. </p> <p>But if I take the time to look again, I can see the joy in my eyes and character created by those lines around my eyes telling a story of a life of laughter and joy.  </p> <p>Amid the liquid nails, scraps of paper, and yesterday’s tea cup there is the beginnings of a meaningful assemblage, the perfect hat for my next art doll, and the chaotic soul of making a living as an artist.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_DNmCZNtttc/U20EgxgusQI/AAAAAAAAEc4/bRg2U2EcPv0/s1600-h/IMG_0148edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0148edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0148edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tgmYdHV0q4Y/U20EhsriS2I/AAAAAAAAEdA/Ga2vTKUBvnM/IMG_0148edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="559" height="545" /></a></p> <p align="center">Tulip petals fallen in the mud. Skagit Valley WA </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BuZIVF1Y5Ks/U20EiGhjqCI/AAAAAAAAEdI/dVySdeg-A-A/s1600-h/IMG_0149edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0149edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_0149edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bka3EsK27-4/U20EikxHcuI/AAAAAAAAEdM/E3TWptQFE6c/IMG_0149edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="598" /></a></p> <p>I started trying to capture this concept through photography while travelling in India recently. ( lots more pictures to come) </p> <p><strong>India is the land of BEAUTIFUL UGLY.</strong> I loved it! Of course “ugly” and “beautiful” are incredibly subjective words that are greatly influenced by our cultural  norms and personal prejudices and  they do not leave room for the eye to truly see the subtle complexity of life.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yQg-jlh1M0E/U20EjCpTySI/AAAAAAAAEdY/Fnng69gvGIY/s1600-h/IMG_8032edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_8032edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_8032edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-clLPZOsjUOI/U20EjsrdR9I/AAAAAAAAEdc/6ayqb_zYEAU/IMG_8032edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="536" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IBh_qfkdifU/U20EkAFBI2I/AAAAAAAAEdo/2rEc47z7gIk/s1600-h/IMG_8029edit2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_8029edit2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_8029edit2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MLBs8oM9NmI/U20EkoGhY_I/AAAAAAAAEds/xioDz1kyG-A/IMG_8029edit2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="468" height="463" /></a></p> <p>The Ganges is so loved and worshiped you can’t help but feel the sacredness of it waters, but in it’s waters float the flower remnants of important rituals right next to the garbage of everyday life. </p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QLE93ZmoMTc/U20Ek1Y3OJI/AAAAAAAAEd4/qYQQNnsw0Gw/s1600-h/IMG_8032edit2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_8032edit2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_8032edit2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5NZUBMJOXXU/U20Elc58API/AAAAAAAAEeA/IU1qSpQsiWs/IMG_8032edit2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="559" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BWfI-S_HDME/U20Elw3GBaI/AAAAAAAAEeI/3-7MeWSJksg/s1600-h/IMG_0151edit2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0151edit2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_0151edit2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dkqkcsrg0NE/U20Emtpa-SI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/kqs1NO3-W_U/IMG_0151edit2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="449" height="628" /></a></p> <p>Do you still see the beauty of the tulip petal when it’s fallen into the mud?</p> <p>Do you feel the magic of a sacred ceremony even when its remnants lie next to someone’s lunch bag?</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ID473ckgk1I/U20EnP-0oRI/AAAAAAAAEeY/-PFvS0EMN2E/s1600-h/IMG_0150edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0150edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_0150edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4Ia1CemQCig/U20Enmt5iTI/AAAAAAAAEeg/JYFIucs0D1M/IMG_0150edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="417" height="572" /></a></p> <p>Thoughts??</p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-7204472600063120932014-04-27T09:12:00.000-07:002014-04-27T09:12:00.521-07:00A Special Commission<p>Sometimes commission work is the bane of the working artist’s existence, But this time <strong>I got to make a dream mixed media assemblage as a commission.</strong>  I remember the days of being a functional potter and doing commission or custom pieces.  Every pot in the kiln would look beautiful <strong>except</strong> for the one commission piece which enviably would warp or run or just look like shit!  </p> <p>This piece was made for a two people that I have never met, but through the process of creating this piece and working with their stories and personal object I became deeply close to them.  Jess and Heather discovered my work at Burning Man and were touched and and intrigued by my large mural piece <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2014/04/what-do-you-believe-burning-man-art.html" target="_blank">“What do you Believe”</a> and then contacted me after we all returned to the “normal” world post <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/09/burning-man.html" target="_blank">Burning Man</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FncODlcKoFk/U1xLd5vME0I/AAAAAAAAEaw/Tleq27yI5lk/s1600-h/IMG_6494edit%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6494edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6494edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UBOSuX3C_v0/U1xLelmg-vI/AAAAAAAAEa4/CVJzBZh_Axo/IMG_6494edit_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="699" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T7TU4suMNXk/U1xLfcMyf_I/AAAAAAAAEa8/hL95yOcGzJM/s1600-h/IMG_6496edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6496edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6496edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QPrx9Lv6Jq4/U1xLf1KXeGI/AAAAAAAAEbI/tYv-EYpVyuU/IMG_6496edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="527" height="962" /></a></p> <p>This piece was a surprise present for Jess. Heather sent me objects that were special to Jess and her, each one bundled carefully with a story about the significance of each object.  <font size="4"><strong>As you know if you follow my work one of the reasons I work with found objects is because of the history and energy behind them. The unknown stories and symbolism that more often than not I have to imagine and create in my head. </strong></font><font size="3">So this was a dream come true to actually work with objects that I knew the stories behind. I was so honored to be entrusted with these precious symbols. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6aDoM6g3a-Y/U1xLgRrSxjI/AAAAAAAAEbM/_NlO_VRAoF8/s1600-h/IMG_6504edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6504edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6504edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ijw6nC1VnaI/U1xLhSFfYlI/AAAAAAAAEbY/pMDf6BJ6RLE/IMG_6504edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="529" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cZgTAKhEJtk/U1xLh-lcjbI/AAAAAAAAEbg/hpQ0JtBcQ44/s1600-h/IMG_6507edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6507edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6507edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-r5iREclZRFQ/U1xLiQgv3CI/AAAAAAAAEbk/P2tZ8T9rwUc/IMG_6507edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="344" height="471" /></a></p> <p>The Unicorn Virgin Mary was born out of precious and quintessential story about an experience of meeting a special soul at Burning Man.  I got to take that story and interrupt and expand upon it to create a shrine about love and the strange magic that is created in “that week in the desert” called <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/09/burning-man.html" target="_blank">Burning Man</a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HDh3uLS3Ee0/U1xLi71_RfI/AAAAAAAAEbw/xF4pzA8CvtQ/s1600-h/IMG_6502edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6502edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6502edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v-iUKmNgKL8/U1xLjp7VUCI/AAAAAAAAEb4/2d3b1M15eXY/IMG_6502edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="556" height="554" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mf9TuAj3-Nc/U1xLkA0xzxI/AAAAAAAAEcA/B4RMolnCk_4/s1600-h/IMG_6506edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6506edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_6506edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iajnciUpR4w/U1xLkhFAqAI/AAAAAAAAEcE/CZ7M85KgUck/IMG_6506edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="566" height="376" /></a>.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VM-HsUz2gcw/U1xLlS-E74I/AAAAAAAAEcQ/NNIWDcriIKw/s1600-h/IMG_6514edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6514edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_6514edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vyR2pCpUNsk/U1xLl3_VYRI/AAAAAAAAEcY/1JWiVDyEDu8/IMG_6514edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="608" height="595" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qpHUoslPKbU/U1xLmTX0EPI/AAAAAAAAEcg/DjjsGTGN_Bo/s1600-h/IMG_6491edit%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6491edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6491edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-joVgf4-eddI/U1xLnOuRPHI/AAAAAAAAEco/g3HM6x_3WOY/IMG_6491edit_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="491" height="876" /></a></p> <p>The email received from Heather after opening the piece made me cry and feel  like THIS IS THE WORK I AM SUPPOSE TO BE DOING IN THIS LIFE.  I have permission to share it with you…</p> <blockquote> <p>Clarissa!! Wow! I cannot even begin to express the feelings we felt when opening Our Lady Me! Our minds were totally blown! Still completely in awe! You are exceptionally gifted. You truly captured our hearts with your work. We cried and cried and examined every little detail of it. She's absolutely perfect! Again, wow! We are so honored to have her. It's hard to express, because she is so powerful! Breathtaking. We spent countless hours in front of her, adoring her on New Years Day! And you!! You are brilliant! We can't wrap our heads around it. What you wrote too! Thank you!! It couldn't have been more special. Jess is going to frame it and put it up next to "Me". That piece is beyond a piece to us. It represents our love... our past, present, and future journeys. Our Lady Me will never go a day without appreciation and love. We "believe" there is a life to your art. It is flawless! What you did with my things!??? How!? The details, the clean lines, placement, the symmetry, and the coloring! Where do I begin? We can never thank you enough! Hopefully, someday, we will have an opportunity to meet you and express our gratitude in person. Thank you thank you thank you. I will write you again soon. Jess too, because I know she wants to. We love and respect you so much and would like to continue to support you for many years to come! <br />Wishing you joy and happiness in 2014!! <br />Love, Heather :)</p> </blockquote> <p>I look forward to putting more of this kind of work out there into our world… Do you have special items and stories you want to honor? Contact me lets create magic together…</p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-45697939432737165952014-04-25T17:33:00.000-07:002014-04-25T17:33:00.532-07:00Grey Sky and Colorful Tulips<p>A grey cold day in the Pacific NW brightened by the unbelievable colors of the tulips in full bloom.  I have lived in this area for a long time and seeing the Skagit valley tulips is a very touristy thing to do.  There for I had never done it. Somehow thinking it wouldn’t be “worth it” I mean I have seen hundreds of photos of them.  Isn’t that the same thing?   uuummmm   NO! </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0-e1rWFAmGI/U1hb-zMEOXI/AAAAAAAAEYI/2IqIEkkTbGg/s1600-h/IMG_9907edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9907edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9907edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DwO1KM55aYY/U1hb_oJTOSI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/g2TA-Unz1iA/IMG_9907edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="536" height="749" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZDeVl8aVT1g/U1hcANQYbCI/AAAAAAAAEYU/mS0TqhdH3q0/s1600-h/IMG_9849edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9849edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9849edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-g9EBciCoN3I/U1hcAmH7IXI/AAAAAAAAEYg/xx1ql5qEwJU/IMG_9849edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="537" height="747" /></a></p> <p>This is probably my favorite picture because of the contrast between the grey cloudy sky and the brilliant red of the tulips.  As we were driving along and everything was kind of grey and drab looking and then we turned a corner and it was if someone had painted the fields with the most vivid colors.  I was reminded of The Wizard of Oz or Pleasantville where things start out in black and white and then suddenly start to change to full color. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kCJBoAgti0Q/U1hcBGzNQHI/AAAAAAAAEYo/zFBoEgCNejg/s1600-h/IMG_9883edit%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9883edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9883edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-muUqjmnyqD0/U1hcBlOWdrI/AAAAAAAAEYs/xlKegWLl090/IMG_9883edit_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="539" height="773" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--HuPbHGPpB8/U1hcCbLWeJI/AAAAAAAAEY4/puN-FbFPups/s1600-h/IMG_9836edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9836edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9836edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-InuAJ5IWCjU/U1hcCxslIoI/AAAAAAAAEZA/7R0m8iRBK64/IMG_9836edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="537" height="697" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KGReizlK_bM/U1hcDWopPXI/AAAAAAAAEZI/JsoZ6gQECI4/s1600-h/IMG_9841edit%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9841edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9841edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-08dWNF-LsgY/U1hcEF-I-0I/AAAAAAAAEZQ/hHOzbCBwPEw/IMG_9841edit_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="536" height="765" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DgSp-IQrANs/U1hcFeDdyjI/AAAAAAAAEZY/h73onc7EiQc/s1600-h/IMG_9859edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9859edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9859edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eeG24tPKxJ4/U1hcGKOCWzI/AAAAAAAAEZg/xMGv0y1gPB0/IMG_9859edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="535" height="677" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D6iCpqH0mBg/U1hcHoKYWcI/AAAAAAAAEZo/ya0OU0G2g4s/s1600-h/IMG_9881edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9881edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9881edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tyrinlt-f5Q/U1hcIbdqfpI/AAAAAAAAEZw/RWzDkb3S9r0/IMG_9881edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="538" height="760" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-i-pJAaih3NE/U1hcI1Acf0I/AAAAAAAAEZ4/GPsDOoqRFLA/s1600-h/IMG_9909edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9909edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9909edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gz1tbzfBpfM/U1hcJk8yEZI/AAAAAAAAEZ8/mgE5IFt-OqY/IMG_9909edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="531" height="384" /></a></p> <p>This photo reminds me of an abstract painting…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VIpmgKq-nD0/U1hcKLW1wEI/AAAAAAAAEaE/yn0zCVRt3Vg/s1600-h/IMG_9978edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9978edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9978edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kRsudTzurM4/U1hcKt10f2I/AAAAAAAAEaM/AXhItlwjYaM/IMG_9978edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="280" height="400" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6Ha_u9DR9jo/U1hcLRFsHpI/AAAAAAAAEaY/WN9TO8T7pQw/s1600-h/IMG_9981edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_9981edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_9981edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--ucrNC0u3Ag/U1hcL9f9C7I/AAAAAAAAEac/QGHCupAEt7s/IMG_9981edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="279" height="400" /></a></p> <p>I enjoy taking pictures as an artist but without someplace to share them, without someone to see them they get lost among the hundreds of files on my computer.  