SCRAP ART show at Arc Studios and Gallery in SF SOMA district

Last Friday was the opening for the SCRAP Art show at the Arc Studios and Gallery. It had been raining most of the day but the crowd turned out! It was packed. It was tough to get photos but here are few of the opening. The exhibition was put on by scrap-sf.org. I was fortunate to have had two pieces of work accepted into the show.

Friends Megumi Inouye and Dorothy Yuki with me at our opening.  My "book cake' is  on the
left and Dorothy's piece is in the center. 

Me, Megumi Inouye, Dorothy Yuki, Kenan Shapero and SCRAP's Executive Director Shaui Chen

  

My daughter Elana and her friend Annakai aka succulentsisters.wordpress.com were  asked
to display their terrariums made with material from SCRAP on the reception desk and the food table
at the Arc Gallery.

One of my favorite pieces by Marguerite Gilligan.

My friend Megumi's piece- repurposed bows from SCRAP items. 

The opening  ended with a fashion show by Tuan Tran.

The opening was so much fun with family and friends. Many thanks to all the great people at scrap-sf.org.
I have been going to SCRAP for over twenty years. It is one of my most favorite places to shop for art supplies in the whole city! Thank you Jenny Morningstar and Shuai Chen for putting on an awesome show. I am  proud to have been a small part of it.

SCRAP ART Show

Today I dropped off my two art pieces at the Arc Gallery in San Francisco's SOMA district. I saw a lot of wonderful artwork being dropped off. Jenny Morningstar is doing a fantastic job of curating the show and I  can't wait for the opening on Friday night. The variety of work was very broad. The show is title SCRAP ART presented byscrap-sf.org.

There will be art work made with objects from SCRAP at this exhibition. The drop off day was today.

Rubber Stamp Mania coming!!!

Join us at Ruth's Table for a fun workshop called Rubber Stamp Mania
We will make our own rubber stamps using a variety of techniques. Also
on hand will be several  huge collections of rubber stamps to use throughout
the workshop. Register at ruthstable.org and have some fun!

Use your new rubber stamps for postcards, greeting cards, mail art and collage and tags.

Here is a card I made using a readymade rubber stamp I found at scrap-sf.org many years ago. It is a mason jar. I "filled" it with my newly made rubber stamp using a piece of a flip flop. I used a heat gun and heated the flip flop for approximately 15 seconds and the pushed the warm foam into the keys, buttons and paper clips making an impression. It the impression it not deep enough simply reheat the foam and start again. Using a regular ink pad ink the foam stamp and stamp it inside the jar. I was amazed how realistic it looked. It has has a look of a film negative to me.

DIY Party Workshop at SCRAP in S.F.

Join me at SCRAP in S.F.  for a DIY party workshop. Get inspired to make your

own party decorations, center pieces, creative wrapping techniques for favors

or party bags, banners and invites. Of course all materials will be repurposed or

recycled to make a green party for all.

June 30,2012 

Saturday 12-5pm

$30.00 

These party hats were fun and easy to make. I searched in my studio and found a variety of paper to use.
Do you recognize the former atlas page, card board, wall paper and re-used wrapping paper. This is just one 
of the projects we can work on at the DIY party workshop next week!

Find of the Week #5

A huge plastic bag with a ball of zipper tape was 

my find of the week! It is a great burnt orange 

color. See my "This into That" post for what I did with the ball

of zipper! A find at SCRAP.

I heart SCRAP fundraiser

This past weekend I volunteered  and put on a Valentine event along side Dorothy Yuki at our favorite art supply store in San Francisco- SCRAP. We were happy to help host a room full of Valentine crafts. We had a steady stream of crafters young and older coming through the workshop room re-creating and 

and repurposing. There was music, food and a lot of people supporting the

wonderful SCRAP.

Certificate of Honor from the Mayor's office!

music to craft by.....

Our friends Hannah and Jonathan from FabMo came to support Scrap.
(pictured left to right: Jonathan and Hannah, myself, Shaui Chen the director 
and Dorothy Yuki.

The crowds were steady with crafters for four hours in the workshop space.

We made pins using  scalloped punches, a stapler and pin back.

I set up  the Typewriter Station at this fundraiser and again it was a big hit. A lot of people used the typewriters to peck out messages to include in their Valentines.

                                                                              


                                                                

Valentine Zipper Pins

I always have a lot of zippers in my studio for various projects. I went through them and pulled out the red, pink and white ones for a valentine craft. I used a glue gun and shaped them into hearts. All the lengths of the zippers were different so I was able to come up with a lot of different designs. It was a lot of fun. You only need a glue gun, different lengths of red, pink and white zippers and some pin backs. SCRAP, my favorite art supply store is where I got a lot of my zippers. I also keep my eye out for zippers on sale at the thrift stores where you can get some vintage zippers with brass teeth. And of course the fabric stores also have them in a variety of colors. Yard sales are also a place to look for zippers as well.

Here is just part of my stash of zippers ready to be repurposed into Heart pins.

The simple heart pin. Turn, fold and tuck, glue...add pin back and wear it!

Here are more  of the Valentine Heart pins from various size and colors of zippers.

Crafting for Valentine's Day

Next week I am giving four Valentine craft events so I am busy preparing samples and gathering supplies. Three of them are open to the public. All are in San Francisco, CA. Everyone of the events will be "green" using repurposed and found materials.

February 8, 2012 : Valentine Crafts at Ruth's Table from 1:00pm-3:00 pm. $15.00

February 11, 2012: Sunnyside Conservatory on Monterey Blvd from 2:00-4:00pm. We are having an Eco Valentine Card Party and it is FREE to the public. 

February 12, 2012:  I heart SCRAP fundraiser on Sunday from 1-4 pm. $10.00 donation. I will be volunteering for the event. We are going to have some great valentine craft stations. Come and check it out...and support SCRAP my favorite art supply source!

These Valentines were made using an old coffee bean bag,

wall paper and old math book and some twill tape.

These Valentines were made using a mason jar rubber stamp and 

a small heart punch. The jar give endless ideas of what

could be spilling out of it or be in the jar!

This last set of cards were made with made from pages of discarded books.

I just used scissors and glue and some twine. I looked for books with

different shades. The heart was from a very old dictionary

where the pages were brown from age and acidity.

Birthday banner

My "Happy 50 Birthday Tracy banner" at the party.

My sister Tracy turned 50 this week and there was a big party for her. I decided to make a birthday banner for her. I had only a little time to do it. I got out my Sizzix Big Kick machine and used the scallop die to make the base of the banner. The material I used was all discarded material and was in the free bin at SCRAP. That included some red paper and a lot of dark green legal file folders. I used my sizzix alphabet and started cutting away to say the greeting. I made some paper flowers by using a thin paper bag and cutting scallops.

Here is my Sizzix Big Kick that I use all the time. It is a great die cutter that will cut fabric,
paper and cardboard. It easily cut through the file folders.

I cut scallops out of a thin paper bag to make flowers. Cut about six and put a little glue in the center
and wait for it to dry and "fluff" the flower. Glue gun the flower to the scallop circle.

I cut out the Sizzix letters and used a glue stick to adhere the letters to the scallop circles. I didn't have a lot of time since it was already 10:00 pm and I was leaving at 7:00 am the next day so I used my stapler I bought at Swan and Shears on Etsy. It is a European stapler  that uses tiny brass staples.  I simple stapled the scallop circles to the long white cloth ribbon.