I love this quote by Walt Whitman so much “I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world”
I mostly used my Masks and Stencils which are part of my Bird Stamp Set for the background and kept it pretty simple. I printed out a photo of myself and painted it over with acrylic marker and pencil.
Hope you are sounding your YAWP out today as well !
In this series artists answer in visual form to a brief questionnaire.
Meet Natalya Aikens, whose art is architecturally inspired and delicately stitched. Watch how she answered some questions about her with photos.
A Visual Interview with Natalya Aikens from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Natalya is one of the teachers of Creative JumpStart 2017 along with 26 other artists – read more about this Mixed Media Online Class and sign up here.
Hope you enjoyed this visual interview- more are to come :)
While I was in Santiago de Chile I went to the Museum of Pre Columbian Art, which is dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from Central and South America. I was surprised and happy how inspiring this visit was. It reminded me that things that were done thousands of years ago have inspired art, fabrics and patterns over and over again …
Cultura Chorrera 1800-300 AC. These bottles are very sophisticated and just amazing. I will take the fish bottle – thank you :)
I loved all the details and different materials used by different cultures.
Cultura pre-mapuche ca. 1300-1500 DC. The first Spanish observers saw Mapuche chiefs holding beautiful stone pieces in the shape of axes as symbols of the power of the war leaders. Love how this simple hatch cross pattern makes such a beautiful piece.
San Augustin Culture 1-1500 AD – Anthropomorphic Stone Sculpture
such a gorgeous piece!
Figurines from ancient Ecuador. The production of clay figurines and small statues was a long pre-Columbian tradition that began 5thousand years ago on the coast of Ecuador.
500 AC- 200 AC – those three figurines were funky cool!
Musician, 500 AC – 500 DC – reminded me a little bit of Pinocchio
And a lot of the artwork reminded me of the home decor of the 60s and also of course artists like Picasso come to mind.
1-700 DC – not sure if it was a mask or what it was used
Bottle – 300-600DC – I love this so so much!!!!
This one was eerie and beautiful at the same time. It had no real information – not even for the time it was made.
Diaguita Ceramics – characteristic is the minimalistic design. I love this pattern.
This was the room with the Exhibition called Chile before Chile.
some headgear – the fabrics were just incredible and intricate – It was breath taking actually.
This is a Quipu also called talking knots. “Quipu were recording devices and for the Inca, the system aided in collecting data and keeping records, ranging from monitoring tax obligations, properly collecting census records, calendrical information, and military organization. The cords contained numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system. A quipu could have only a few or up to 2,000 cords.
Isn’t this amazing?
More fabric- gorgeous colors.
These wooden statues were placed on top of tombs in ancient Mapuche cemeteries. They reflect the spirit of those buried there and are to intended to assist them in their journey o the afterlife. Chiefs and great warriors were sent to the East after death to roam among the volcanoes of Kalfumapu, the “blue land” . All others went to the West, to eat bitter potatoes beyond the sea. mhhh- you sure wanted to be a great warrior- doesn’t sound like a fun outlook to have to eat bitter potatoes for afterlife to me ;)
Hope you enjoyed this pretty different art stroll ! Have a wonderful day
What fun! We visited Santiago two years ago and I took photos (not nearly as well done) as several of the items you did — great memories.
How wonderful to hear you were there too – wasn’t it an amazing museum?! Have wonderful week!
Thanks for the gorgeous tour! What an inspiring exhibit! Those colors and designs. Loved it and guess you will add some stamps to your collection from those patterns. Yes?
Thank you for posting your tour…I’m home recovering from a painful broken rib and have no energy to even create art…so this tour was uplifting for me. :)
Linda
Linda, I am so sorry to hear you broke a rib, I hope you are feeling better soon!!! Glad you enjoyed the tour – and maybe ;) there will be some inspiration for future stamps or stencils. Have a wonderful week and sending you big healing hugs! Nat
Today, Cheiron Brandon from my Creative Squad is sharing a beautiful art journal spread using my Buenos Aires stencil and this month’s theme: “Return to the Light.” As we pass through the Winter Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere, the ever lengthening nights turn to ever lengthening days. This ancient marker in the calendar has always been a celebration of light and the promise of a new day. Let’s Return to the Light with some bright and luminous mixed media projects!
Thank you Cheiron for reminding us that winter is tolerable – as long as the sun is shining ;) And I just love those bright colors all layered up using some of my stencils! In addition to her art journal, a magazine cut out, and some alphabet stickers from her stash, Cheiron also used these supplies – some links are affiliate links:
I love how you used the stamps and stencils to create such beautiful color and texture! It makes me feel warmer just to look at it!
Ohhhh, luv this spread! Color, texture and such a great feeling! Thanks for posting!!
