Sunday, February 15, 2009

Disintegration Collaboration

My artist friend Seth over at the Altered Page started a
fun winter project and has encouraged others to play
along.

His project is called Disintegration Collaboration. It is a
art collaboration with mother nature . The premise is to
create a bundle of papers, ephemera etc. and tie it up,
and then place your bundle outdoors to live for a
couple of months.

How will your piece disintegrate and evolve over time
when left at the hands of mother nature? We'll find out.



Here are pics today of my bundle left in the hands of mother nature.

On May 1st, all participating artists will update photos of
their bundles to reveal their evolution over time.

The wind and rain have already taken hold.


My disintegration piece is made up of a block
of scrap wood, copper snail bait tape, spiral shank nails,
piece of scrap canvas, a canadian coin, piece of collage
art cut with circle punch, vintage text, found puzzle piece,
paper flower, used painted towels, wire, eyehooks,
wooden skewers, scrap punchinella, water
soluble oil pastels.

My patio may just turn into a rainbow of color.
I'll be watching and photographing the process.

Thanks for stopping by!

My other blogspot is here: The Way I See It"

11 comments:

Seth said...

So good to see that you have joined this project. Your bundles already look great swaying in the wind. Bet they will be even better on May 1!

runningonink said...

Oh what great fun this is! I keep looking at my each day! Today they are saying we will get 6 inches of snow! Can't wait to see what that does too it! Your package looks so pretty!

jgy said...

I love the idea and your piece and the way the photographs already echo whats in nature---it stands straight like the pine, blows with the breeze, and climbs and bends with the mountain.

BTW, I also will always think of NY as home in some way. In my 'spriritual quest' I want to be beyond nationality, no longer 'belonging' to any place, but I speak too fast for Oita and I can't break my habit of cutting off peoples sentences in the true NY way...:)
I realize too that all the Americans I meet here are from the West coast, so its rare to meet New Yorkers. Sometimes I miss that, as you can see with my talkativeness with John!

diane said...

Love your bundle! Great idea =)

Dream With the Fishes said...

I like this idea and I love your bundle - it's magickal!

John said...

I am am going to age your beautiful creations so quickly...paint.net.mora.wind - do not pull my finger, dangerous.

As soon as I post this I will regret my poor joke....

Need to visit Seth. His work is inspiring.

I am both east coast and west coast...odd combo like a bad Dominoes pizza with pineapple.

My best.

Neda said...

What a fantastic idea. Very wabi-sabi, if you ask me :)

Miss you lots. Still unraveling and traveling :(

xxxxxxxxx

lisasarsfield said...

Wow, cool. my family will think I am completely mad but I want to play too...

I like your collection...can't wait to see the results!

The Finely Tuned Woman said...

Hi Andrea, an award for you over at my place.

rachel whetzel said...

Just stunning!! I love the second paper... one of my favorite effects. LOVE this.

Jenifer said...

You are one amazing artist - thanks for sharing, your art is inspiring always : )
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