Because much of our art is business, we often have creative challenges that are light-hearted and not at all serious. We all start with the same “thing” and see where it goes from there. The God Box Challenge had some very unusual and downright hilarious results.
Herein, we share a few of them with you, with a brief introduction to the artist responsible - or irresponsible as the case may be.
is a folk artist whose works are sold in galleries and shows throughout Northern New Mexico. She uses lots of paper maché and bright colors to create charming wall art pieces with lots of variety. (See some)
Northern New Mexico is a place with a very religious tradition, and Saints and Shrines abound. For that reason, Rebecca thought it appropriate to stick to a heavenly theme with a real emphasis on wings.
This box is such an intense yellow that it almost vibrates - it wouldn’t even photograph well - but you get the idea.
is best known for the nicho cabinets she creates from wood that earlier led a very exciting life. It might have been part of ranch fence or a church steeple, and may now be fairly distressed, but Diane can give it new life as a fabulous piece of art. Her work is available in Santa Fe galleries and she has been featured on the Modern Masters program on HGTV.
Since this wood box had no interesting history, Diane had to beat the hoo-ha out of it before she could even consider working with it. And since she has a canine family in residence (who may have helped with some teeth marks), she decided to flip a couple letters and make a Dog Box.
All sides are covered with hilarious combinations of scenes into which the white paper dog is unceremoniously inserted (see him center poolside?) and little pawprints, bones, and other dog things serve as embellishment. A dog-chewed pencil stub and dog-eared note paper complete the piece and the crowning touch is the note inserted in the top slot - shown here as a detail.
All we could say is - woof!
You've met her in a past Studio Stop, in Somerset Studio's Jurraissic Issue, and she has made some great cards for this issue of Now What?.
Sue is so fun because, no matter what you throw at her, she manages to throw back a curve.
We didn’t say “lamp”, Sue. And nobody mentioned aliens!
She had to use a bunch of actual *tools* to make this happen - sawing all the little tendrils around the slot (is that a centipede?) and taking the whole box apart to remove the back wall of the paper slot, so the interior light would shine up into the face area.
What I liked best was finding out that aliens wear mascara!
See Sue’s work at: www.stonenotes.com
