Showing posts with label mixed media collage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mixed media collage. Show all posts

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Surviving the "Great Holiday Take Down" - Artist as Collector

New Jersey based artist Joy Kreves is this week's guest blogger for the Artist as Collector Series.
Joy Barth
Christmas Card 2013

Joy Barth's work is very textural with some kind of transcendent quality, which is very immaterial, non-physical.  This fascinates me.  

Although I have purchased Joy Barth's work, this small painting arrived in the mail as a Christmas card this past year. Typical of her work, it shows her muted palette and surface that has undergone much back-and-forth working with scrubbing and washes, sparkling textures, and the mystical quality that her best works achieve.  

I love it so much that it survived the great "Holiday Cards Take Down," and is still on the mantel. 

Joy Kreves is a mixed media artist whose work explores human-earth-universe interconnectedness, using all sorts of created and found materials.

Gilded Bee Bowl Setting
Ceramic, preserved moss, cornstarch, twigs, real gilded bees
 6"h. X 17" w.  X 14"l.
©2014JoyKreves

Thursday, December 19, 2013

What a Difference a Day Makes

30 days of What's in My Drawers completed with some technology challenges that I will spare you.
Sea of Hearts
Spray paint, monotype, image transfer, collage on paper
8.5" x 8.5"
©NanciHersh
$85.00

                                                       
But I will share with you Sea of Hearts scanned properly with the help of Epson support. I feel like I am back on track after upgraded OS for my MAC, new hard drive, more RAM, new Photoshop on the cloud and a few deep breaths!

Now to tackle some wrapping...Ready for the holidays?





Saturday, September 1, 2012

Fall Into Art- Workshops


Collaborative Mail Art (detail)
Nanci Hersh
Donna Payton
Meta Arnold
According to the Roman calendar, the first day of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere does not begin this year until September 22. However, Labor Day weekend is upon us, and with that the transition to Fall begins. I also love all the energy that comes with this month.  Back to school, back to a routine and the art world comes alive with opportunitites to see (Rafael Ferrer retrospective this month at Lancaster Art Museum) and study art wherever you are.  I am excited to be teaching 3 workshops this fall at DCAD (Delaware College of Art and Design)  as part of a new series.

Arts and Crafternoons: Sundays at DCAD

Join artists and designers to take part in fun make-and-take activities that get you out and into an artistic environment where you will be inspired to create.  All makers, creators, crafters and those who wish to take a few hours to learn something new are welcome.  Come prepared to experiment and have fun.

No registration fee is required to attend these workshops. 

You can sign up for one or all three.  And there is a 10% discount if you sign up for the whole series (there are 6 in total with three other wonderful artists.)


Collaborative Mail Art (detail)
Nanci Hersh
Donna Payton

Mixed Media Mash-Up
Instructor: Nanci Hersh 
Sunday, September 30, 1 PM – 4 PM 

Tuition: $40 
What can you do with old ticket stubs, maps, ribbon, paint, 
ink, found objects, wax, tape and more? Create a beautiful, 
poetic or mysterious mixed media mash up in 2-D or 3-D and 
amaze yourself with new ways to create. 



ALTErED booK WorKShoP 

Instructor: Nanci Hersh 
Sunday, October 14, 1 PM – 4 PM 
Tuition: $40 
Combine painting, collage, stamping, transfer techniques, 
photomontage and recycled books to create an intriguing new 
work of art. 

ThE PAinTErLy PrinT: MonoTyPE WorKShoP 
Instructor: Nanci Hersh 
Sunday, November 4, 1 PM – 4 PM 
Tuition: $40 
Using a tabletop press, explore and create one-of-a-kind prints 
with Plexiglas, ink, found objects and an assortment of papers. 
Explore color, textures and collage in a direct and spontaneous 
way. This technique lends itself to improvisation and is suitable 
for all ages and levels of artistic ability. 
are included in tuition and participants are welcome to bring 
their own materials to further personalize each project. 
No registration fee is required to attend these workshops. 

Sunday afternoons- a perfect time to carve out for yourself to take that idea or old book or found object to an altered state- and set the tone for a week of inspiration!







Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Young Artists at DCAD this week

Alterd Books Workshop
Kickoff Event for DCAD's
Young Artist Program for High School Students
ART Art and more Art - with cool trips and socializing mixed in.... that's what this week looks like for a large group of talented teens who are working their butts off at DCAD  (Delaware College of Art and Design)  Young Artist Program for High School Students.  The week began Sunday evening for an intro dinner and a kick off Altered Books workshop that I had the absolute fun time of teaching.

The students jumped right in with both feet and some cool kick
(originals by Avon Grove student) to alter, draw, paint, collage, transfer images and
 "own" their own journals that will be used throughout the week and beyond for - whatever.  







This is only a sampling of some of the great stuff these kids did on Sunday.  To see more check out the DCAD album on my FB Page.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

We shall get there

Immersed, 2012
Graphite, gesso, pastel, spray paint & collage on Rives
36" x 40"
©2012NanciHersh


“Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there. ”
A. A. Milne (1882-1956);
English author, best known for his books about Winnie-the-Pooh


This reminder arrivedin my mailbox from Values.com.  It is so good for me personally, that I am considering having it tattooed somewhere - my forehead maybe?  


Well, maybe not, but Winnie wasn't the only one on a journey to find the honey pot, and look at all the adventures he had along the way.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Up & Running at Willow on State


Our show is up and running at Willow on State in Kennett Square, PA.   
We have the honor of having our work featured at two First Friday Kennett Square Art Strolls this fall season.  If we missed you this past Friday, October 7,
November 4, 2011 is the next one. Nathan Laing, Maya Winters, and myself will be there along with FishCastle; original music by Cyril Caster and Catherine Braik Selin.

Featured at the gallery are mixed media prints, collages and sculptures from my Body as an Open Book, and Inherently Found Series.
Prints, paper, dried pulp on wire, encaustic, collage
Flotsam & Jetsam speak of what we inherit,
what we hold onto, and what clings to us
©2011NanciHersh

Nathan Laing of Habitat Studios has photographic collage prints hanging upstairs of the gallery and Maya Winters has her allegorical paintings on the street level.

Nathan Laing at Willow on State


Maya Winters at Willow on State

There are also alot of great hand made items- jewelry, pottery, altered books and vintage and retro collectibles. Owners, Sandy Mayer & Hillary Sculthorpe bring their own unique eye to pull together an exciting new vision for Kennett Square.

See you on the 4th.   Be there AND Be Square (couldn't resist!)