Monday, March 30, 2009

Come Fly With Me

Mixed Media Monday "Come Fly With Me."  

Foil, cereal box cardboard, wrapping paper, book text, colored pencil, sharpie, copper ink, wire.

A reminder sign to myself to hang up in my personal work space :)

17 comments:

Genie said...

Lovely work

ELK said...

the handiwork is a gem Kimmie!

*jean* said...

and it turned out beautifully!! love your color pencil shaded background and the orange wings...wonderful!

Buffy said...

Beautiful hanging piece.

Lynn Stevens said...

awesome, how did you do the edges of the metal?

Amy said...

WOW, this is so AMAZING!! What a cool piece to hang in your home..you are very talented lady

Unknown said...

Thank you!

Lynn - I used an embossing stylus and a foam pad underneath. It's pretty easy if you have thin metal to work with. Check out my bloglist and go see Karen Cole's Blog "Artsortments" for some truly amazing metalwork.

Christy said...

This is a beauty! Those wings are loaded with inspiration. Monarch butterflies are my fave!

Femmy said...

beautiful!!!

ooglebloops said...

I love it!!!

Anonymous said...

fantastic

http://truutske.blogspot.com said...

Gorgeous artwork.

Rachel said...

Oh wow! This piece is stunning! I totally love the background colour against the colours of the text and butterfly wings. Amazing, insirational piece!

Anonymous said...

OH my heavens this is stunning! I love it! All elements work so great together! AWESOME

Anonymous said...

This is a wonderful piece, Kimmie! Fly is my favourite word in respect of my art too :-) Diane

Gillian .... said...

Kimmie .. oh how I love this "Come Fly With ME" ... the metal border looks fab as does everything else:)

Rosie said...

Absolute genius Kimmie -0 I love it! I always find your metalwork inspiring... TFS! =)