Meet Jamie Dougherty, a self taught California artist and her skills range from fine arts and mixed media, all the way to graphic design and sculpting. Jamie answered some interview questions from me in sketches:
A Visual Interview with Jamie Dougherty from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Jamie is one of the teachers of Creative JumpStart 2017 along with 26 other artists – read more about this Mixed Media Online Class and sign up here.
Hope you enjoyed this visual interview- more are to come :)
Totally LOVE LOVE LOVE your visual interview NAT!! Hehehehhehe. SUPER FINE!!! j.
yeah- so glad you like those Joi- they are so much fun to put together and love what the artists send me :)
Do you have a Mixed Media Artist in your circle that you would like to give a gift to but you are stumped on what to give that person? Or maybe someone is asking you for your Santa’s list and you want to point them in the right direction? Here is a list of my favorite things I would give to another Mixed Media Artist this holiday season because these supplies seriously rocked my pants the last couple months :)
Art Graf Varco water soluble graphite:
They are highly pigmented and the colors are just so beautiful and rich! The shape makes it easy to write with them too and then go over the writing with a water brush – check out the journaling on this art journaling page -I used the graphite black for the “Live, Laugh, Love”
and both sets for this tag
I am usually a bright color person but these color are really beautiful- I used the inks too.
I used these on the board below, which is not yet done, with my Fashion Dame Stamp…
Speaking of board – the one above …
You can use thin acrylic paint or ink on those clay boards and then use a scratching tool and remove some of the paint layer. I love using it with my stamps. And of course Ampersand also has a tool kit for this board :)
Ampersand Scratch Board Tool Kit
…but you can also just use a craft knife for this too :)
ColorBox Erasable Fabric Inkpad
I love using it with my stamps on raw canvas or fabric. You can embroider on top of the image and then easily wash it out later. I used it in this blog post here with my bird stamp…
If your friend loves to take Online Workshops – Creative JumpStart 2017 with 27 different Mixed Media Artists starting January 2017 might be the right gift then :)
Announcing Creative JumpStart 2017 – CJS17
Also I am seeing a trend of a lot of Mixed Media Artists (including myself) using paper clay and this book is a great way to get inspired and to learn how to use all kinds of techniques and supplies with paper clay:
…and if your gift recipient likes to read some art related fiction books – I really enjoyed this book recently:
It is fiction but has some real events in there and it captivated me.
And last but not least …why don’t you use this holiday coupon for 20% off valid until Dec. 15th (11.59EST) and give your friend some fun stamps, stencils or mugs in my store :)
…or let them have some fun shopping and purchase a gift certificate.
Happy shopping and I hope you also find some time this holiday season to sneak away and get some creative time in too :)
“When someone else’s happiness is your happiness, that is love”
Agreed :)
I used my Santiago 9×9 and 4×4 Stencil on this art journal spread.
I spread some gold embossing paste with a palette knife through the 4×4 Stencil – the design is bigger when in the 9×12 Stencil which makes it a great way to repeat the pattern in different sizes.
For the background I had just used the 9×12 stencil and repeated using different colors of acrylic paint and spray paint through the stencil
I did not want the design to be perfect- as the gold paste images would be enough to give you an idea of the design – I feel it is more interesting this way
Added some journaling and a magazine image and voila – done
Fun :)
Here is a list of the supplies I used for this art journal spread- some links are affiliate links
Hope you are happy today :) have a wonderful day!
LOOOOOOOVE This!!
thank you so much Gerrie :) have a wonderful weekend!
Meet the wonderful Mixed Media Artist Mystele Kirkeeng and see how she answered a couple questions with some fun and whimscal drawings.
A Visual Interview with Mystele Kirkeeng from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
I hope you enjoyed this Visual Interview video with Mystele – more to come :)
She is phenomenal!!!!!
Last Saturday I had a blast at the Jersey City Holiday Market where I introduced my new mugs printed with my artwork.
They were a huge hit and sold out …but don’t worry, I restocked them already :)
The mugs are oversized mugs with my artwork. 15oz , dishwasher safe and hey ….don’t you need one for this season? I mean…it is MUG- SEASON afterall ;)
Check them out in the shop where you can also find some new prints, cards, stamps, stencils and DVDs.
I also added gift certificates for that special person who might want to take an Online Workshop like Creative JumpStart 2017 with 27 artists including me or get some fun art supplies.
Use this 20% Off Coupon Code during checkout – HOLIDAY20 – Dec.8th to Dec. 15th (11.59pm EST)-physical products only!
Have a wonderful holiday season! Hugs
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Nancy Faulls
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Love it Nat
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nathalie-kalbach
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thank you so much Nancy! Have a wonderful weekend!
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