Thank you for taking the time to look. </p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-50585950886909516092014-04-17T11:10:00.001-07:002014-04-17T11:14:32.067-07:00What Do You Believe? 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My adventure in creating a giant art journal page the size of a mural in the inhospitable environment of <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/09/burning-man.html" target="_blank">Burning Man</a>. One of my art goals in this last year has been to start to work larger. I have been dreaming about working in larger formats and even envisioning creating huge installations. I adore the intimacy of small artwork and rich tiny details but I craved the visual impact of SIZE.<br />
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I think I have done fairly well at challenging my self to work larger this year. The pieces I created for <strong><a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/03/work-table.html" target="_blank">my featured show at Tasty</a></strong> were all much larger than my norm with <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-finished-pieces-survivor.html" target="_blank">Survivor Moth</a> being almost 4ft by 4ft.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CzIlVBCl28s/U1AYs23-1XI/AAAAAAAAEUc/WVQeu_w2upA/s1600-h/IMG_4380edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4380edit" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ufrVUIiyWgY/U1AYtYAn8BI/AAAAAAAAEUk/7cYX637EZas/IMG_4380edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="580" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4380edit" width="410" /></a><br />
I also worked on creating an environment for my pieces with hundreds of soft sculpted shapes strung on cords. That ended up looking a bit more like popcorn or snow from a distance. I was going for surreal alien polyps. (It was super hard to photograph. I wish I had better photos) <br />
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If you follow my blog you know I am a lover and participant in the social artistic experiment that is <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/09/burning-man.html" target="_blank">Burning Man</a>. I started my working larger project with a “small” (aprox 5ft sq.) project in Center camp in 2011.<br />
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This was the year I turned 40 and this piece was called “Looking back and Looking Forward” It had pieces of my prom dress, old lovers letters, and the flag from my father’s funeral. It truly was the first “large piece” I have done. It was very personal and looking back I still love parts of it and hate others. <br />
When I painted the red and white stripes in the background I was thinking circus but they ended up reading as patriotic American symbolism. Not what I was planning!<br />
Nor did I set out to include a VERY large American flag in this years piece. (The same flag from my father’s funeral which came with lots of complicated emotions) <strong>I don’t consciously resonate with the symbolism of the American flag. But both pieces are about me and my experiences. I grew up a girl and woman in the American culture embedded with symbolism of the American flag for better and for worse. </strong> This subject is worthy of a college dissertation which I am not qualified for or motivated to do. I am going to leave this part of the story at the fact that the symbol of the flag is embedded in my existence as an American artist even when I try to avoid it.<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>It is interesting how creating has a way of taking you down a different path than you planned, bringing up symbols and concept you weren’t planning on exploring. </strong></span><br />
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What Do You Believe? is the largest piece of work I have created to date ( 8ft x 16ft) I wanted to approach it as a giant art journal page with images, text, and exploration. <br />
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<li>I discovered drafting size photocopies and fell in love. </li>
<li>Used a gallon and half of wallpaper paste much of which had dust from the playa mixed in to it.</li>
<li>Used at least a hundred staples to secure the vintage wedding gown from blowing away in the intense wind on the playa.</li>
<li>And had the opportunity to show my work to 40,000 people and to build long term meaningful connections with some. </li>
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This project was a HUGE undertaking that I took on in a very short period of time. I had two weeks to layout the design in my studio and two days to install it at Burning Man. Next time I do this I want 6 months. When I look at the picture of this piece it still feels unfinished to me but I could have spent my entire time at Burning Man fussing with the details and still not felt like it was finished. Thank God for my partners order to “put your brush down and come enjoy Burning Man!!!”. <br />
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-91065225815450101632014-02-27T10:04:00.000-08:002014-02-27T10:04:11.712-08:00Mixed Media Assemblage Junk Bird Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Had a great group of people out to the studio to build bird out of junk. I love to see the great diversity of creations that happen. Same instructions and same basic materials and such a creative variety of art.<br />
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-63818583056164632282014-02-24T15:20:00.001-08:002014-02-25T19:49:08.520-08:00Walking to Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">In the last weeks before blanket of snow we are currently covered with the weather was quite lovely and I enjoyed walking to work. My mom joined me a couple of days which made it extra nice to walk and get to have great conversations. Most of the walk is on the roads but I detour and walk through a sweet park along the river with beautiful old trees</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCJMy36WE63YQ9-U2yvn7vomeRPNvRL8ZFZSm4MN7bdgben9w5NPZMyOVNH-n2XVdkaxhM9Tsb20ffn1eGVBEHcKFxFcIE-Rf7CmZPIAGzZESdbD1V8j5iKTZWeKrucm9oYO40vYsfCQ/s1600/01ad44c2f6eca52602953717b17aa8e976af284c5d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCJMy36WE63YQ9-U2yvn7vomeRPNvRL8ZFZSm4MN7bdgben9w5NPZMyOVNH-n2XVdkaxhM9Tsb20ffn1eGVBEHcKFxFcIE-Rf7CmZPIAGzZESdbD1V8j5iKTZWeKrucm9oYO40vYsfCQ/s1600/01ad44c2f6eca52602953717b17aa8e976af284c5d.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg5Q7j81CVIBq-HtNs9lslFzfpX9_RnzgrCZhKYOekIy6VjdPuyxc5y0XQ1xIi_24k77wgG64U8fusa3Jik_GXGIkIKzDSdoBSbbh4H_DCF247GjtFXD8YVddib5bZRaieD40gWHi56s/s1600/01b1eca496e9eb3cd2ff9a159279837754a4bde8b9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg5Q7j81CVIBq-HtNs9lslFzfpX9_RnzgrCZhKYOekIy6VjdPuyxc5y0XQ1xIi_24k77wgG64U8fusa3Jik_GXGIkIKzDSdoBSbbh4H_DCF247GjtFXD8YVddib5bZRaieD40gWHi56s/s1600/01b1eca496e9eb3cd2ff9a159279837754a4bde8b9.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WWMX60s0cYR2nPgku9dYbzsDciSNIOiYPJdNXqSmczgi5T1vdnRIV1evedZS5moQehZN7EJUPjiW0Hqse2f_CgOi1vbYmTSeWzorocro_eX3irWbopUa5xFcOtUtAXatv1LUZe7D3LE/s1600/011be61aa1bcdac826600acd771bf2974b2ee1bd16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WWMX60s0cYR2nPgku9dYbzsDciSNIOiYPJdNXqSmczgi5T1vdnRIV1evedZS5moQehZN7EJUPjiW0Hqse2f_CgOi1vbYmTSeWzorocro_eX3irWbopUa5xFcOtUtAXatv1LUZe7D3LE/s1600/011be61aa1bcdac826600acd771bf2974b2ee1bd16.jpg" height="640" width="404" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-Yt7jrcCxnqes2OSzJtKG4Y8gVVjoMVfeSWWlS7nYejVGlOW4Fi04JP9niU0rMzoqT0S85KXUxNrA7J0XCb4kQC8xgGuDOAU9JER9Elk9cVTEBIALyJc6dvioyKE7nFxU6sHodT2y-4/s1600/01061ef8e71993d881d700995da2804e9f57a8e64a+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-Yt7jrcCxnqes2OSzJtKG4Y8gVVjoMVfeSWWlS7nYejVGlOW4Fi04JP9niU0rMzoqT0S85KXUxNrA7J0XCb4kQC8xgGuDOAU9JER9Elk9cVTEBIALyJc6dvioyKE7nFxU6sHodT2y-4/s1600/01061ef8e71993d881d700995da2804e9f57a8e64a+(1).jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-15325406200210218092014-02-12T17:24:00.001-08:002014-02-24T19:07:36.384-08:00Gutsy Doll Work Table<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am preparing samples for my upcoming class this weekend working with the Art Doll format but incorporating sausage casings or gut. Totally strange and fabulous technique that I learned from Melissa Manley and then adapted to work with my medium. It’s a two day class where we will start with a reclaimed porcelain doll and then build armatures out of wire such as wings, fins, and skirts and then stretch the wet gut over them the first day and return the next day to see the magic of the gut and finish up our dolls with paint and fabric. <br />
For more class info: <a href="http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=163abc5c7386e1056cbdb8afa&id=bf8a052d07&e=194a4b481c" target="_blank">Gutsy Doll Feb 15,16th</a> </blockquote>
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-54646451827720045832014-01-30T12:08:00.001-08:002014-01-30T12:08:00.364-08:00The Dollmaker<p>Last spring I was approached by some wonderful people, Lisa Cooper and Dan McComb of <a href="http://www.visualcontact.com/" target="_blank">Visual Contact</a> to see if I would be interested in being a part of their Maker series of videos. I get a lot of emails from people wanting me to participate in this or do that, and a lot of them never amount to anything. So before proceeding I went to check out Lisa and Dan's work and was <font size="4"><font size="5">totally blow away by the quality of their work.</font> </font>So I said YES sign me up... “sure I will somehow fit that in between this show and that conference.”  Just earlier this month that seed that was planted and diligently nurtured  by Lisa and Dan bloomed into an this amazing video. The Dollmaker is visually delightful  and also speaks to poignantly  to "why" I make the art I do. Thank you Lisa and Dan for the huge amount of work it took to make this video come into being.</p> <p> </p> <p> <iframe height="293" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/83093171?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" width="520" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>It was nerve wracking to be filmed while working and seeing yourself on video not so much fun…. I was in total denial about the size of my double chin.  LOL </p> <p>But the visual they captured of my studio are creepy and beautiful.  I do have to admit that my favorite part of the video if I had to pick one is the narrative. We sat down and did an interview for 45 mins while filming and then they edited it down to the parts that would work with the video.  The words that were chosen are PERFECT.  They really speak to why I make the art I make and what it means to me. I want to share some of my favorite lines with you… </p> <hr /> <hr /> <blockquote> <p>“The doll is an icon of our humanness and we have idealized it but the reality is we are not ideal.</p> <p>I want to give them the nitty gritty rough tough life they deserve</p> <p>It has the energy of the people that have used it held it and those pieces speak to me </p> <p>I was actually raised to more like the pristine pretty doll that sits on the cupboard and is revered and that doll is kind of…. boring</p> <p>I want to be the doll that lives a life that isn’t afraid, that makes mistakes. That makes choices that aren’t the right choices.</p> <p>It is the idea that sacred is also sexual, the pristine is also dirty.</p> <p>That living life and having the scars of life is valuable. </p> <p>We are afraid of death and darkness and dirty and shadow, we want to pretend that doesn’t exist we don’t want to talk about it we don’t want to look at it, we want to put it in the back closet and the reality is it here it’s with us all the time. </p> <p>I want to take that darkness and shadow and that dirt and make it beautiful, because it is ….beautiful.” <br clear="all" /></p> <hr /> <hr /></blockquote> <p>If you or someone you know need high quality video word done I highly recommend Lisa and Dan. </p> <p><a href="http://www.visualcontact.com/" target="_blank"><img title="connectwithyouraudience2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="connectwithyouraudience2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-swt8Y2VteyE/UuqxHktiepI/AAAAAAAAEPE/t7-6nHc1TSE/connectwithyouraudience2%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="426" height="118" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-20947474905897724922014-01-22T11:03:00.001-08:002014-01-22T11:06:25.724-08:00Bright Colored Art Dolls<p>During the Christmas season I am just head down making art and selling art!  which I am super grateful for.  I even enjoy the kind of feverish pace at least for awhile. </p> <p>But with that said,  YAY JANUARY!!!</p> <p>I made lots of new and interesting pieces during the holiday season but there was no time for sharing them with you all. So I am going to take some time to do just that…. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uJSCY6qUBJM/UuAV3yeW4yI/AAAAAAAAENA/LKFxptb8_Wk/s1600-h/IMG_6367%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6367" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_6367" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FuZROrhoQNw/UuAV43olPUI/AAAAAAAAENI/NEb2BCI0S0k/IMG_6367_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="529" /></a></p> <p align="left">Check out those bright colors…. Not my usual sepia and antiqued white! I am not going to say it’s a trend yet but I am enjoying playing with some brighter colors. </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GelGMYxjB6o/UuAV55Gd2dI/AAAAAAAAENQ/9O0UR1JMFIA/s1600-h/IMG_6355edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6355edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6355edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y6RE9wTuU84/UuAV6s8S7II/AAAAAAAAENU/aGsjcLjDA6Y/IMG_6355edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="493" height="703" /></a></p> <p align="left">Suzy is a fun punk girl with dread hair falls made out of wired yarn and hand dyed fabric scraps. Her clothes are made out of scraps from 1960 turquoise lace dress. It was so fabulous it was hard to cut up but it will make for many many fabulous pieces of art</p> <p align="left">. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rqElf713Nx0/UuAV7SvzmKI/AAAAAAAAENg/l20_kdvx3Io/s1600-h/IMG_6372%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_6372" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_6372" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-txHK0vnaWzs/UuAV8CYIUbI/AAAAAAAAENk/2WXR6XbUaak/IMG_6372_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="369" height="520" /></a></p> <p align="left">Suzy is still available and looking for the right new funky home.  </p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-89746838626607567762014-01-21T15:21:00.000-08:002014-01-21T15:28:08.318-08:00Published!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am so happy with the spread of my art journal and article published in <a href="http://stampington.com/art-journaling" target="_blank">Art Journaling Magazine Winter 2014. Its on the stands now.</a><br />
