How to recycle your clothes – 10 refashion ideas
By Stanka Vukelić How to recycle your clothes – 10 refashion ideas When it comes to having a unique style, what better way is there than to refashion yours or somebody else’s clothes? It will surely give you the opportunity to wear clothes which only you will have in your wardrobe. You’ve probably already seen how to refashion your old sweater, but have you ever seen how to make a cap out of it? You are basically creating new items from used material, which gives your work also an environmental touch to it. I hope you’ll enjoy the following ideas. 1. Re-Style #56 Heart Shaped, Off the Shoulder Tee-Shirt Credit: Wobisobi TUTORIAL 2. Re-Sizing and Dressing Up a Goodwill Sweater Credit: PrettyHandyGirl TUTORIAL 3. Thrift Store Thursday: The Bittersweet October Overcoat Credit: Grosgrainfabulous TUTORIAL ...
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Mid-life Crisis
By Kerri Williams Photo: Kerri Williams MID-LIFE CRISIS by Kerri Williams The kids are gone. Maybe you’ve just retired and you’re rattling around the house, knowing you should be doing something, wanting to do something, but not quite sure exactly what it is. The spouse is out on the golf course, in the yoga studio, maybe just avoiding you because the to-do list is getting a bit too long. You start reflecting on your younger days when you lived with free abandon. You begin to remember the days of writing, the days of painting, the days of dance. In those days, you never feared experimenting with something new and exciting. In those days, you never questioned your dreams and ambitions. Welcome to mid-life. Don’t worry, you’re probably not having a crisis. You’re just feeling a need to express...
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Coming Out – Knowing When To Share What You Create
Written by Kerri Williams Photo: Kerri Williams Coming Out – Knowing When To Share What You Create by Kerri Williams After a year of not doing much photography, I decided to take a year for myself and go shoot; to create. It’s taken awhile to find my true niche. It doesn’t mean I haven’t had some success with my photography, but it does feel like I’m starting new. I have new techniques to learn and a lot of experimenting to do, but the important thing is that I’m getting excited about my craft again. With this somewhat new beginning, a lot of questions come about. Is the new work up to the standards of my previous work? Can I really change things midstream? Will the new work be accepted as well as the old? But the biggest question...
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Purpose and The Art of Bliss
Written by Kerri Williams Photo: Kerri Williams Purpose and The Art of Bliss by Kerri Williams “Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.” Joseph Campbell Awhile back, I participated in a workshop where the definition of purpose came up as the topic. I had never really thought much about my purpose in life, not what it was, but I did struggle with the other end of it all, wondering why I couldn’t figure out what my purpose in life was. That evening in the workshop it came to me quite easily. My purpose in life was to create. I’d been doing it for so long, but there seemed no purpose in the purpose. It took me several months to find the purpose in the purpose. While I was pursuing the act...
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Do what you love
By Stanka Vukelić All photos: Stanka Vukelić Do what you love This is my story how I finally ended up doing what I love to do. Most probably, down in me, I knew what I’d love to do, but it got distracted so many times that I lost it somewhere along the way. My parents thought that my ability to draw and paint was not sellable and rather decided to force me into economics. I did as I was ‘advised to’; at the time, there wasn’t really much of a choice, anyway; somehow you close your mind, and you do what is in front of you. The problem is that you end up doing things you don’t necessary like, but you still do them, because you have established a feeling of obligation, and after some time, you lose it;...
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Tips and Tricks for the Acrylic Abstract Artist!
Video / Visuals and selection by Stanka Vukelić Tips and Tricks for the Acrylic Abstract Artist! Food for thought – Tips and Tricks that make life easier whether you paint Abstracts, or any genre using Acrylics. Your host, Skye Taylor, delivers insightful information with a twist of humor. Relax and enjoy as Skye talks to you on a one to one basis just like an old friend. Skye Taylor has won many awards for his work. Skye’s painting are collected all over the world and owned by Movie and Television Stars. You will surely be able to use some of his advice, be an artist or someone just playing with acrylic paint and canvases. Tell us what you think by leaving a comment below, and don’t forget to follow us for more articles and videos...
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Journey with Spirit
Written by Kerri Williams Photo: Kerri Williams “The ego doesn’t know what nature is”; it is just completely absorbed by its little ideas and cravings – Kerri says: rather “take walks and let the spirit of nature be your guide”! So what exactly is spirit? Journey with Spirit by Kerri Williams Creatives are an exceptional breed of people. Many of us don’t live the ordinary lives of our counterparts. Many of us live deep inside ourselves with our spirit. Now before we get started on this, I want to point out that this article isn’t about God or religion. It’s about the Self. Not the little self we call the ego, but the big Self. The one we call spirit. What exactly is spirit? I really don’t believe it can be defined, not in the way...
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Meditation – Stillness in Motion
By Kerri Williams Photo: Kerri Williams Meditation – Stillness in Motion By Kerri Williams I’ve been studying meditation for years. What I find particularly interesting about meditation is that there are way too many methods available to really still the mind. One begins to wonder if they’re doing things right, which defeats the purpose of stillness. I’ve come to define meditation as a state of stillness to further one’s awareness. I’ve spent time doing what I term “formal” meditation, sitting and quieting the mind. I’ve practiced walking meditation, a total awareness of my surroundings and actions as I moved. In the end, I’ve dropped both practices and moved into what I’ll term as creative meditation. Or how I now practice meditation through creativity. Several years ago I had a discussion with a yoga instructor friend of mine who...
