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Flowers and Candy , Tin "quilt" artwork

Below...Professional photograph by Daniel Fox

Below...

Photograph by me in my kitchen. Hire a professional, it does matter.

Tin "quilt" on plywood 2016

Something different, a quilt-like pattern on plywood. It's 38" x 15" or so. Great fun to work on. There are so many little elements to be discovered. Can you find the pair of peacocks or the  Asian ladies? I went to India this last February and can't help but think that being confronted by all the color there had something to do with this new path.

What Every Boy Wants....Tin Artwork by Dave Yoas (In his own words)

"I started working with tin 18 years ago. During a trip to New Mexico I saw various examples of punched-tin art from the 1840’s to the present day.  There were wonderful hand-stamped tin artworks housing lights or saints. During that same trip I discovered a tin artist named Jeri Moe, who used up-cycled tin containers in her work. 

When I got home, to California, I decided to combine what I had seen…using both the New Mexican punched tin, “Nicho” form and the up cycled tin art for inspiration. I decided that I wanted to combine both the sacred and profane, the holy and earthly, influences.

What came out was the triptych: “What Every Boy Wants”. Please note that the title includes the word “boy”. It references the simplest juvenile desires. As a boy I was interested in 3 things in a mate:

 

I wanted my mate to be good…virtuous…..out came “Babes Above”

 

“…………………………” bad…..sexy……..out came “Dames In Flames”

 

“………………………….”caring…. helpful…. to take care of me……out came “Maid To Order”

 

As an adult,  it is not lost on me that there is A LOT more to having a descent mate/companion."

 

Dave Yoas will be showing his work!!!!

I had the good fortune of spending some time with Tin Artist Extraordinaire, Dave Yoas, this past weekend and was able to learn a little about his process. Some of Dave's pieces can take as long a two years to create and it shows in all the detail he puts into his work. Dave spends time seeking out just the right tin elements for his works and has quite the knack for finding them. When I was looking at his work this time I became painfully aware how much even good photographs don't do them justice. Go see his work in person and you will be delighted and amazed by his talent.

Dave Yoas will be showing his incredible tin artwork at La Pena next month, January 24th 7 to 9PM. For more information click here.

Work in Progress - Repurposed Tin Artwork

With every piece I do I learn something,just a little something. These things add up over time and that is what makes the process so gratifying. On this one I learned that cutting out leaf shapes from tin with greenery printed on it makes the leaves more interesting.

Home , repurposed tin artwork

Working on this was an interesting challenge. It looks simple and some might think I just sat down and made it one day. Truth is - it's been going on for months. The main image, an iron was easy, but I wasn't sure what the other two images would be. The teacup seemed right but then what else? A goat? A paper lantern? A pencil? I have 3 more tin toy ironing boards so I'm hoping to make more like this.

Since the background tin is a toy ironing board I wanted the images to  look like the ones that are in children's word books from the 50's.

 

Repurposed Tin Art by Jenny Fillius (New work)

Boy Who Cried Wolf

Midnight in Clown Town (thanks to Dave Yoas for title)

Introducing Lynda Kropman, Tin Artwork Marker in South Africa...

One day I received an email via my website from a woman in South Africa who had started doing tin work.  These images are of her art. I'm delighted by these pieces. The tins she uses aren't like any I've ever seen before. She has given be permission to share them here on my blog.They are truly wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leave Lynda a comment to let her know what you think.

Introducing Lynda Kropman, Tin Artwork in South Africa... Continued

Idle Hands Are the Devil's Workshop

Busy hands are happy hands and idle hands are the devil's workshop. Tin art made from repurposed metals.