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Art Journaling is not my primary medium as you know I am primarily a 3D sculpture and assemblage artist. However, art journaling was instrumental in my introduction to the Mixed Media world. I remember finding <a href="http://www.daneldon.org/" target="_blank">Dan Eldon’s</a> The Journey is the Destination and <a href="http://sabrinawharrison.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Sabrina Ward Harrison’s</a> Spilling Open and feeling like I was coming home. It was art that was messy and raw about feelings and life. It was art that I could identify. I first started art journaling in 1998, which is so long ago now its hard to believe. I started journaling to cope with the residue of a traumatic relationship that had left my sense of self as a person and as an artist shattered. That first journal is ugly and real and filled with tears of self healing. I have only shared it with my closest loves. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early journal pages</span></em></h4>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Over the years my journals have provided me with a safe place to play with art. As a self employed artist, it is pretty easy for art to become work. Work that is serious and has deadlines and pressure. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Which is not always great for the sweet sense of play. So having a place with no rules, no guidelines, </span><span style="text-align: left;">and no deadlines has been great for me. Although I still struggle with making time for it.</span></div>
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Take a peak at some of my favorite spreads that were published in <a href="http://stampington.com/art-journaling" target="_blank">Art Journaling Magazine current issue</a><br />
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-17660694942227160042014-01-12T17:40:00.001-08:002014-01-12T17:40:22.439-08:00Winter Classes at Strange and Wonderful Studio<p>You know how to beat the cold dreary wish it was spring feeling? Come make art and learn new crazy fun techniques with me, Clarissa Callesen</p> <p><b>The New Year class schedule for 2014</b></p> <p>All classes held at my studio at 1920 Main st. Suite #8 Ferndale, WA. A lunch break of 30mins is included in the schedule. A sack lunch is recommended but there are fast food options located close. Full payment is required to register. 48hr cancellation policy for full refund. Some supplies provide. Call 360-305-9058</p> <p><i><strong>Art Journaling Weekend Jan 25 and 26th</strong></i></p> <p>Immerse yourself in the fun and gratifying world of Art Journaling. Take both classes for $120</p> <p><strong>Sat Jan 25, Chaos Journaling 10am- 4:30pm $70</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-m2fjaG9HR5k/UtNDl3TdgmI/AAAAAAAAD0U/EGZ_JUYyxl0/s1600-h/IMG_5290%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5290" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5290" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rmyHCVHA32M/UtNDmzK8WGI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/AzGLRvsMO2Q/IMG_5290_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="183" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2P0dKKSuKyY/UtNDnbPt1HI/AAAAAAAAD0k/lg18_PcLdAA/s1600-h/DSC04259edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mPYuX4M2Bz8/UtNDnyNTBGI/AAAAAAAAD0o/DIglhKJknSA/DSC04259edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wuieTb7l9-0/UtNDonYC5jI/AAAAAAAAD00/b-wJX0FqwHs/s1600-h/IMG_3054edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3054edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3054edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fOF9ufOMoOo/UtNDpODDt7I/AAAAAAAAD04/8GthjF77Ajc/IMG_3054edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="191" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IvVON_nJIL0/UtNDp_G73lI/AAAAAAAAD1A/4n240UsvNqU/s1600-h/IMG_3076edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3076edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3076edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pDQSewlezfU/UtNDqTjRqOI/AAAAAAAAD1I/U7BMXq7kmXM/IMG_3076edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="183" /></a></strong></p> <p>Working quickly, using unusual materials, and nontraditional techniques we will breakthrough into the raw, beautiful world of chaos journaling and art making. It is so easy to get trapped in the art world of pretty, tidy, and nice. We will be shattering that mold with tearing, squishing, scribbling, dripping, sanding, and so much more. We will honor and celebrating mistakes as a foundation for original expression.</p> <p><strong>Sun Jan 26, Painted Images in Art Journaling 10am- 4:30pm $70</strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wzhIuwl2JMM/UtNDrKkuYnI/AAAAAAAAD1U/BsL065ERQSE/s1600-h/IMG_5301edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5301edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5301edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-c7vLzUAnvSA/UtNDrXDiLbI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/stcC1wJS7sc/IMG_5301edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="174" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LUWebVjNdE4/UtNDr1xMBII/AAAAAAAAD1k/0EwCrLVuKHs/s1600-h/IMG_5328%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5328" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5328" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NF7qLJofqIQ/UtNDsrmdGnI/AAAAAAAAD1o/CY-OUIL8Q3Q/IMG_5328_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="173" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bAftRvQC008/UtNDtVV8TnI/AAAAAAAAD10/9SaVNFd9XEg/s1600-h/IMG_5303edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5303edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5303edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tyLZDxFZrz8/UtNDtyLvERI/AAAAAAAAD14/CjepUl5e2LQ/IMG_5303edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="174" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ven9aa1Tugg/UtNDupDtUXI/AAAAAAAAD2E/7XhVYa9J7xs/s1600-h/IMG_5246edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5246edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5246edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GAv5C43U1ec/UtNDvOsHIqI/AAAAAAAAD2I/CK5FlitmePQ/IMG_5246edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="173" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7cXSQtBswuk/UtNDv6zgvMI/AAAAAAAAD2U/sKxZS8hokrM/s1600-h/IMG_5251edit%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5251edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5251edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lDYfQ3lNlII/UtNDwXPYaFI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/j2iB4SKyC3Y/IMG_5251edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="174" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mBEwj9XOlLU/UtNDwxNaGVI/AAAAAAAAD2k/nVaBum4YuQg/s1600-h/IMG_5284%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5284" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5284" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-v7oXOS2vEj0/UtNDxSJKGvI/AAAAAAAAD2o/hBwKUJGx3iw/IMG_5284_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="178" /></a></p> <p>Take your Art journaling to a new level by adding original painted images. Painting can be very intimidating! But come and let me guide you gently through the process of creating your own original images to add to your Art Journal or other art. </p> <p><strong>Sat Feb 8, Junk Birds 10am-4:30pm $70</strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YrXTzy8ly9g/UtNDx1HpxyI/AAAAAAAAD20/L9ehmxrDpaw/s1600-h/IMG_2994edit%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2994edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2994edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0gGHAodxlnU/UtNDyjDS7RI/AAAAAAAAD28/wVWf5Ifw6rs/IMG_2994edit_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="237" height="244" /></a>  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WcTcp9OOSLo/UtNDzS5f1uI/AAAAAAAAD3E/-jUoDgaaXYI/s1600-h/callesen%252520junkbird%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="callesen junkbird" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="callesen junkbird" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3ZWpJn1mMaI/UtNDzmadkBI/AAAAAAAAD3I/gk1CzF47rBI/callesen%252520junkbird_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="201" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xhsiyCJivJI/UtND0Gpt0OI/AAAAAAAAD3Q/9MR6hNaq8RI/s1600-h/junk%252520birds2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hvf46_ydmFE/UtND0j3L10I/AAAAAAAAD3Y/Df6uVcJSyxY/junk%252520birds2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="211" height="244" /></a>       <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eV9ax8pO-AU/UtND1Pwb_MI/AAAAAAAAD3g/SLLFCoKCwgw/s1600-h/crow%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA " src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZY07iW0JDSs/UtND1gugprI/AAAAAAAAD3o/zcN2yc6paMI/crow_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Join me in turning a tacky decorative bird into a wacky original work of art. We will be engaging in some deconstruction and transformation of a mass produced object by combining it with fabric scraps, string, wire, and other treasures we will create a whimsical sculpture. You can either do two smaller birds or 1  larger crow  </p> <p><strong>Sat and Sun Feb 15 and 16,<sup> </sup>Gutsy Doll 10am-4:30 pm $160</strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NJFkhFccRs0/UtND2It4jRI/AAAAAAAAD30/wo5BXvvM9jc/s1600-h/P3290147%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="P3290147" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P3290147" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wOZEiKndSJY/UtND2hJnSwI/AAAAAAAAD34/OERXq78EeUY/P3290147_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-I8lrbniT4Yc/UtND3B6wWXI/AAAAAAAAD4A/g2aAg7uX3no/s1600-h/P3290164%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="P3290164" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P3290164" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QLXgb6aYSks/UtND3qONqpI/AAAAAAAAD4E/yGpxrMW9phw/P3290164_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DPLr4ijvM94/UtND4L4udUI/AAAAAAAAD4M/hoWujPk5NnI/s1600-h/sirenfull%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="sirenfull" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="sirenfull" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XQCEhXo7ztQ/UtND4_yGQlI/AAAAAAAAD4Y/CvbnSN5BEyg/sirenfull_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="158" height="244" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kl1Kr-TVYns/UtND5CqtFnI/AAAAAAAAD4g/2wvoec8VRWQ/s1600-h/P3200093f%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="P3200093f" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P3200093f" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bNrcgigoH-8/UtND5oAWewI/AAAAAAAAD4o/QHr-wWCQigA/P3200093f_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IH8uiup-WSw/UtND6IAlzhI/AAAAAAAAD4w/i0D-8SIGtWc/s1600-h/P3200096f%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="P3200096f" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P3200096f" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9D6azhGbK8I/UtND6Sh-o4I/AAAAAAAAD48/84KjVr5n5j4/P3200096f_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yQGnwPzDZQk/UtND7Vy0kRI/AAAAAAAAD5A/4lz3vmoUXv8/s1600-h/P3200102%252520f%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="P3200102 f" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P3200102 f" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZJas7kFnLTs/UtND7_2WYxI/AAAAAAAAD5E/29abQwsnoJg/P3200102%252520f_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Come and explore a completely unique and versatile art medium! It is flexible yet strong. . It is an ancient medium with a rich history It can be translucent or opaque. It can be used as a primary sculptural material or as a textural accent.. It can be dyed or painted. Can you guess? Give up? Sausage casings or Gut as an art supply. We will be creating a one of a kind Art Doll utilizing this most unusual medium. </p> <p><strong>Sat March 1, Bricologe (Abstract Assemblage) 10am- 4:30pm $80</strong> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-azCISxDUkf0/UtND8fMv4bI/AAAAAAAAD5Q/xMz1hwWKy8c/s1600-h/ccallesenbricologe3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesenbricologe3" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ccallesenbricologe3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rDbNOHeeOyA/UtND80TKBhI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/UOc6IBjJC10/ccallesenbricologe3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="196" height="269" /></a>   <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3mO8nMc_Xv4/UtND9SP1lHI/AAAAAAAAD5k/fKLrqWrvlXE/s1600-h/cccallesen%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="cccallesen" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="cccallesen" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TTjzg1dUOmk/UtND-PFNEVI/AAAAAAAAD5o/c1ckKVAZc8w/cccallesen_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="225" height="292" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ajpoOUOu66c/UtND-2wqvjI/AAAAAAAAD50/2PrhTLxv1OU/s1600-h/_edited-1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QMCWWSLQTpE/UtND_f27QUI/AAAAAAAAD54/m2dawRUWjJc/_edited-1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="213" height="271" /></a>    <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C55kXugQu68/UtNEAMiZdAI/AAAAAAAAD6A/KjzPsXLsZxE/s1600-h/ccallesenbricologe1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="ccallesenbricologe1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ccallesenbricologe1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4UWRcwvoc_I/UtNEBSDaO1I/AAAAAAAAD6I/dHjS4aWBJRo/ccallesenbricologe1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="202" height="285" /></a></p> <p>Bricologe <strong>:</strong> construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand.