Contact Fun

Creative Kick Starts #2

One of the ways I pass my lunch break while filling in at the college (one of my two jobs; well, I am a starving artist, you know 😛)  is to browse the net for art.

Every once in a while, I discover something fun or interesting.

Part of being me involves getting my hands on as many “artsy” ideas as possible because I’m always creating.

Today I found two new uses for contact paper, both DIY in style.

The first: Cheap but artistic flooring.

Swedish artist Olli Hemmendorff covered the floor in white contact paper and then painted the design on top.

What an easy and cheap way to give pop to a floor.

Of course upon seeing it, I immediately had the urge to color it in. 🙂

Secondly, an easy and fun way to spruce up old furniture.

Now, this ingenious person took a different spin on contact paper and cut it down to regular paper size.

Then they found pictures of swallows and printed it directly onto the paper, cut them out, and stuck them all over.

Simple but cool.

This would be a great way to use original artwork.

Create, Print, Stick.

Snazzy

Anyway, back to work.

I should be posting more colored block prints this weekend.

Cheers,

Amanda

Mmm Rump Roast–a tribute to the Olympics

Monday Creative Kick Starts–Issue #1
Milon de Crotone--Pierre Puget

 

The Story: 

Once a upon a time…there was an ex Olympian athlete, no longer in his prime named Milon. 

Milon wanted to prove his strength by trying to pull apart a tree trunk with his bare hands that had been partially split by a woodcutter. 

However, the wedge holding the trunk open fell out trapping his hand. 

Milon, helplessly trapped in the tree, died being devoured by wild animals. 

His medal from the games lay at his feet as a reminder of his past glories and accomplishments. 

The Moral:  

Be careful or your ego may bite you in the ass. 

Go Team Canada!  

Cheers, 

Amanda