The Travelling Artist

The Travelling Artist

Wherever I go I like to have all my art materials in one place encase I need to jot down an idea, or for when I get that creative burst.



So, when I found this old case I knew exactly what I would do with it. I made myself a personal art kit for when I go out and about. I keep this case in my car and it goes everywhere with me. I also have a smaller kit for when I travel overseas. This kit is much lighter so I can collect art materials along the way



It has everything I need for drawing, painting, collage, photo transfer, stamping and writing
In Transit series of collages



Acrylic paints and ink in a pouch my daughter gave me



Chalk in a vintage medical tin





Water colour paints, coloured pencils and double sided tape







Brushes for painting, pens for drawing and writing, felt pens, graphite pencils, knife, scissors and glue stick for collage



Paint swatches



Collage papers in a plastic pouch.  Mixed lot of vintage and newer papers



Hand- dyed coffee filters, vintage wallpaper, labels and book pages



Stained printed matter and newer papers



Old music prayer book



1932 school book full of hand drawn  world maps





1960s New Idea magazine for cutting



Old advertising

 

Vintage encyclopeadia pages sealed with a layer of translucent gesso paint




A book of hand-made French paper



Small canvas boards and palette, matt and gloss medium for collage, painting & transfers



Mini stamping kit in old cigar tin





Stamp pad, tiny rubber text stamps in matchbox, stamp holder and tweezers



I also carry a selection of my hand made artist books in progress to work in.


My books are made from found papers, junk mail, advertising

used envelopes, cereal boxes and food packaging

Embellished with used clothing labels, tags, stamps, stickers, pen ,ink and found fabric scraps

sewn with thread or wire and filled with whatever else I find in my travels


It’s amazing how much I can fit into the case




Do you have a portable art kit ?  Whats in your art kit ?

No. 2. Old clothes. Recycling. Art Making.

Follow-up from a previous post  Old clothes. Recycling. Art Making.
Playing with textiles, wax and trying to work out my new camera.
De-constructing a man’s suit.


Wafers of wax, felt & linen




Specimens to play with



Flesh- like



Waxed string twined



Spirals



Hand- sewn surface marks



Links to Joseph Beuy’s  felt works and underground spaces seen in Paris




Could be a scientific, botanist’s or naturalist’s plate from an antique book

Paintings & Gelatin Prints

3 paintings I did awhile back. The backgrounds are experiments with gelatin prints. Inks and acrylic paint were added afterwards to the surface.

(You can see my gelatin print tutorial ( here)

 

Cimetière des Chiens Playground

Inspiration for the paintings.
A celebration to animals…Mapping and playing in the Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques in Paris. Opened in 1899 its a cemetery of dogs and cats and other domestic animals. Some of the cemetery’s residents are famous, such as Rin Tin Tin.


Cimetière des Chiens Playground 1

The plots and plaques are just so lovingly decorated. My daughter and I like to spend time with the stray cats and dogs who wander in and out of the cemetery .The kind staff feed and shelter any stray animal by scattering little semi- enclosed boxes around the cemetery.

 

Cimetière des Chiens Playground 2

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