</p> <p>What do artists have at hand usually in excess on or around our work tables? </p> <p>Fabulous scraps and bits of amazing stuff!</p> <p>This class will take those bits and pieces and turn them into a rich textural Bricologe. Through loose paint and collage exercises we will create a palette of objects rich in texture and color. Then using those pieces as color and shape elements we will delve into composition. I like to look at this technique as creating a three dimensional abstract painting.</p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-63615906752422794152013-09-14T21:08:00.000-07:002013-09-14T21:08:00.224-07:00The Finished Pieces: Survivor<p> </p> <p>Continuing on with sharing the finished pieces from my “Odd Birds” show in May.  Survivor was the largest piece in the show. She is a moth/ bird/ goddess creature.  She is surreal and otherworldly. Survivor  was an intense piece to make both from the physical construction aspects to the artistic and emotional choices.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qbHvpt9SS2Q/Ui6bkjj0rjI/AAAAAAAADqA/YWc7svDGJ-Q/s1600-h/IMG_4361edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4361edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4361edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BjD1Ic7wm1A/Ui6blJQm4hI/AAAAAAAADqE/w3wIjU4xtRo/IMG_4361edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="496" height="385" /></a></p> <p>Moths have been the creature I have been fascinated with this year.  They have subtle beauty compared to the showy colors of the Butterfly. They are often overlooked and some people find them “creepy”.   They are creatures of the night that are hypnotically drawn to the light. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JODl_13VUM4/Ui6blpXM6DI/AAAAAAAADqQ/mdw3yoYyq9M/s1600-h/IMG_4374edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4374edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4374edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uMyehekiW3s/Ui6bmLexr3I/AAAAAAAADqY/X4xsCzWj2J8/IMG_4374edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="418" height="578" /></a></p> <p>My moth “Survivor” is constructed with a cloth body that has been  embellished with patchwork textiles and soft sculpting. She wears a piece of vintage sari as her elegant collar.   Her face is constructed on top of a art deco mask found at Goodwill.  Her round big eyes are tinker toys.  Her forehead is a large textured shell found while beach combing.  The shapes that make her antennae are some of my favorites although I don’t know exactly what they are, probably dried kelp or weathered pieces of wood. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GlgztcLsn7c/Ui6bmgBSc5I/AAAAAAAADqg/ZQ-RlA_VjmM/s1600-h/IMG_4381%252520edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4381 edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4381 edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cHT8kHCuad4/Ui6bnKDPTPI/AAAAAAAADqo/eyHdsKcZtzE/IMG_4381%252520edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" height="558" /></a></p> <p>A theme evident in much of my work is the beauty that can be found in things broken, weather, and repaired.  In “Survivor” I wanted to physically represent the hardships and strain that make us who we are. The scars and bumps we acquire as we go through life need not distract from our beauty but be celebrated as our beauty. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xtWICWWKXXo/Ui6bnlolhdI/AAAAAAAADqw/LPJwKjG_XPQ/s1600-h/IMG_4383edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4383edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4383edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jvyqVeo4p_E/Ui6bofwTwDI/AAAAAAAADq4/40dRZfLz998/IMG_4383edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="712" /></a></p> <p>I wanted her wings to feel like a rich tapestry of texture and time. There are bundles of rusted fabric, small animal bones, feathers that once flew, and soft sculpted shapes.   The soft sculpted shape have been affectionately referred to as  polyps which they resemble in shape, but that word is very limiting and has a negative association. The shapes are soft, round and sensual. But they feel like something from another world.  Or enlarged versions of microscopic cells or organisms.  How do you see them?   Sometime the symbols in my work are very obvious to me and then other times I just know they belong in the art but I don’t comprehend there full message.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CU-N_OyTHYA/Ui6bo50640I/AAAAAAAADrA/KWobNtbY6tw/s1600-h/IMG_4385edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4385edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4385edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7V_klLqXopE/Ui6bpYJz7jI/AAAAAAAADrI/L5V2lEX8dX8/IMG_4385edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="547" /></a></p> <p>The curled translucent shapes that create the structure of the wings are heavy steel wire covered with sausage casings and then dried. Gut is a perfect medium to capture the strong translucent nature of insect wings.  The wings also bare the evidence of time and many flights with splits and holes to add to their texture.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XtY_t7yXwDU/Ui6bqAvpBXI/AAAAAAAADrQ/CQ91NO13cBk/s1600-h/IMG_4380edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4380edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4380edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KP3Pp_eqqnY/Ui6bqSoSVoI/AAAAAAAADrY/nzQ3i_QEzTM/IMG_4380edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="359" height="496" /></a></p> <p>Survivor is still available for info on purchasing email me at </p> <p><a href="mailto:clarissacallesen@gmail.com">clarissacallesen@gmail.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X2UZkpLbfaQ/Ui6bq2VDl-I/AAAAAAAADrg/gP52aagZuy0/s1600-h/IMG_4371edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4371edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4371edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-35_iRL2chws/Ui6brbIn5MI/AAAAAAAADro/CGPOtEByQ9U/IMG_4371edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="361" /></a></p> <p>Now a behind the scenes look at the making of…. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hvMZ7wYBBq8/Ui6brxrSxFI/AAAAAAAADrw/KiC1O0dboY0/s1600-h/IMG_3868%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3868" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3868" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Q97ENXPKj0Q/Ui6bsYEds-I/AAAAAAAADr4/okxYyhQjp2k/IMG_3868_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="271" height="390" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-noQXuA7bLpQ/Ui6bs0LWw-I/AAAAAAAADsA/lcas48rL5BY/s1600-h/IMG_3882%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3882" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3882" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TfHsccjuRYc/Ui6btT30eMI/AAAAAAAADsI/MWh1SCStCqQ/IMG_3882_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="249" height="408" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-g19vqRIczqk/Ui6bt2BYNbI/AAAAAAAADsQ/l2rzA43-IrE/s1600-h/IMG_3883%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3883" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3883" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kM7-WG8Kj5E/Ui6buUtX2YI/AAAAAAAADsU/uLABp7t4Ji8/IMG_3883_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="249" height="409" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Lq1gxGquuas/Ui6bu6wzQKI/AAAAAAAADsg/VIYQg9WxaRI/s1600-h/IMG_3885%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3885" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3885" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-akmVAxA5sOk/Ui6bvK4lIeI/AAAAAAAADso/nVLM5duTxmM/IMG_3885_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="384" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-37322254266145378712013-09-09T16:37:00.001-07:002013-09-09T16:37:03.355-07:00Burning Man<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rsJZBjQ7gR4/Ui5amBqB8OI/AAAAAAAADb4/3ruTFphXq1Q/s1600-h/IMG_5625.jpg"><img title="IMG_5625" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5625" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Kdt6XujBZLg/Ui5amn-9xJI/AAAAAAAADcA/rGdXo1k63IM/IMG_5625_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="605" /></a></p> <p>Why do I go to Burning Man? Why do I return to that inhospitable, crowded (61,000 people this year), loud, dirty place? This year was my fifth time. My lungs, nose and eyes burn from the dust, and I always come home with a head cold or some other malady. Everything necessary to live for 9 days must be carried in and carried out. We drive 16 hrs and wait in long lines to enter and exit the event. My record is 8hrs in line to leave in 2011 and that pales compared to other people’s stories. The “bathrooms” aka port-a- potties can be smelled for blocks and I have seen unspeakable things that I pray to erase from my mind.  Oh and did I mention that Burning Man is expensive!  I have vacationed in Hawaii in a beach front condo for less than it costs to do Burning Man. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y8QSx9WG_G4/Ui5anUgtTII/AAAAAAAADcI/88stwNSuYFQ/s1600-h/IMG_54504.jpg"><img title="IMG_5450" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5450" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-to8-I0ezArU/Ui5aoH5zgNI/AAAAAAAADcQ/rY9O91lIOm4/IMG_5450_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="561" height="438" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hBE0nrUHW3s/Ui5aoiWyoQI/AAAAAAAADcY/AVpc_tb8R08/s1600-h/IMG_54875.jpg"><img title="IMG_5487" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5487" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-omINLkMrjRI/Ui5apNAPjsI/AAAAAAAADcg/jWFfq7l0v9Y/IMG_5487_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" height="388" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eKkJUd0deEg/Ui5ap65NPrI/AAAAAAAADco/Zqa_txSWkcY/s1600-h/IMG_55604.jpg"><img title="IMG_5560" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5560" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NeoxlXuCQ98/Ui5aqkP4g8I/AAAAAAAADcw/Uxh3KSVhFZc/IMG_5560_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="281" height="388" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gnIvqyWz5Z8/Ui5arAy8cSI/AAAAAAAADc4/vuN_PIR7J9I/s1600-h/IMG_55306.jpg"><img title="IMG_5530" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5530" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RfL-Waz_2rw/Ui5arhTSrVI/AAAAAAAADdA/Lb11FR6YB9A/IMG_5530_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="275" height="397" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZUkyLNi8CTY/Ui5asJhQlzI/AAAAAAAADdI/QVRf4gYTT9Q/s1600-h/IMG_55445.jpg"><img title="IMG_5544" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5544" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yYEumXHuayw/Ui5asuSylII/AAAAAAAADdQ/xQzMIIlwKww/IMG_5544_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="280" height="396" /></a></p> <p>SO WHY ON EARTH WOULD I RETURN YEAR AFTER YEAR??!!!</p> <p>Because it is magic… It is a physical manifestation of human potential. Human potential is awe inspiring and I know it is present, for some, in science and technology. But for me as an artist who expresses and reacts to this world through creating tangible objects Burning Man is my touchstone for human potential. It is an entire world and community that is created from the ground up in a dried up lake bed. It is the closest thing that I will experience to going to a different world.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-U1vZI1A0tp4/Ui5atLSqCVI/AAAAAAAADdY/dRWjsNGVKwQ/s1600-h/IMG_56606.jpg"><img title="IMG_5660" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5660" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0oFb2mstIBQ/Ui5atwHUiaI/AAAAAAAADdg/9uV55j8yxtk/IMG_5660_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="283" height="408" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VZO2OeX50DE/Ui5aua0R1KI/AAAAAAAADdo/0BKzeXrnFMw/s1600-h/IMG_58506.jpg"><img title="IMG_5850" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5850" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qCtQnbvHQ-o/Ui5au76w1wI/AAAAAAAADdw/zUR_j_0WE3E/IMG_5850_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="279" height="402" /></a></p> <p>First off the land is breathtaking in its stark desolateness. The vista goes on and on with the biggest brightest sky. It is what I imagine infinity to look like if it could be expressed visually. The mountains ring the playa and reflect the rising and setting of the sun and the moon. Your relationship to the movement of the sun and the moon is brought into practical clarity. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gFQiOfz-uK4/Ui5avHfHwuI/AAAAAAAADd4/efOaL8NhVP0/s1600-h/IMG_55007.jpg"><img title="IMG_5500" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5500" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e0l_V-o6QpA/Ui5avi_LuSI/AAAAAAAADeA/Hvfj3CxfvX0/IMG_5500_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="277" height="405" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9T-K0QVo3nA/Ui5awCGF4JI/AAAAAAAADeI/64r3sFNG1Y4/s1600-h/IMG_58386.jpg"><img title="IMG_5838" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5838" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hE2wWUqwueA/Ui5axczUW1I/AAAAAAAADeQ/7v3OvXIZLPE/IMG_5838_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="282" height="407" /></a></p> <p>Then the Art! You will see art at Burning Man that you will never see anywhere else, and not one or two pieces but a city full of magical art created in scales that for me, as an artist, are unfathomable; a 55ft tall sculpture of a woman that stretches and reaches towards the sky with a wish for all women everywhere to be safe. The word “believe” written in 15ft letters set against the horizon, arches and structures made of metal and wood interacting and creating a conversation with their environment and the people that witness them. This is not art in a museum that is encased in a glass case or locked behind velvet ropes not to be touch or caressed. This is art that you walk up to and feel with your hand or your whole body. This is art that people climb on and sleep in. This is art that makes music, moves or blows flames when you interact with it. There are mutant cars that are jellyfish and bugs and full sized boats. The lights at night put Vegas to shame. But I am not here to tell you about all about Burning Man, I could not nor do I desire to try. Just take a little dip into Goggle and you will find more information than you can process. