Studio 2 Makings
Creative community through sustainable art
Tag: landscape
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Behind the Scenes: Creating an Illustrated Map for the Quad Cities Ecological Corridor
Recently I completed an illustrated a map for the National Wildlife Federation featuring The Quad Cities Ecological Corridor in collaboration with Quad City Arts. I wanted to share a little bit of the story behind this project, successes and challenges.
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Register Now: Linocut and Botanical Printing Mixed Media Arts Workshops
Greetings fellow creatives! Meg with studio 2 here dropping in with a quick line to let Studio 2 Making’s Newsletter subscribers know first: 2 new mixed media arts workshop tickets have opened for registration, AND ONE OF THEM IS FREE. Ope. Here are the details: FREE Workshop: Linocut Carving and Printing @ Bettendorf Public Library…
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What is Eco Art?
We were recently invited to the Wild Ones Quad Cities Symposium at The Hauberg Estates to share all about Eco Art! Eco Art is such a wide genre of art making. What follows is a more in depth exploration on Eco Art that may not have been able to fit in the confines of a…
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Sending Love From Iceland: Mixed Media Video Collage
Sending Love from Iceland- Video Collage Created in Blender. Using a photo I took while travelling in Iceland, maps from the public domain, and Blender’s Grease Pencil, I created this video collage…animation…mixed media piece? As inspired by the februllage prompt: Postcard. Enjoy!
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Unearth: A 3D mixed media papercut collage
Another papercut collage. Inspired by: Sea-life, the ocean, growth, travel, and navigation. Media: micron pens, brush/ink, collage, markers. Part of the upcoming Rock.Paper.Scissors. show. Invite yourself here. <3
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Travel Sketch 15: Beauty of the Bahamas Part 2
Pardon the momentary lack of posting! Spring break is over. Literally over, today is my last day and tomorrow begins the mad dash to the end of the semester. I wasn’t nearly as productive as I needed to be over break, but hey, who is? It’s finally starting to warm up! (Although cloudy, boo! X()…
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Grow: A Mixed Media 3D Papercut Collage
The second piece in my tentatively-titled “Moments” series. The title is almost there. I’m getting sooo close, I can feel it! Coming soon This one has a few more layers of depth than the previous piece, Memory(stream)flows. 😀 Inspiration: Memories- how they shift with time, are fragile, fleeting, dream-like, simultaneous and shifty. Perspective-how everyone’s is unique,…
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Memory(stream)flows. A Mixed Media Papercut Collage
Finally. Some Finished Work. From the tentatively titled “Moments” series. Titles in debate for this body of work: Moments: In Living Image, Moments in Reverie, Moments in Image, or Moments: A Translucent Journey. Ugh. I need to pick one…(So bad with titles! Memory(stream)flows Feedback.Greatly.Appreciated! I’ve been working on this a great while. Please tell me what you think. Do…
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Travel Sketch #4: Slimy Seaweed Shells
Another continuation of my travel moleskine sketchbook that I took throughout Key West, The Bahamas, and a few other places. There was this network of rusty, algae-covered pipes with other equally-icky looking cords running underneath of the front porch of the floating house we were staying on in Key West. I would find myself staring…
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Illustration Friday: Unmoveable
The theme this week for Illustration Friday was “Unmoveable”. Mountains are pretty unmoveable. 🙂 Media: brush/ink, brush pens, microns Inspired by warm nights in eastern Washington, evening hiking trips, and watching sunsets from the balcony. I spent a summer there with some family, and absolutely loooove it. <3 <3 Comments/feedback/critique encouraged