ReCOLLections Art Blog: May 2010

A tattoo is a marking made by inserting dark, indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment mainly for decorative reasons. Tattooing has been practiced for....

My favourite pottery is made by a local contemporary potter called Tammy Kuypers, her work is quite diverse and always unique in that it is so unusual you wont find anything else quite like it. Tammy’s work is.....click on image for more

One thing I fear as an artist is loosing my eyesight. I woke up today with terribly bloodshot eyes caused from a makeup allergy and although it

I would literally break into a sweat thinking about creating a cake for my children’s birthdays, as being an artist everyone expected me to be really clever at it and I simply wasn’t!

The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The original meaning was in fine art, where cartoon meant a.....

I Paint What I See. "What do you paint when you paint a wall?" A poem by Diego Rivera

Want to know about the artistry of paper mache? Learn techniques, tips, and inspiring ideas for your next masterpiece

I must confess Im not a huge fan of mosaics although some artists who work in this medium do impress me.

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Op Art exists to fool the eye. Op compositions create a sort of visual tension, in the viewer's mind, that gives works the illusion of movement

I came across this poem about art and what it would be like to live life without it. I thought it was lovely and wanted to share it with you.......

The most prized of colours or at least the metal Gold is anyway! Gold or golden as it is sometimes called, is made...click on image for more

I can’t knit, there I’ve said it! My Gran tried to teach me but she gave up after I created a........

A stencil is a template used to draw or paint identical things like letters, numbers, symbols, shapes, or patterns every time it is used. You may have also heard of it called pochoir the term used in....click on image for more

Well I obviously know a bit about weblogs because I write one but I’m no expert For me this is a way to work on my fledgling writing skills as one day I ...

Got you there, Im fortunate enough to not suffer such things, as I like to look on the bright side of life as much as possible, it also helps to not have unrealistic expectations

There’s something special about foggy frosty mornings, some people hate them but I myself, well I really like them a lot. The air of mystery and suspense

Silver is a metallic shade that resembles gray, the visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver is its metallic shine

Years ago I did some training in ticket-writing; an art that is quickly disappearing due to computer generated signage that is quicker and tidier and can be reproduced in multiplies by the click of a button. Because of the repetitive nature of.....

I received an email recently advertising the materials for a technique called scratch-boarding. I had never heard of it before but was fascinated by the accompanying images and thought, hey I might.....