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zWuyEruVbwY/Ui5ax9_NVqI/AAAAAAAADeY/-4GSN1yepLs/s1600-h/IMG_58464.jpg"><img title="IMG_5846" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5846" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KaV6870Rbko/Ui5ayIMVmuI/AAAAAAAADec/xzQOV9xnPnY/IMG_5846_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="540" height="422" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Vooy14RBQ08/Ui5azv0FJkI/AAAAAAAADek/TAEpHNGuPxA/s1600-h/IMG_58826.jpg"><img title="IMG_5882" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5882" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--coUlNitYAM/Ui5a0H2Kv8I/AAAAAAAADes/dS8cRl7BeEg/IMG_5882_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="263" height="375" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LyZx1W-Wm9U/Ui5a0ovwjZI/AAAAAAAADe0/QRfuD0eNKYY/s1600-h/IMG_58865.jpg"><img title="IMG_5886" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5886" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gW-T4NBngVw/Ui5a0_6btKI/AAAAAAAADe8/0Is_MgdeOt0/IMG_5886_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" height="388" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NT3OZovjRxs/Ui5a1ZY-j5I/AAAAAAAADfE/SE6iorCvDXE/s1600-h/IMG_58935.jpg"><img title="IMG_5893" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5893" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZGCrrWKwZbY/Ui5a10_-GCI/AAAAAAAADfM/GFEhXZm58ws/IMG_5893_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="596" /></a></p> <p>I want to continue to talk about and explore my relationship to this simultaneously grotesque and utterly beautiful place.</p> <p>The Temple </p> <p>I am a person raised without organized religion. I am strongly drawn to the icons of many different religions as anyone familiar with my art would attest to. The temple at Burning Man is one of the things that makes me come back. It truly belongs to the community. It is non denominational, it is bigger than any individual religion. Everyone is invited to bring their burdens and lay them down literally; you are encouraged to write your wishes, your secrets, and your deep losses on the walls of the temple itself. People bring and build shrines to their lost loved ones human and animal. They sit and weep, yell and sing, meditate and sleep. There is something that happens when you walk through the temple surrounded by all these intense emotions of fear, loss, pain, hope and desire. There is oneness… unity… It doesn’t matter the specifics of the individual loss or hope we all universally share these sorrows, pain and hope. Most of us are desperately trying to find peace with them and figure out a better way to be on this earth. I am an introvert and find connecting with people sometimes challenging. Spending time in the temple through the years I have had some of the most beautiful exchanges with complete strangers. I have felt deeply loved and seen by someone that knows nothing of my day to day trappings of success or political leanings. Those moments though short in duration live in my heart and give me hope for humanity. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0PpbZR9zoZs/Ui5a2dsmz7I/AAAAAAAADfU/WeP4xdP5Q_8/s1600-h/IMG_54635.jpg"><img title="IMG_5463" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5463" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-q-0lT-UKGho/Ui5a2kgMWuI/AAAAAAAADfc/hDF-qUG8g14/IMG_5463_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="389" height="545" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EOnsLj1aKGQ/Ui5a3fQSunI/AAAAAAAADfk/BZJpkaU8_wI/s1600-h/IMG_56665.jpg"><img title="IMG_5666" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5666" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gQdq9lJgtmU/Ui5a3zU00sI/AAAAAAAADfs/OoaRMuZpYjw/IMG_5666_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="467" height="310" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WIyh-EfIA0M/Ui5a4UiIocI/AAAAAAAADf0/K-BY6paE31Y/s1600-h/IMG_54738.jpg"><img title="IMG_5473" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5473" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cJI8hthcFdM/Ui5a48W6U9I/AAAAAAAADf8/mwCG7xeYJiE/IMG_5473_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" height="528" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-djGVQgl0QKk/Ui5a5k5HFmI/AAAAAAAADgE/Ag6gDRHFfZE/s1600-h/IMG_59605.jpg"><img title="IMG_5960" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5960" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ORL15eOTLKo/Ui5a6CBw7ZI/AAAAAAAADgM/MrkENJZLZoE/IMG_5960_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" height="552" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s99ffGgxl70/Ui5a6hNG-7I/AAAAAAAADgU/NSO9O-ZmKLk/s1600-h/IMG_59545.jpg"><img title="IMG_5954" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5954" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-P9XZ6kfDWJQ/Ui5a7HQC_SI/AAAAAAAADgc/RWy_tVbq6uE/IMG_5954_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="348" /></a></p> <p>The Fire…</p> <p>I believe the power and importance of fire lives within our DNA and in our modern lives with the flick of a switch we have both light and heat. Not many of us interact closely with fire on a daily or even regular basis. At Burning Man, as evident in the name, there is a lot of fire. The art cars blow plumes of flames so often that by the end of the week your fail to jump or barely notice. But when 60,000 people stop and sit down to watch the joyful celebration of burning a community effigy it is pretty powerful. To feel the physical jolt of riotous explosions and the whoosh of heat on your face that bathes everyone around you in the most beautiful light. And Damn! do the Burners know how to do fireworks. No slow tasteful displays of color waiting for one firework to fade before the other starts. Riots of color and sound and light that go on and on in a crazy cacophony that somehow manages to work. Many artists build amazing intricate huge pieces with thousands of hours of work in them and then they burn them, they let them go completely; they only exist for a limited period of time. I hope to get the privilege and challenge of doing that someday. Letting go of attachment is a lesson the repeats itself at Burning Man over and over. Attachment to cleanliness… attachment to comfort… attachment to control… attachment to beauty… Everything is temporary. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-13vmegphvIw/Ui5a7hscjSI/AAAAAAAADgk/rVSF8Vmnz0o/s1600-h/IMG_55383.jpg"><img title="IMG_5538" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5538" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kzN-RXbJtI4/Ui5a8Opw32I/AAAAAAAADgs/EXQ3wHEFUT4/IMG_5538_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="183" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZM0M4XZ59p4/Ui5a8oaVtZI/AAAAAAAADg0/DyeUVQm5HXo/s1600-h/IMG_55373.jpg"><img title="IMG_5537" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5537" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CdVzxvRat-0/Ui5a9HxHEqI/AAAAAAAADg8/djv-20NOxeY/IMG_5537_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="183" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JIch-uUNjQU/Ui5a9yl2mPI/AAAAAAAADhE/DnDlT6fdfmQ/s1600-h/IMG_55513.jpg"><img title="IMG_5551" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5551" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZbunKxWMe_0/Ui5a-aR_pVI/AAAAAAAADhI/LDSVOwQbdNY/IMG_5551_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ewDtWevHKm4/Ui5a_ABWAAI/AAAAAAAADhU/ggBTLPK-9Zc/s1600-h/IMG_55493.jpg"><img title="IMG_5549" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5549" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GIINjHSGtew/Ui5a_ZskHhI/AAAAAAAADhc/xHUmWPlp-Tc/IMG_5549_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mPs6HCORFac/Ui5bABd6McI/AAAAAAAADhk/SlFn7M_z-_0/s1600-h/IMG_55583.jpg"><img title="IMG_5558" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5558" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-g5GnswuUrZo/Ui5bAfObqVI/AAAAAAAADhs/V5JnX18rNUw/IMG_5558_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a></p> <p>When the temple burns it is a quiet beautiful affair. It is probably the first time you will find something close to quiet. It is unbelievably powerful to watch all that energy, the pain, the love, the anguish, the anger, the hope, the dreams released in a carnal roar of flames into the sky. The temple is almost always constructed in a way that it becomes more beautiful as it burns with the details and cutouts illuminated by the flames. There are mini smoke tornados that are created by the intense heat and wind that dance and swirl away from the burning temple. They look like dark spirits with embers for feet being set free. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6tyrkww_omY/Ui5bA03MlCI/AAAAAAAADh0/0aqdRVgFRUU/s1600-h/IMG_57176.jpg"><img title="IMG_5717" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5717" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cnOULsXux6w/Ui5bBaI2JaI/AAAAAAAADh8/0B8G8NY64VI/IMG_5717_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="275" height="395" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QxFpy322Iw0/Ui5bBxzJndI/AAAAAAAADiI/igiUcQb0ddg/s1600-h/IMG_57335.jpg"><img title="IMG_5733" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5733" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SESFNqzqrmw/Ui5bCVqR6bI/AAAAAAAADiQ/KlR4KqW7cjc/IMG_5733_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="287" height="405" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gExpkNncvq8/Ui5bDO9GyZI/AAAAAAAADiY/yLWXdJ4zhGo/s1600-h/IMG_57115.jpg"><img title="IMG_5711" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5711" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--OLL6uNishA/Ui5bD4GZh6I/AAAAAAAADig/epWYqSS1brQ/IMG_5711_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" height="389" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-h3qgEE043bI/Ui5bFFSYV4I/AAAAAAAADio/lio9QGneIJQ/s1600-h/IMG_57884.jpg"><img title="IMG_5788" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5788" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MRcgD7ljuM0/Ui5bFlAQfLI/AAAAAAAADiw/C_MBqFxoA00/IMG_5788_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="285" height="393" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Fy9CqUJWAJU/Ui5bG_BjWLI/AAAAAAAADi4/xPbcA0i-yhY/s1600-h/IMG_57994.jpg"><img title="IMG_5799" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5799" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y3vbNAtQE54/Ui5bHVXcfMI/AAAAAAAADjA/ZvjvRPLOEcM/IMG_5799_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="554" height="433" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0UTqrlxCc0E/Ui5bIHkSxnI/AAAAAAAADjI/FwAmO2sJ8a4/s1600-h/IMG_58105.jpg"><img title="IMG_5810" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5810" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qosMZVvOPto/Ui5bInz0dSI/AAAAAAAADjQ/P6spSOjOKMg/IMG_5810_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="277" height="391" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jlOCN5_G_LI/Ui5bJKLDmlI/AAAAAAAADjY/ToXmS1sPuuI/s1600-h/IMG_58174.jpg"><img title="IMG_5817" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5817" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-G3Pr6lyK-C0/Ui5bJoNimxI/AAAAAAAADjg/nlWSkhyQmh0/IMG_5817_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="281" height="388" /></a></p> <p>There are many things outside of the physical inconveniences of Burning Man that I do not like or endorse. Issues that I struggle with every time I return and wonder if it is something I want to support and participate in. Burning Man is very elitist and white. It seems like funny things to associate with a giant alternative hippy festival but it is very accurate. Burning Man is not cheap or accessible to many, many people. Even with low income ticket programs and shared rides. It is not an expense you’re going to undertake if you are a nonwhite single mother living below the poverty line. I am not an expert on diversity and privilege by any means and speak my words with a shaky voice. But I don’t think you have to scratch the surface very deeply to see that Burning Man is a game whose entry requires a certain level of “privilege”. The amount of money and energy that is invested into making Burning Man happen both on a person level and organizational level is staggering. I find myself wondering what could be accomplished in our world if that money and energy were focused on a social issue. Burning Man is not environmentally sound. There are actions and pieces that address a more sustainable relationship with the environment such as bicycles as a primary source of transportation and a philosophy of “leave no trace”. But there is still an enormous amount of garbage that is generated and fossil fuels consumed. For many people Burning Man is also like a giant Frat party with unbelievable amounts of alcohol and other substances consumed and the not so charming behaviors that accompany such excess imbibing. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-l-Ubh85SFYw/Ui5bKOCl4gI/AAAAAAAADjo/XdKuv4q49vk/s1600-h/IMG_58496.jpg"><img title="IMG_5849" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5849" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Zvo1QYqIfIc/Ui5bKloTzNI/AAAAAAAADjw/170JnXlQMtM/IMG_5849_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" height="395" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UhRAHvviBFA/Ui5bK0NPjjI/AAAAAAAADj4/pm9H5PGRZq4/s1600-h/IMG_58525.jpg"><img title="IMG_5852" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5852" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_eGNgbbw-0Q/Ui5bLlSosnI/AAAAAAAADkA/_dCNtW7_LZk/IMG_5852_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="281" height="396" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DWuAkMTRuRg/Ui5bMPwyZbI/AAAAAAAADkI/2lXjghQxisU/s1600-h/IMG_56324.jpg"><img title="IMG_5632" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5632" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-c11ZWs0nOKg/Ui5bMuOegqI/AAAAAAAADkQ/zn7N_W9uT4g/IMG_5632_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="564" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DwC657MNDKk/Ui5bNMomn0I/AAAAAAAADkY/4iTwqLMhgdw/s1600-h/IMG_56434.jpg"><img title="IMG_5643" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5643" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CFldnqULfVo/Ui5bNojDJjI/AAAAAAAADkg/qJjC7mi1B3w/IMG_5643_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="256" height="353" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LC6wGRICKz8/Ui5bOGfcfRI/AAAAAAAADko/dCceWcaW5yE/s1600-h/IMG_56314.jpg"><img title="IMG_5631" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5631" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BF9u6-lWmRs/Ui5bOkWxIRI/AAAAAAAADkw/_QhN--0j90M/IMG_5631_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="257" height="355" /></a></p> <p>So… Wow! Again why would I expend so much energy to attend such a flawed and challenging event? I think the extreme dichotomy of magic and disgust is part of what keeps me returning. Learning to balance and live in a world that is made up both beauty and horror. It is amplified in the environment of Burning Man but it is the same contradiction we live with everyday in the regular world. It is the thing I strive to capture in my artwork. The beauty that is found in the worn, discarded, and abandoned. The patina created by the strength and tenacity of human spirit, that is colored by owning our scars, wounds, and flaws right alongside our magic, lightness, and joy. That is me. That is my art. That is why I go to Burning Man. