At Inspiration Avenue this week they are having a "Show and Tell" session, so I thought I would share a few pieces that I had blogged on my other blog (when I had 2 blogs) which was for "creepier" stuff. That blog was called "In the Corner of My Eye", and it allowed me to explore the darker side of my imagination. I mostly did collage, fancy cutting and working on A6 card pieces.
This first piece was inspired by the prompt word "Mirror"
I don't like mirrors...I always expect to see someone behind me...and they don't work right. When I stand in front of a mirror why can I see things reflected that are to the side of the thing and not just in line with it??? It just creeps me out :/ (See ...something even weirder about me you didn't know :D)
This second piece was inspired by the prompt "Timeless Elegance"
The background is a photo I took while walking, and the elegant ladies and the clock face were printed on vellum before being cut out and glued. Loved that effect, I think this was actually the first collage of this style that I ever made.
..and this is probably one of the most "not sure how to take this" ones I ever made. The background image is a photo I took of a plastic statue in a theme park, and it looked like a very pious but very creepy monk. I cut out an image of a beautiful angel and over-laid it. I think I was trying to show the different ways people interpret religious devotion, and that there can be a dark as well as a good side to any intense belief.
I have to say I have really enjoyed revisiting these old friends...and all the others I haven't posted here :D
Enjoy...or maybe not mwahahahahaha........:D XXX
I never knew you had two blogs. Nice to see that side of you too! Manon xx
ReplyDeleteOoo! I love them! They are very beautiful (even if some think they are creepy lol) =)
ReplyDeleteI love that you are sharing these. I like them a lot. Love how ghostly the women are. Is your other blog still alive or have you deleted it?
ReplyDeleteI amalgamated the 2 about 18 months ago Natahsa...part of my reconnecting strategy :D Now people get to see me as a whole :D
DeleteMost interesting pieces, Gina - I love the ghostly women too. Glad you amalgamated - keeps you from getting a 'split personality'. ha ha. hugs Donna
ReplyDeleteGina, these are great! They are all so different! The Timeless one and the last one, are so beautiful! I think you are the only person I know, who gets creeped out by mirrors!
ReplyDeleteI know just what you mean about feeling that when you look in the mirror there will be another face ........
ReplyDeleteThese are really interesting, in-depth images, a little like that 'mirror' feeling. They take collage to another level. Very impressive.
Wonderful! Lots of surprises in your images. I was loving the colors and butterflies in the first one, then I looked more closely. Very cool. Thanks for playing with us at IA.
ReplyDeleteThe mirror image is wonderful. I couldn't make it out at all from Inspiration Ave's little thumbnail so it hit me like a pie in the face when your page open.
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