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Nurturing your creative child
Written by Kerri Williams Nurturing your creative child by Kerri Williams As creatives, we often seem to neglect our creative child. It can be the worst of parenting when it should be the best. This is the child we should love and adore. This is the child we should hug and whisper words of love to. This is the child for which we should kiss away owies and wipe away tears. But instead, our creative child often becomes the bastard child, the one we criticize, the one we expect too much from, the one we put on a pedestal and turn in disgust when it falls. And because of our attitude toward this child, it constantly seeks validation from us, which we sparingly give, not because we dislike this child, but because we fear this child. Why do...
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Gel Talk: Terry Border’s hard-to-describe project
Introduction from Gel Talks Everyday objects take on surprising and often hilarious roles in Terry Border’s hard-to-describe project. For years now, this unassuming photographer-sculptor-bargain-bin-shopper has worked with snack foods, office supplies, toys, and other items to create evocative and bizarre scenes. Making something great out of “throwaway” objects is a recurring Gel theme, and Terry’s work is a perfect match. To really get it, just watch the presentation – one of the most entertaining Gel talks ever. Terry Border at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo. All credits go to Gel Talks and Terry Border. Read our ‘Fair Use’ policy. Do you do something like this? Leave a comment on this talk, and don’t forget to follow us on Google+, Twitter, or via RSS feed, or simply subscribe to our newsletter at the end of...
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Get out of your comfort zone
Written by Kerri Williams / Introduction by Alen Mischael Vukelić Photo: Kerri Williams Breaking the rules! Even when we do art, we want to please other people’s opinions, but is this what we truly want? Get out of your comfort zone by Kerri Williams “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ~Neale Donald Walsch Comfort zones are like burrowing under the covers on a cold winter night. It’s warm and soft and cozy and nothing could be better. But comfort zones were made to be breached. Why breach the comfort zone? Because you just never know what’s going to happen. We tend to believe that there’s a wicked, unforgiving world outside the zone, but quite honestly, stepping beyond the zone can actually open your world. I play artistically with my photography. Filters, textures...
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Balancing your creative life
By Kerri Williams Photo: Kerri Williams A few weeks ago, we had republished Kerri Williams’ “What I didn’t learn in school”; in this article, she gives you some simple tips how to organize your creative life more efficiently. Balancing your creative life with your “real” life can be a bit of a tightrope walk. Creatives never stop. Our minds are in full movement from the time we wake up and often as we sleep. Ideas explode as we stand in line at the grocery store, as we fold the wash, as we cut the grass, as we tuck the kids under the covers, as we work our day job, as we cook dinner and the list could go on forever. Finding balance between these two lives can often be frustrating, can create animosity, can cause depression...
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Storytelling
By Stanka Vukelić “Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.” Ted Lange ...
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Unique iPhone cases!
By Stanka Vukelić Unique gift ideas! I love the idea of these unique iPhone cases being gifts for girlfriends, friends, daughters, moms, wives, or husbands. It is one of my all-time best gifts to give! Or maybe as a gift for yourself? Design your iPhone cases from my paintings – beautiful and unique. The cases also protect your phone from damages – it is a hard-shell impact-resistant case and has a slim-profile. All iPhone cases are custom made, using your selected image. Here are some design ideas from my original mixed media collage inspirational paintings. On the photographs are iPhone 5 / 5S cases, but in the shop you can also get: iPhone 5C cases, iPhone 4 / 4S cases, Galaxy C4. Unique iPhone cases “Ladies”: Here are the links to cases 1, 2, and 3. 1. http://stanka-vukelic.artistwebsites.com/products/radiate-love-inspirational-mixed-media-folk-art-stanka-vukelic-iphone5-case-cover.html...
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The creative process in the making of collage paintings
By Stanka Vukelić Mixed media collage paintings In the creation of my mixed media paintings, I’m adding layer by layer. Every picture emerges in a different order and with different elements. Whereas all have in common to arise through many layers. This time, I give you three layers in the formation of a new work. Soon I’ll show you the final version and the materials that have been used. ...
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What I didn’t learn in school
Written by Kerri Williams / Introduction by Alen Mischael Vukelić Photo: Kerri Williams It’s always a great pleasure to discover an article like this one written by Kerri Williams. She tells us about self-taughts and their approach to creativity, which you will find out to be very different from people with a formal education. We have always admired people who have struggled, but eventually arrived at something much deeper than even they themselves expected. In my own article, with the title “Credentials”, I talked about the relationship between formal an informal knowledge. Kerri takes it a step further, showing us the self-taughts’ motivation and passion by which they are driven. What I didn’t learn in school by Kerri Williams Hello. My name is Kerri and I’m a self taught writer. Let’s do it again. Hello. My...
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Digital photography tips: The layering of textures
By Stanka Vukelić Digital photography tips: The layering of textures I love the creative process in the making of a photography or painting. In both alike, I use the common technique of adding layers through which I build my story. Today I’ll show you two photographs expanded and altered by different layers. Trees got some something magical! Above you can see the final product; below – in each step – one layer of texture is added. Above you can see the final product; below – in each step – one layer of texture is added. ...
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Decorative wall art and framed prints of my work
By Stanka Vukelić Framed artwork – custom framing of decorative wall art If you want to know how my framed prints look like on a wall – here are some suggestions to inspire your custom framing. Even better variations you can find at: http://www.organictalks.com/print-shop/ There are virtually a million of frames and mats to choose from. Here are some examples. Choose and Buy Choose and Buy Choose and Buy...
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Silhouette Photography – Sunset Photo Journey
By Stanka Vukelić Silhouette photography journey I love the feel of nature at sunset; the colours and shadows are never the same. It might be the same place on a different day, but everything else is in constant flux. Enjoy my little sunset trip. ...
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