Three Muses: Quotation

OFTEN THE FINDING DIRECTS THE MAKING AND THE MAKING FEEDS THE FINDING!

Glenys Mann 2006

Take a Word: Blackbird

"BLACKBIRDING"

(click image to enlage to see the detail)

Thought I would give you a 'snippet' of part of Australia's dark past!

Blackbirding refers to the recruitment of people through trickery and kidnappings to work on the sugar cane plantations of Australia and Fiji.

Those ‘blackbirded’ were recruited from the indigenous populations of nearby Pacific islands or northern Queensland. In the early days of the pearling industry in Broome, local Aboriginal people were blackbirded from the surrounding areas, including aboriginal people from desert areas.
Over a period of 40 years, from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, native non-European labourers for the sugar cane fields of Queensland, were “recruited” from Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia as well as Niue. The “recruitment” process almost always included an element of coercive recruitment (not unlike the press-gangs once employed by the Royal Navy in England) and indentured servitude. Some 62,000 South Sea Islanders were taken to Australia.

Collage Obsession: Transform

Transform.

Welcome to my first challenge for the Collage Obsession team.
I offer you the word 'Transform'... this image is my interpretation. As tattoos can ‘transform’ a person’s image.. as a chameleon is transformed into camouflage… the challenge? ‘Transform’ anything into something else. The Challenge is open to all kinds of art: digital, ATC’s, cards, journals, etc. There are no rules, let your imagination take you places. Create and have fun.
Thanks for taking part. Glenys.

Credits
Face scanned from a magazine.
Flowers scanned from a book.
Filters, exposure, brushes and many blending modes from Photoshop… make up this image.

Three Muses: Black and White

Pinning Our Hopes.....

Black and White was the theme for the Three Muses...I could not go past the changes within the world and 'pin my hopes' onto a closer relationship with in the different cultures.

Image from a United Colours of  Benetton ad.

The Bar has been Raised

I posted this comment on Take a Word the other day...thought you would like to read what I said...

I have just scrolled through all of the challenges that have been posted so far, left a message on most... but I would like to comment on the standard of the work...if I may!!
I have been with the 3 Muses and Take a Word for about 12 months now and I an truly astonished in the calibre of the challenges. The bar seems to have been lifted, with the very high standard that is in the collages that I am seeing now. I would, as an artist and a fan of these pages, like to congratulate all of the artists that contribute to these challenges and say 'extremely' well done on what you are producing at the moment. It is a credit to you all and it is a pleasure to scroll through all of this fabulous inspirational art work....what more can I say..

Glenys

Collage Obsession: Family

Family Evening in.

This is my response to Eila's challenge on Collage Obsession.

A family from a humble background, but still has the HUGE digital TV screen to watch... a sign of our times, sad to say!

Thanks to Eila and the image, just slip over to Collage Obsessions and see what is new!

You are very welcome to join in.

Take a Word:Vintage

CLASS OF 1952!

Is this date now considered 'Vintage"? The class photo certainly looks that way.... yes, I am in there somewhere! The 'pretty' one!

Collage Obsession: Tarot/Wheel of Fortune

TAROT: QUEEN OF ECLIPSE.

I know nothing about Tarot Cards and their meanings...I do hope that I have not offended any of the Tarot enthusiasts out there... I apologise if I have.



Three Muses: Fashion

DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF FASHION!

"HARAKUKU"

I would like to introduce you to the amazing 'fashion' of Japenese 'fashionistas'. This is what the site says about the "HARAKUKU' style.
Click here to see more!

Just simply amazing!

Harajuku clothing style involves mixing and (mis) matching different fashions and styles. Harajuku fashion changes and evolves constantly, sometimes mixing traditional Japanese clothing such as kimonos and geta sandals with other styles. Everything from punk, goth to designer clothes can be mixed and mismatched with colorful accessories to create a unique and individual style.

Take a Word: Botanical

From big things little things grow!!

It is the botanical names that interest me!! Big long names! Many unpronounceable to the 'layman', such as

X Cupressocyparis leylandii : Leyland Cypress

Xanthorroea australis : Australian Grass Tree

Taraxacum ceratophorum : Dandelion...

so I thought that I would plant the names and see how they grow!!

They are doing well.... new shoots everywhere!

Three Muses: Artist of choice.

Secret Artists.

Click to see finer detail.
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I have always been very fascinated with the street art of the world...not 'tagging'... but 'proper' spray can art that has been very much maligned for many years.

The tide has turned and there are now many 'outdoor' galleries in lane ways, on buses, on abandoned anything...but in Melbourne, Australia they have taken it a step further and have opened galleries in lane ways that change about every couple of months. Some of these works are now being 'collected' by the National Gallery of Victoria as part of their art collection. How do they do this? By simply buying a piece on the wall and covering it with a sheet of perspex to keep it from being covered with other art.

It blows my mind... the talent of these "Secret Artists"!!

Take a Word: Butterfly.

BUTTERFLY KISS.

Should such a magical thing happen to you,

make a wish and the dreams will come true.

It rhymes!!!

Collage Obsession: Mario

FAMILY PORTRAIT

Mario the family man??

Cabaret Reflection

Not that I have much time.... but of recent weeks I have given myself a 'holiday' from my normal 'job' ( do I have a normal job? never sure about that!!) to play with Photoshop, catch up with my blogs and learning a whole lot of new techniques, so that I can be up to speed when I do the challenges for Collage Obsession, Take a Word and Three Muses
Cabaret Reflection is just one of the 'trial' pieces... different, eh?

A Rainbow at the end of Turmoil.

We live in a country of extremes.... bush fires on one side of the country and devasting, deadly floods on the other.

I am pasting a poem that my 15 year old grandaughter wrote, that really captures how we all feel and how we will come through all that Mother Nature wants to throw at us.

Rainbow

By the time we sensed it, it was too late

We had no warning

It just came and took away

Everything

It was strong

we tried so hard to get away

but we couldn’t

It was tall

It towered the trees

It destroyed

every

last

breath

It was destructing

nothing was left

It took away

our pride

our Happiness

our life

but only for a while

Still, Im waiting for my

rainbow

to tell me everything's going to be alright

because I know it won’t be

at least not for a while.

Serena Gonsalves Ó

2011

Three Muses: Nature's creatures.

Waiting!

A Contributor with Collage Obsession.

You will see this face on the Collage Obsession blog site! Why? I have had the honour of being selected by Itkupilli to be a team member and a contributor for this blog.
Along with Eila, from Finland, Rick and Tiffany from California and Itkupilli... we will present to you challenges that are exciting and encourage you to extend your artistic imagination.
I will be setting a challenge for you once a month and I look forward to being a part of this fabulous team!

Bring it on!!

Collage Obsession: Jewellry

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!

One of my all time favourites from the Beatles! Diamonds are a girls best friend, when it is all said and done!

Take a word: Beauty

The Beauty of Softness.

Collage Obsession: Under the Magnifying Glass

She thought there was something suspicious on his shoulder!