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PNNFiu0TvDY/Ui5bPHWQNvI/AAAAAAAADk4/ogolaW8LXkc/s1600-h/IMG_55945.jpg"><img title="IMG_5594" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5594" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-et_ipyjV4mY/Ui5bPWqgKrI/AAAAAAAADlA/yA4IQpjb8Ik/IMG_5594_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="269" height="378" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XfxjOQyDgEg/Ui5bQidFLAI/AAAAAAAADlI/tuZEpfgC5Ws/s1600-h/IMG_55975.jpg"><img title="IMG_5597" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5597" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vpjp7WpXNdc/Ui5bRCa_5FI/AAAAAAAADlQ/NcL-8_WGntw/IMG_5597_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="269" height="380" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZqprQWTm26w/Ui5bRkHdo2I/AAAAAAAADlY/uPHWt2ykz6U/s1600-h/IMG_56093.jpg"><img title="IMG_5609" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5609" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-99_QkUU6UCE/Ui5bSLUihaI/AAAAAAAADlg/E9A5YN4A2pY/IMG_5609_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dLjlqkrikPA/Ui5bSUzKeGI/AAAAAAAADlo/v3ak5yN3rT0/s1600-h/IMG_56133.jpg"><img title="IMG_5613" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5613" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3nXyVoHUXKM/Ui5bTLfEUFI/AAAAAAAADlw/he-ry1NY7ng/IMG_5613_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iQyBo-1USV0/Ui5bToQzHVI/AAAAAAAADl4/41bXFBRqlUY/s1600-h/IMG_56183.jpg"><img title="IMG_5618" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5618" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mb2zVxRQgpA/Ui5bT12pDwI/AAAAAAAADmA/P9zHmiGhs0k/IMG_5618_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dxse6b1HwV8/Ui5bUdjBzaI/AAAAAAAADmI/QDpKqeCKpqI/s1600-h/IMG_556913.jpg"><img title="IMG_5569" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5569" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Hm3nyxrrUq8/Ui5bU9YG0PI/AAAAAAAADmQ/9tq3Aho5WBA/IMG_5569_thumb10.jpg?imgmax=800" width="339" height="479" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kAVQt6efO8g/Ui5bVW1XO2I/AAAAAAAADmU/RlW2GabkEMw/s1600-h/IMG_56056.jpg"><img title="IMG_5605" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5919" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qWPA6ilALCk/Ui5bkuIZtuI/AAAAAAAADpA/dlvsV35qLDo/IMG_5919_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="267" height="368" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qPyemSdbb3s/Ui5blPCZIxI/AAAAAAAADpI/7PivUbdTIVU/s1600-h/IMG_59264.jpg"><img title="IMG_5926" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5926" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YAVHPNBzh7I/Ui5blqDzszI/AAAAAAAADpQ/hTc07fpN5ws/IMG_5926_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="275" height="379" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9ctVbjHXgHM/Ui5bmGOWjkI/AAAAAAAADpY/fRIlpu26lmU/s1600-h/IMG_5914.jpg"><img title="IMG_5914" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5914" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aFItHs2Fl4M/Ui5bmvv36gI/AAAAAAAADpg/0bKYWsfMMEw/IMG_5914_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="359" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HQaoDJako5s/Ui5bnCdSu7I/AAAAAAAADpo/UXxpnY5MZi4/s1600-h/IMG_5840.jpg"><img title="IMG_5840" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5840" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BKSL_-BHXPE/Ui5bnUazDPI/AAAAAAAADpw/3P38Xlcudjo/IMG_5840_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="267" height="368" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-20978098667961306472013-08-20T10:02:00.000-07:002013-08-21T08:42:58.437-07:00Art and Soul Blogroll!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So this is my first blogroll. Hope I do it “right”. We are all teachers teaching at this falls <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-retreat.php">Art and Soul</a> in Portland, OR Sept 30th- Oct 6th. Visit each persons blog for more info, fun inspiration, and chances to win prizes.<br />
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August 19 Serena Barton <a href="http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com/">http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com</a>.</div>
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August 20 Clarissa Callesen <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/">http://Clarissacallesen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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August 21 Liz Kettle <a href="http://www.textileevolution.com/">http://www.textileevolution.com</a> </div>
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August 22 Jen Crossley <a href="http://amarkintime.blogspot.com/Barbara">http://amarkintime.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Worth Rainey <a href="http://fireflypress.blogspot.com/">http://fireflypress.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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August 23 Jill Berry Blog: <a href="http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/">http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/</a></div>
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Make sure to visit Jill’s blog and signup for her giveaway! </div>
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Speaking of RIGHT, one of my philosophy in making and teaching art is that there is NO ONE RIGHT WAY. There are an infinite number of paths to creating. Sometimes the path that seems like a train wreck is the path that creates a new amazing technique. My class motto is cherish the mistakes and embrace the grunge! <br />
One of my most popular classes at Art and Soul in Virginia Beach was <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2641-workshop.php">DELIGHTFUL DISTRESSING</a>. Many of the techniques in this class came from accidents and whimsical explorations. I provide all the materials to learn how to change new and shiny boring objects into old and cool vintage looking treasure. This is a fast paced class that you will leave with a ton of techniques from. <br />
<a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2641-workshop.php"><img alt="ccallesennewtooldsized" border="0" height="522" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LdHcXDq_jB4/Ug_WjXR5zDI/AAAAAAAADVY/jV-GMf8grJI/ccallesennewtooldsized%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="ccallesennewtooldsized" width="370" /></a> <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2641-workshop.php"><img alt="ccallesennewtoold3" border="0" height="344" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WuyyOd1ry8k/Ug_Wj8whxRI/AAAAAAAADVg/QfMsylsyk50/ccallesennewtoold3%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="ccallesennewtoold3" width="489" /></a><a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2641-workshop.php"><img alt="ccallesennewtoold2sized" border="0" height="451" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zyJjDHjQkdo/Ug_WkTJ8QcI/AAAAAAAADVo/S1yJKRhuWkA/ccallesennewtoold2sized%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="ccallesennewtoold2sized" width="322" /></a><br />
Students working hard distressing everything from cloth and paper to plastic and wood.<br />
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I am also teaching a very different class called <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2639-workshop.php">Gut Instincts</a>. This is a perfect class for the student that feels like they have seen and done it all. I will be teaching you how to make strong translucent panels out of sausage casings, that can be sewn, painted, and stamped. We also will be working with the translucent nature of the material by embedding found objects, transparencies, string, wire, and fabric. I created mine as a hanging but the panels could just as easily become a book.<br />
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The heart is such a universal and significant symbol in our lives. I have been draw to the image of the sacred heart in all its forms and incarnations for years. I invite you to come and explore what your <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2643-workshop.php">Sacred Heart</a> might look like? This is an assemblage class where we explore different ways to alter and attach objects together to make a unified piece of art. <br />
<a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2643-workshop.php"><img alt="ccallesenheart1" border="0" height="452" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nVzos2JY_hs/Ug_WqcSOxFI/AAAAAAAADXQ/2jqCwC734cU/ccallesenheart1%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="ccallesenheart1" width="365" /></a><a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2643-workshop.php"><img alt="ccallesenheart3" border="0" height="519" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lU_2r_zEZY4/Ug_WqzHzqZI/AAAAAAAADXY/3SsFm8dZGMw/ccallesenheart3%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="ccallesenheart3" width="428" /></a><br />
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Students working away making Sacred Heart at my home studio</div>
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Altered Art Dolls are one of my biggest passions and a retreat would not be complete without teaching “a crazy doll class”. We are going to be exploring our bohemian nature in creating this lovely bohemian Gypsy Doll. A ton of fun and a ton of techniques…<br />
<a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-PDX-2644-workshop.php"><img alt="ccallesenbdoll3" border="0" height="556" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gs_jx2UZyLs/Ug_Wwd-Do7I/AAAAAAAADYw/_hUr83sEjYY/ccallesenbdoll3%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="ccallesenbdoll3" width="451" /></a><br />
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Students from past “Crazy Doll Classes”</div>
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border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="044" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o47tA8r4BtY/Ug_W2YEySUI/AAAAAAAADaY/wBIwlF_2ATg/s1600-h/045%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="045" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tI0S2Xv0gzk/Ug_W3IyrWnI/AAAAAAAADag/FnbB-gc3bcg/045_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="045" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LPovRsHRGe4/Ug_W3TPK89I/AAAAAAAADao/IJ_j6cxLVyw/s1600-h/048%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="048" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ScQ1xg4i1sU/Ug_W37D9OGI/AAAAAAAADas/7OFemfQ4L10/048_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; 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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope to see you in October at Art and Soul Portland!!!</span> <br />
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August 19 Serena Barton <a href="http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com/">http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com</a>.</div>
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August 20 Clarissa Callesen <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/">http://Clarissacallesen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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August 21 Liz Kettle <a href="http://www.textileevolution.com/">http://www.textileevolution.com</a> </div>
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August 22 Jen Crossley <a href="http://amarkintime.blogspot.com/Barbara">http://amarkintime.blogspot.com/Barbara</a> </div>
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Worth Rainey <a href="http://fireflypress.blogspot.com/">http://fireflypress.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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August 23 Jill Berry Blog: <a href="http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/">http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/</a></div>
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Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-36011072592537239952013-06-30T12:04:00.001-07:002013-06-30T12:04:13.028-07:00The Finished Pieces: Eostre<p>I want to share the good “official” photos of the big pieces I built this spring for the “Odd Birds” show.   I usually refer to this piece as “The Giant Bunny”.  However a lot of people at the latest art festival I attended called her the scary bunny or the creepy rabbit.   Her official name is “<a href="http://www.manygods.org.uk/articles/essays/Eostre.shtml">Eostre</a> is Watching” after the pagan goddess with her hare companions thought to be associated with the origins of the word Easter. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ooRWRuxDQ-c/UdCBAlBr8II/AAAAAAAADSg/gzbqW_D7wxE/s1600-h/IMG_4294%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4294" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4294" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4pKK8olYoyU/UdCBBKhNo1I/AAAAAAAADSo/iXECtr-PHE0/IMG_4294_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="492" height="674" /></a></p> <p>Eostre aka Giant Bunny started her life as just that a dirty white giant stuffed bunny sitting in the corner at a small thrift store. I actually paid her no mind, looking right past her former self. But my partner was totally taken with her and KNEW I needed to take home that ratty 3ft stuffed bunny for something.   Well my partner was right!  Giant Bunny was one of the most enjoyable large pieces I made this spring.  She became a giant Wild Thing using basically the same techniques I use on my small <a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2011/08/artfest-2012.html">Wild Things</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Kb_3mk_CFvc/UdCBBjttMcI/AAAAAAAADSw/kWhhz4NEcxE/s1600-h/IMG_4291%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4291" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4291" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-y9Gfcpi3XNY/UdCBCEcZ3rI/AAAAAAAADS4/pqbMz8Ik1i8/IMG_4291_thumb%25255B17%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="475" /></a></p> <p>Eostre’s face started out as a hair dressing mannequin a friend found in a free pile. She wears amulets or talismans on her shoulders  that include shotgun casings, rusty washers, springs, locknuts, chains, and bones. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jbSQ28HOyvA/UdCBChfcRlI/AAAAAAAADTA/HeuBf51go68/s1600-h/IMG_4295%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4295" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4295" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gXbay3wERWw/UdCBDEhkO_I/AAAAAAAADTI/FbE6tmACkUY/IMG_4295_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="282" height="407" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zx1a0aDfvGc/UdCBDnROrfI/AAAAAAAADTQ/rtycGb7sDHg/s1600-h/IMG_4297%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4297" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4297" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QqM4uw8KvTY/UdCBD66FZBI/AAAAAAAADTY/jZBL8ytCfP4/IMG_4297_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="280" height="409" /></a></p> <p>One of the on going themes of my artwork is the juxtaposition of different religious icons.  So adding the classic catholic sacred heart to the pagan bunny seemed like a perfect compliment to each other. I also enjoy playing with the dichotomy of sweet and soft and dark or gruesome.  