Wonky Art Every Day House: Mixed Media on Repurposed Furniture

Wonky Art House 1 I finished something! I finished something! I finished something!

Even as or even more exciting, I really like what I finished.

Perhaps AEDM has some sort of pixie dust involved, but this mixed media piece has been in peaces, waiting to be born, since the middle of last Summer. The wonky house was made when I was babysitting my favorite (and only) godson. I had a concept but not so sure about execution until last weekend, when I tore apart a decaying desk I salvaged and committed to reusing as much as possible in my art.

This piece of a drawer begged to be put to some use, any use and for whatever reason, “Wonky Art House!” cried out from its hiding place inside a vintage dictionary where I had slid a bunch of other cut-out-not-used-yet scraps.

I started painting last Saturday, little by little and today, I put the house, the swirly smoke and walking path in place.

The Wonky Art House was made from pages from an Art Text book from the 30’s which I find hilarious. The wisdom from professors was carefully honed back then and the writing voice shows up as pompous as a blown up balloon cartoon character.

Wonky art house collage The stone footsteps are vintage atlas and there are also little rocks along the grassy areas. Tiny scraps, tiny. The swirling smoke (because it couldn’t be a child-like Wonky Art House without the requisite smoke) is from a dictionary page. Someone from my Writing Playground did the initial paint on the page which I went over with metallic crayon.

It was all sealed with Krylon’s Triple Thick and yes, I love the combination. Perhaps too much?

What is happening along your adventures in Art Every Day land?

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Baltimore writing Julie Jordan Scott is a writer, performance poet, Mommy and mixed-media artist. Her word-love themed art will be for sale at First Friday each month in Downtown Bakersfield. Check out the links below to follow her on a bunch of different social media channels, especially if you find the idea of a Word-Love Party bus particularly enticing.