Responding Trees

This is a collage I've just completed, as part of an arts programme I am involved in. The collage is in response to The Tree, a painting by Giacometti.

My response is about connections. Family, grids (think Milton Keynes), lines (creating grids). They all link together, and actually when you begin to research your family tree, you very quickly realise how we are all connected.

The collage, therefore,  is constucted from squares of paper and, reflecting the angular appearance of the painted tree, the small sticks represent the lines.

A little bit of paint to blend it all together, and Hey Presto.

Creating Every Day!

Well sort of.

I do things every day, technically its creating, but I somehow don't feel that anyone would find the back of the jumper I'm knitting at all interesting. But hopefully you'll like this...

This is creating for the joy of it, and also I have joined the Creative Every Day challenge. It folds up concertina style, is stamped embossed, painted, adorned.

These are the three tags. Its not following the theme of the month, but I have an idea for that, and hopefully it will materialize very soon.