I would love to hear what other readers see in Eostre.  My goal as an artist is not to tell the whole story but to set the scene for the viewer to create their own story.     </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BMaXnGUsszM/UdCBEZ5HcwI/AAAAAAAADTg/g58BE0aTPKU/s1600-h/IMG_4310%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4310" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4310" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7ZcU8rbyJzk/UdCBEw1xnJI/AAAAAAAADTo/J4jpsv-9bek/IMG_4310_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="552" /></a></p> <p>Details on the paws were stitched out of vintage sari material. The all seeing hand was a dollar store find that was originally painted with blue and white classic Dutch designs. The vintage moving eyeball was actually removed from “<a href="http://clarissacallesen.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-finished-pieces.html">Junk in Her Trunk”</a> and is one of my favorite details. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iAzQX9axjmY/UdCBFTz2yaI/AAAAAAAADTw/rGmbL0vt1NQ/s1600-h/IMG_4311%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4311" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4311" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OLVz1vZcV7I/UdCBFsQKUkI/AAAAAAAADT4/mpG0PyA_IWI/IMG_4311_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="278" height="393" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-P2Ht5RNUy08/UdCBGOAeLXI/AAAAAAAADUA/2hb9LkU_boE/s1600-h/IMG_4313%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4313" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4313" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eyI6QkQQMKg/UdCBHFVQ5vI/AAAAAAAADUI/TCs6aabWq6A/IMG_4313_thumb%25255B21%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="279" height="364" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pSrEaGvxV_g/UdCBHtKpwAI/AAAAAAAADUQ/SvWFDWo3MiI/s1600-h/IMG_4302%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4302" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4302" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NB9EJpAQ52I/UdCBINrDgKI/AAAAAAAADUU/ajEqcHzO6qs/IMG_4302_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="467" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5D_p0oD_nBM/UdCBIu7IrXI/AAAAAAAADUg/PSY4L5RU5GE/s1600-h/IMG_4322%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4322" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4322" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mLrso7ccEtg/UdCBI1V9lPI/AAAAAAAADUo/Cyi1vcwrbbE/IMG_4322_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="495" height="558" /></a></p> <p>A couple pictures of Eostre in the progress. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Q5aeKR_fbDE/UdCBJgnO7MI/AAAAAAAADUw/Wfjn9pz4fBs/s1600-h/IMG_3897%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3897" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3897" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ordlnxjyy7o/UdCBJ7IEkcI/AAAAAAAADU4/lhAxeDboPTE/IMG_3897_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="262" height="361" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vk-FsMD4rVg/UdCBKR64_3I/AAAAAAAADVA/HYOfnwiJrVc/s1600-h/IMG_3900%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3900" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3900" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fhjP1dEyV3Y/UdCBK7ttypI/AAAAAAAADVI/1i35kujLgeU/IMG_3900_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="359" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-90779987560715054342013-06-25T12:20:00.001-07:002013-06-25T12:22:31.568-07:00Bricologe Preview<p> </p> <p>This is a brand <a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU13/Workshops/Bricologe.htm">new class</a> this year and it’s debut will be at Art Unraveled </p> <p><a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU13/AUindex.htm"><img title="AU ButtonTN" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="AU ButtonTN" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QBpSI_JcsT8/UcntXTY7G3I/AAAAAAAADPo/0qPRyO3Pqlo/AU%252520ButtonTN%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="155" height="183" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU13/Workshops/Bricologe.htm">Bricologe</a> <strong>:</strong> construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand.</p> <p align="center">What do mixed media artists have at hand usually in excess on or around our work tables? </p> <p align="center">Fabulous scraps and bits of amazing stuff!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Rqviw6b4_-4/UcntX3kaoMI/AAAAAAAADPw/biFc5hF1knA/s1600-h/IMG_4734%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4734" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4734" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5JaeDGyypn0/UcntYWEVHfI/AAAAAAAADP4/oGqhsrHSheA/IMG_4734_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="431" height="350" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Some of the potential yummy materials for your <a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU13/Workshops/Bricologe.htm">Bricologe</a> <img title="IMG_4737" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4737" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kPob4O2AICE/UcntYxSoO5I/AAAAAAAADQA/nTZE5OEw42w/IMG_4737_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="328" height="280" />  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wW_vtO36oRk/UcntZNfY8PI/AAAAAAAADQI/u13J0Bu1ums/s1600-h/IMG_4729%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4729" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4729" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WBI94BEZsxc/UcntZSUdUhI/AAAAAAAADQQ/2fo5omQSfyI/IMG_4729_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="202" height="290" /></a></p> <p align="center"><font color="#333333">We will be exploring all kind of fun techniques to create texture, Texture,TEXTURE!</font><font color="#000000">  </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EMEb27I1DlE/UcntZ12jgXI/AAAAAAAADQY/0DCA3MU9rCA/s1600-h/IMG_4741%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4741" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4741" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eEFWKlXGG4M/UcntaAggXkI/AAAAAAAADQg/GTELdeTgKEU/IMG_4741_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="264" height="371" /></a>       <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AIMSNNhMfXY/UcntaquxS9I/AAAAAAAADQo/G7pAJSWRtxI/s1600-h/IMG_4745edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4745edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4745edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0bz9SM-VeW8/Ucnta7qMF-I/AAAAAAAADQw/faH8AvfkwjU/IMG_4745edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" height="359" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KNrSN21ZBoY/UcntbuUcV3I/AAAAAAAADQ4/TvQT2s38GJg/s1600-h/IMG_4742%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4742" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4742" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qgWc3WR_DQg/UcntbwOVz1I/AAAAAAAADRA/5oRx0QNN_xY/IMG_4742_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="300" /></a></p> <p>I will cover many different ways to create a distressed or aged finish on new materials. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ivCjLX6XPMI/UcntcAtgIoI/AAAAAAAADRI/UkEQTeC2GUw/s1600-h/IMG_4749%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4749" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4749" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gvjcDvHLRZ8/UcntcjVRf9I/AAAAAAAADRQ/VOM0Y9ZqA4Q/IMG_4749_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="529" height="413" /></a></p> <p>My style of making art and teaching is to HAVE FUN and embrace the GRUNGE.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GHBna87Ft3U/Ucntcz4MYYI/AAAAAAAADRY/IksLEGc2nRM/s1600-h/IMG_4754%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4754" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4754" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xppEUdhdMuQ/UcntdaIEirI/AAAAAAAADRg/mnudGyPgLOo/IMG_4754_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="248" height="279" /></a>           <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cOvxrEBSBZ0/UcntdsJrnPI/AAAAAAAADRo/BKESIRXcBRc/s1600-h/IMG_4756%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4756" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4756" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JIhtfk1iQKc/UcntePrGE2I/AAAAAAAADRw/yUst1Qcy80E/IMG_4756_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="250" height="278" /></a></p> <p>Cherish those beautiful little scraps that need special recognition!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aQaCvr79BXs/UcnteRZkRcI/AAAAAAAADR4/HYONPUbe20E/s1600-h/IMG_4751edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4751edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4751edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gioUoXWftEU/Ucnte9zGWDI/AAAAAAAADR8/9hKqftLZBkk/IMG_4751edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="268" /></a>    <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wtw5-dG1AOE/UcntfLnN9uI/AAAAAAAADSE/IvwYZyRkS8w/s1600-h/IMG_4758edit%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4758edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4758edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AOVZEYgsJp4/UcntfWxDFqI/AAAAAAAADSQ/pxGciIvgueY/IMG_4758edit_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="230" height="283" /></a></p> <p>Explore composition in a very hands on immediate way and leave class with a work of art and a sampler of new techniques. </p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-16712197316654974272013-06-21T18:04:00.001-07:002013-06-21T18:04:40.078-07:00The Finished Pieces<p>I want to share the good “official” photos of the big pieces I built this spring for the “Odd Birds” show.   This piece is affectionately called </p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Junk in her Trunk</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BXkpqb5wU6E/UcT4COPkV4I/AAAAAAAADNQ/FRKWLSRLIWY/s1600-h/IMG_4263edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4263edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4263edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DcvUthMBaRk/UcT4CidwUdI/AAAAAAAADNY/0lxHXu4Zk0o/IMG_4263edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="775" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a3LXvW4iMfU/UcT4DCkzXEI/AAAAAAAADNg/YxWVGJMvsf0/s1600-h/IMG_4258edit%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4258edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4258edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E1FZb2cFEBk/UcT4DWqwSII/AAAAAAAADNo/PUAVectfjlk/IMG_4258edit_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="417" height="586" /></a></p> <p>Junk was created from an underwear mannequin that I bought at a junk sale in a dark funky barn along side the road.  I probably paid too much for it $15 but I just knew it had good potential.  The doll came from the Goodwill Outlet bins which deserve a post all to themselves. Her horns are made from a broken candelabra accessorized with fabric, wire, and pieces of a shattered chair.  Her hat was the top of our porch light that blew off in a wind storm 5yrs ago. Her junk is just that all kinds of small bits and pieces that have been collected over the years. I wanted to create a tapestry of sorts for her lower body.  A tapestry of toys, game pieces, junk, and precious jewels. A cloth constructed of things to symbolize the objects and experiences that we carry with us in life, both the precious and the painful. <font size="5"> All of those things make her beautiful and interesting just like our scars, wrinkles, and stories make us beautiful.</font>  She is held together and unified as one with lots of paint, plaster, and magic. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rKvdTiRK5fk/UcT4D3meQ2I/AAAAAAAADNw/qroMiXblHuU/s1600-h/IMG_4265%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4265" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4265" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3VE9Re8c72c/UcT4EZOPFpI/AAAAAAAADN4/ScT2KGaFnko/IMG_4265_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="272" height="391" /></a>   <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AqhKf2S0QR4/UcT4EhuzWVI/AAAAAAAADOA/Ky0mqR3KOeI/s1600-h/IMG_4277%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4277" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_4277" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MHZtaPDG7Os/UcT4FNziT8I/AAAAAAAADOI/fsRGPmdD6R8/IMG_4277_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="264" height="380" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aUk-XnYj6Cc/UcT4Fir5B9I/AAAAAAAADOQ/jUh8qMbmhAY/s1600-h/IMG_4243%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4243" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4243" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-n_mcQaWnE30/UcT4GA9pegI/AAAAAAAADOY/kcWUDhpWpJ0/IMG_4243_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="466" height="651" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Qn83uH41tRE/UcT4G6CVhXI/AAAAAAAADOg/ggcPLut4Vc4/s1600-h/IMG_4256edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4256edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4256edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Qf-xPuaGAYM/UcT4HU9CwgI/AAAAAAAADOo/gE9j4Ci7ud0/IMG_4256edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="537" height="708" /></a>Her humble beginnings   aka “Before”</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lL_5oZ1eWG0/UcT4H4pGKkI/AAAAAAAADOw/pQjWRFZ4u1U/s1600-h/IMG_3477%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3477" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3477" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xKspLaLO4xU/UcT4IFTBMYI/AAAAAAAADO4/3r9SMwg0RX0/IMG_3477_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="251" height="399" /></a>      <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7lPctkSgbmw/UcT4IrMwMLI/AAAAAAAADPA/EqpUqM05BrU/s1600-h/IMG_3874%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_3874" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3874" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-a-RviFnB6fg/UcT4JHzWVDI/AAAAAAAADPI/N_-AEX0hjCI/IMG_3874_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="252" height="349" /></a></p> <p>To her regal “After” </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IiekbyK4sbI/UcT4JRp2eEI/AAAAAAAADPM/sZEP6BVCetc/s1600-h/IMG_4237edit%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4237edit" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4237edit" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h4FqhPklaKc/UcT4J_V4Z-I/AAAAAAAADPY/BLurtokjaSs/IMG_4237edit_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="294" height="512" /></a></p> <p>This piece is still available for purchase just contact me at <a href="mailto:clarissacallesen@gmail.com">clarissacallesen@gmail.com</a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-23134105094957129782013-05-16T11:00:00.001-07:002013-05-16T11:00:19.402-07:00Art Doll Quarterly<p> </p> <p>Somewhere in the craziness of the last month of traveling to VA and setting up a gallery show and window, I received this is the mail.