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3/30/08

Mixed Media Monday~

This weeks theme: using the word "Believe" I've been working on this piece all week off and on. As soon as I read what the theme was going to be I immediately pictured this in my mind... the typewriter, the bird in the nest made from pages from a book-- and of course the word "Believe"~ I completely covered the typewriter with pages from a book called "Prudy Keeping House" The book was printed in 1873. The typewriter is still fully functional... and I will continue to use it whenever I am needing "type-text" :-) Here is a close up of the nest- which can be lifted up to create a useable typewriter~I have used the word believe in several art pieces I've made in the past... here is another piece I made a few months ago. The little baby with wings is sitting in a bed of green moss~ I used vintage silver wire jewelry pieces for the accents of flowers & leaves.

19 comments:

  1. Cheryl what a brilliant and original idea!!!!! so clever, looks great.

    thanks for leaving a lovely comment on my blog also :-)

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  2. Wow stunning pieces and so gorgeous idea. Love ist. Awesome.

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  3. Cheryl, you typewriter is STUNNING. I just love everything about the piece, and the fact that the typewriter is still fully functional is wonderful. Love the other piece as well. Diane

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  4. your idea is sooo brilliant and ingenious!!! what a stunning altered typewriter!!! GREAT - GREAT - GREAT!!!

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  5. Brilliant piece of artwork!!!!

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  6. Looks fabulous. Great idea!!!

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  7. wow this is so unique, absolutley brilliant:)

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  8. its gorgeous, so sweet.

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  9. HMCheryl,
    Your altered typewriter is fabulous! So original and so inpsiring! I love it!
    *Heidi*
    Everyday Cookies

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  10. Well, this is a one of a kind...for sure. So very clever and awesome to see.

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  11. i love love love your typewriter... and i thought i was clever using mine to display art - not as art itself!

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  12. Fantastic typewriter Cheryl! What a way to treat it! I think mine met with a sledgehammer!
    Great work
    Barb

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  13. OH WOW- the typewriter is absolutely fantastic!!! love it. the little baby piece is gorgeous also. brilliant!

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  14. Your typewriter is amazing, what a wonderful creative idea and best of all you can still use it = now that's a treasure. I love your little plate as well, that is something I have been collecting parts for, have not gotten to one....yet. Lovely artwork!!!

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  15. What an amazing typewriter! I love it. It reminds me of a show that traveled across the country several years ago with found objects being turned into art. The one that stands out in my memory was a set of bathroom scales fashioned from twinkies boxes.

    I just love what you have done!
    How clever!

    Cookie

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~Cheryl