Wire Eco-Art Cards.

Creating Mini Art for Gifts and Sharing
Re-Purpose and Eco-Crafting
The Wire Series

Line Designs.

Sharing more Line Design art cards that showcase a playful squiggle and my ongoing interest in asymmetrical lines. There are intersections of intention that come into being through the creative exploration of unusual source materials, and a process within the art-making context of small art and small spaces.

Card making has become a nourishing and mindful creative activity for me for many years. I have had the pleasure of sharing hundreds of cards with those around me. My process has allowed me to gift others unique cards and, in a sense, some mini ‘AP’ art.

Small Spaces.

I often found myself living in small spaces throughout my university years and beyond. So, creating small cards from found materials gave me the freedom to continually seek out simple designs and material combinations. Additional pragmatic benefits at the time were compact storage, ease and accessibility, and the usage of recycled materials that promoted a sense of ongoing sustainability.

Eco-Crafting.

As I discovered tiny treasures in my surroundings that no longer had a purpose elsewhere, these items became exciting prospects and mini gems in my card making. I tried to elevate my discoveries by providing them with a new purpose. My friends who were gifted my cards began to save miscellaneous items for me, and the eco-crafting piece was extended outward.

Scraps and end pieces of wire and chain left over from my earring designs or salvaged from packaging and home repairs became the starting points for creative problem-solving and new designs. Metal washers, broken necklaces, single earrings, beads, buttons, coil springs from broken pens, ribbon pieces and corrugated cardboard from gift packaging, wrapping paper and tissue are just some of the items that were incorporated into my card creations over the years.

I grew up in a household where my family re-used and recycled so I was exposed to that non-wasteful life approach early on, and that informed and influenced me as a developing artist and the lens from which I viewed the value of repurposed materials.

For many years I prided myself that other than the basic card stock, handmade papers, envelopes, and glue being purchased, other items were either found, discovered or reclaimed … my version of eco-cards and crafting.

Art Notes

Repurposing and Eco-art can be seen in my art contribution and post for the ‘Hope Squared’ Show.

Nature Eco-Art stories.
Connecting Circles. April.
Nature Corsage-Boutonnière. Creative Prompt.