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AhHIBHuuv28/UZUej7mXq-I/AAAAAAAADLk/7S1twIKAN7k/s1600-h/IMG_4419%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 2px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Clarissa Callesen Published in Art Doll Quarterly" border="0" alt="Published in Art Doll Quarterly" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bd5H9p4xllA/UZUemAWEl5I/AAAAAAAADLs/VkxHn5X3Py4/IMG_4419_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="320" height="436" /></a></p> <p>One of my Steampunk Dolls was featured in the bride challenge of ADQ May/June/July 2013.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NRYyHSByEmE/UZUemwr_EBI/AAAAAAAADL0/qWT1CLnE9Dc/s1600-h/IMG_4423%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4423" border="0" alt="IMG_4423" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RxbHkIjQjsE/UZUenRJKXxI/AAAAAAAADL8/t6fTR46yW-M/IMG_4423_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="359" height="488" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SU7aWYVJjH0/UZUeoYiBr0I/AAAAAAAADME/1RA501_B_sA/s1600-h/IMG_4422%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_4422" border="0" alt="IMG_4422" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AoM5SV2HiEE/UZUeop9_thI/AAAAAAAADMI/TbscN0vtJ8w/IMG_4422_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" height="408" /></a></p> <p>What a pleasant surprise!  Here are some clearer shots of Chloe.   Chloe is currently on exhibit at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Shop.Tasty.Art">Tasty gallery</a> with lots of my other babies. If you interested in purchasing here contact <a href="http://www.shoptastyart.com/#/about/">Sheri at Tasty</a> 206-706-3020. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KCcqkdO-jCI/UZUepFAMfsI/AAAAAAAADMU/gP5RBdY5IpM/s1600-h/IMG_2655edit%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2655edit" border="0" alt="IMG_2655edit" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OjNnXnKH288/UZUep1JkCWI/AAAAAAAADMc/m9QjC2FiHX8/IMG_2655edit_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="628" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cGiK-h_bgJc/UZUeqY_rNnI/AAAAAAAADMk/LPJH-OvJoVo/s1600-h/IMG_2656edit%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2656edit" border="0" alt="IMG_2656edit" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JVzDDCdffc8/UZUeq6wBfQI/AAAAAAAADMs/mhHRRqKjVvM/IMG_2656edit_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="639" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mv6VlDvQL_s/UZUerZUxu9I/AAAAAAAADM0/GDro4C7LSs8/s1600-h/IMG_2664edit%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2664edit" border="0" alt="IMG_2664edit" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uPYCh_IyHCo/UZUesMk9n4I/AAAAAAAADM8/p5AhjvPqBvU/IMG_2664edit_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" height="616" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-2931021576045583952013-05-13T15:46:00.001-07:002013-05-13T15:50:02.832-07:00Beauty and Creativity in Virginia Beach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was such a pleasure to teach at <a href="http://http//www.artandsoulretreat.com/index.php">Art and Soul in Virginia Beach</a>, and now that I have slowed down and caught my breathe I want to share some of the fun and beauty.<br />
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Lets start with the fact that this was the view from my hotel room. Which I had the pleasure of sharing with my dear friends <a href="http://queenofarts.blogspot.com/">Marcia and Ty Schultz.</a> Who make and teach the most unique and fun classes. One day I am going to have enough time to take one of there classes. <br />
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It was so nice to get a chance to visit with and hang out with my dear friends. Over all I really enjoyed meeting new people and getting to know others better. I can tend to be a bit of an introvert, even though it does not show from the outside. So meeting and connecting with people can be a bit of a challenge for me. I felt so comfortable and at home I surprised myself. <br />
I taught 4 classes back to back in two days and it was a whirlwind. Unfortunately that whirlwind did not leave me with many pictures from classes. So any students out there that have pictures to share from my classes I would love to see them? Email me <a href="mailto:clarissacallesen@gmail.com">clarissacallesen@gmail.com</a> <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YaKXg957vZs/UZFs4SaGn9I/AAAAAAAADGM/bviAhtLNliU/s1600-h/IMG_4172%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4172" border="0" height="320" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iR0Hr06MvFw/UZFs4_3CnuI/AAAAAAAADGU/16zzWpPIJtI/IMG_4172_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4172" width="320" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OFq5YA0jEAE/UZFs5cO5JAI/AAAAAAAADGc/0EobvRA6q8g/s1600-h/IMG_4157%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4157" border="0" height="320" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QlrsrzojVIs/UZFs5lZKZ-I/AAAAAAAADGk/5A79BsK-UXc/IMG_4157_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4157" width="278" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-V8F9ZyQSX3U/UZFs6CqFNcI/AAAAAAAADGs/BFYd0XJCAaU/s1600-h/IMG_4150%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4150" border="0" height="320" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7a4FFRW7VXk/UZFs6trS4wI/AAAAAAAADG0/55U3nHRLvHU/IMG_4150_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4150" width="280" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GFh9rIhx4-Q/UZFs7BtMqmI/AAAAAAAADG8/EQA5-SAlL_8/s1600-h/IMG_4152%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4152" border="0" height="320" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DeHZRVxIQxQ/UZFs7hJ4OMI/AAAAAAAADHE/VpC7XZJVMOA/IMG_4152_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4152" width="273" /></a><br />
Student pieces in progress from Happy Harpies<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WhBCGNn7GJA/UZFs8NViuhI/AAAAAAAADHM/vh5X9NyBGeE/s1600-h/IMG_4160%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4160" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-I-kNG10xL0w/UZFs8QxhAsI/AAAAAAAADHU/McC5Kbz4w3g/IMG_4160_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4160" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jDIGhGA5Yu0/UZFs8017Q-I/AAAAAAAADHc/HQHc-TkV0C8/s1600-h/IMG_4161%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4161" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-78t8ZCYC7Mg/UZFs9QP44NI/AAAAAAAADHk/SD1qaCm5i-0/IMG_4161_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4161" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l0Oh9enpWXM/UZFs9zzV3yI/AAAAAAAADHs/B-3c706ygow/s1600-h/IMG_4163%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4163" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lxVeDM55jr8/UZFs-DUtuhI/AAAAAAAADH0/Wp5Nhf31Z_8/IMG_4163_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4163" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YzPrNThTPHc/UZFs-8cPzFI/AAAAAAAADH8/nzYsgWPuvFw/s1600-h/IMG_4164%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4164" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DgHZUWgEr7g/UZFs_H3-HNI/AAAAAAAADIE/9zrEK_FQAbs/IMG_4164_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4164" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qwXfelly2Pc/UZFs_u2tAGI/AAAAAAAADIM/N9pQ1llnu90/s1600-h/IMG_4166%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4166" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UQKQ_t852TM/UZFtAMpOJtI/AAAAAAAADIU/KtJE9diF7MQ/IMG_4166_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4166" width="183" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5t3sq5kY-OE/UZFtAX8R29I/AAAAAAAADIc/O24kttHpAhs/s1600-h/IMG_4167%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_4167" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VRP2DTuKAtQ/UZFtAwz8QWI/AAAAAAAADIk/Fz2kIygQlzE/IMG_4167_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_4167" width="183" /></a><br />
We had so much fun in Steampunk Sally. The dolls were so creative and fun. There is always so much information I want to share with my students and so many things to do in creating a unique art doll that most students leave with a doll on its way to being finished but not completed. <br />
I love when I get follow up pictures of the finished finished pieces like these ones from Victoria <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bJQsEW7kEHs/UZFtBWjHUAI/AAAAAAAADIs/uUSskQqh-BU/s1600-h/HPIM3696%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="HPIM3696" border="0" height="318" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dAS2_tMPg6A/UZFtB1qfcVI/AAAAAAAADI0/jYnEmWobWRw/HPIM3696_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HPIM3696" width="298" /></a><br />
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On my day off from teaching I spent as much time as possible at the beach, taking pictures, collecting shells, and coming up with new class ideas for next year. What do you think about a mermaid class? <br />
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There was the coolest textures in the sand. I am hoping to be able to use some as Photoshop textures. <br />
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Then of course I had to play with the photos on my iPhone. I multi process the photos by editing them in Snapster and then Instagram. Not sure how much they represent the original subject but I love the way they look <br />
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<strong>So who is joining me for Art and Soul VA Beach next year?</strong></div>
Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-78096027371629577202013-04-10T09:03:00.001-07:002013-04-10T09:03:39.836-07:00Artistic Fabric Dying<p> </p> <p>So I have been working on some artistic fabric dying to make packets for the upcoming <a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-VABeach2013-retreat.php">Art and Soul in Virginia Beach.</a>  </p> <p>I really like the muted tones mixed with coffee stain to create an antiqued look.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y1FpjQniF3I/UWWNTA3v3_I/AAAAAAAADD8/sidduusoFws/s1600-h/IMG_3503%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3503" border="0" alt="IMG_3503" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jZYNPlwhNMg/UWWNTqvgY6I/AAAAAAAADEE/_iLztGcRpMk/IMG_3503_thumb%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="518" height="405" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZoBSS2oIqIY/UWWNT2d80kI/AAAAAAAADEM/0HEEDOLV_w8/s1600-h/IMG_3502%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3502" border="0" alt="IMG_3502" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w1cj5ss3hE0/UWWNUUrApII/AAAAAAAADEU/qCFm9KVERSY/IMG_3502_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="560" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hSpsrIOh80g/UWWNU8tuS5I/AAAAAAAADEc/L6fM4a3GbPQ/s1600-h/IMG_3499%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3499" border="0" alt="IMG_3499" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5kr67tvQI8g/UWWNVDv9qiI/AAAAAAAADEk/cG2vLKS4v50/IMG_3499_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="343" height="473" /></a></p> <p>I cover my work station with old book pages and get the bonus of beautiful dyed paper as well.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1RMvGK-lyu0/UWWNVkLPp1I/AAAAAAAADEs/OZXFM0jYk1M/s1600-h/IMG_3501%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3501" border="0" alt="IMG_3501" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aruWAHaW1pg/UWWNVxuib1I/AAAAAAAADE0/TFWmSM9Tj1M/IMG_3501_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="358" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--oQGcifclhw/UWWNWMAKy7I/AAAAAAAADE8/E5xhumZl8ms/s1600-h/IMG_3505%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_3505" border="0" alt="IMG_3505" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3JKWQiSfvCU/UWWNW4AXhTI/AAAAAAAADFE/6vI5YH7x_gs/IMG_3505_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="252" height="361" /></a></p> Clarissa Callesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408553123742977872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000390402185913174.post-27644107611239448532013-04-05T13:20:00.000-07:002013-04-05T19:12:38.732-07:00Happy Harpies at Art and Soul <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I will be teaching</span><a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-VABeach2013-2445-workshop.php" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank"> HAPPY HARPIES</a><span style="font-size: large;"> in just a few weeks at </span><a href="http://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-VABeach2013-retreat.php" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Art and Soul in Virginia Beach</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and there is still spots left in the class!! Come play and make your own Harpy or maybe we should start calling them BIRD GODDESSES.</span> <br />
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I seem to be kind of obsessed with the image of a woman’s face on a bird body or a harpy. But Mythologically speaking or in modern slag the Harpy’s reputation is not a pretty one. <br />
HARPY<br />
–noun, plural -pies.<br />
1.Classical Mythology . a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.<br />
2.( lowercase <img alt="" border="0" src="http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" />) a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman;shrew.<br />
3.( lowercase <img alt="" border="0" src="http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" />) a greedy, predatory person.<br />
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However in earlier Greek mythology, Harpies were described as beautiful, winged maidens. So what happened? I have some feminist theories about what happen, but alas this blog is actually about art. I have been making lots of Harpies lately and it has been an image that has been in my sketch books for years.<br />
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<em>Mixed Media painting done a few years ago</em></div>
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<em>Assemblage Harpy made with a porcelain doll head </em></div>
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<em>on a fake crow body made this spring for Artfest </em></div>
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<em> Class sample from Happy Harpies at Artfest 2011 </em></div>
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<em>made of a vintage compostite doll head with eyes </em></div>
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<em>My circus Harpy painting </em></div>
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<em>Collage and Acrylics on Canvas 2009</em></div>
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<em>A bit scarier Harpy made of a composite Virgin Mary head with wings made out of gut stretched over wire</em></div>
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<em> Geisha Harpy made this spring from a doll head I had in my childhood </em></div>
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