Apologies

Hey guys! I'm apologizing because I haven't been posting as much lately! With vacation, and over 11 hours in the car in one day with no wi-fi, it's been kinda hard to keep posting :) But now that my schedule is clear, I will get back on track and post, post, post! Please keep following, liking, commenting etc. thanks you guys! See ya.

-Alia

Natural art

I went to the tamarack in West Virginia. The tamarack has a big shopping center full of art! Here are some pics that I took of art that they created using our natural resources! 

In this pic, they got string, or a material like string, and hooked on the insides of geodes. Geodes are rocks that when you crack them open, there are crystals, amethysts, etc. and made necklaces and bracelets.

In this picture, they got a tree branch, put it on a wooden platform, stuck hooks into it, and used more insides of geodes to hang on the tree. The type of natural resource that they used is called agate. 

Such creativity!

The West Virginia tamarack art demonstrations

In West Virginia, the tamarack is having artist demonstrations. This is a fun time where you can see other people's art and how they are expressing their creativity. It is still going on but only for another week. Have fun!!! The schedule is below:

May 31-June 2: Ronnie Hamrick- metal 

                        Alan Hamrick- Native American flutes & pipes

June 7-9: David Bragg- wood carving 

               Jamey Biggs- pottery

June 14-16: Andy Sheetz-toys

                   Diana Freeland- jewelry 

June 21-23: Margaret Adkins- textiles

                   Nate Parr- wood carving

                   Raven Baldwin- jewelry 

June 28-30: Charles Brown- turned wood

                   Susanne Nicely- textiles

                   Marty Schaerer- jewelry 

Long lasting love

Have any of you had a pet that left you? 

I had a dog named buster. A few years ago, I found a picture of him when he was a puppy, in my school bag.  I decided to draw it. I had a lot of fun drawing this picture and I hope you like it. It brought back a lot of memories.

DIY morphed beaniebabies

You may ask "what is a DIY beanie-baby?" 

Well, the answer is simple. A morphed beanie baby. Here's what you do: 

1. Get a normal beanie baby

2. Cut off ALL of the tags

3. Use the scissors to cut off all four legs. Start at the top of the leg ( by the body-where the stitching is) and make a circle around until the leg is completely off.

Cut where the dotted lines are

4. Then be very careful and do the same to the head-cutting all of the stitching. If it has a tail do the same also.

5. Get another beanie baby and repeat these steps.

6. Take apart as many beanie babies as you want. 

7. Chose a body, 4 legs, a head, and a tail if you want.

8. Turn your beanie baby inside out. Along with all of the body parts

9. Start sewing the legs on to the body. The leg should fit in the hole in the body where the previous leg was. Sew all 4 legs of your choice on the body.

10. The head is very hard. Sew the head in where the previous head was. be very careful.

11. Turn your beanie baby over so it is laying on it's back. Cut a small slit through it's belly. At least 2 inches depending on how big the body is.

12. You are going to use the slit to turn the beanie baby normal(not inside out) to do this reach inside the slit and grab the head. Pull it out along with the legs.

13. Use the stuffing to stuff the head and legs only.

14.Get a Small Plastic sandwich stuff it with the "beans" from the beanie babies.

15. Put the bag in the body.

 16. Sew up the slit.

17. tada! Your done! It was long, but worth the end result. It took me a few days to do this. Sorry if it was confusing.

-Alia 

DIY Hand dotted tumblers

As you know, summer is here! YAAAYYY! And what better summer project to do then DIY hand dotted tumblers! Here are the step by step rules:

Here's what you will need: paints, a small glass bowl or cup, Q-tips, a protected surface.

If you cannot see the picture, please follow these steps:

1. Put the small glass bowl or cup, upside down, on a protected surface with the other materials close by.

2. Put some paint out on a napkin or other protected surface. Stick the Q-tip in paint of your choice. now there is paint on the Q-tip.

3. Start dotting the bowl or cup with the Q-tip that has paint on it. Put a few, or how ever many you like, dots on the bowl/cup.

4. Get another Q-tip and put different colored paint on it. Then start dotting the bowl/cup with that Q-tip.

5. Repeat this process until the whole bottom of the bowl/cup is covered. 

6. TADA!!! You have a DIY hand dotted tumbler! 

You can also go to Pinterest.com for more! 

Welcome!

Welcome all to amorphedart.com. Here you will find art and crafts, such as DIY projects, paintings, and news about upcoming art events. You might even find nail art too. I promise I will keep posting if you keep visiting! Enjoy!!!