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Thursday, March 22, 2012

~ The Art of Su Blackwell ~

by Tina~in_ut

Su Blackwell is an artist who works predominantly within the realm of paper. Armed with a scalpel, she transforms the pages of old books into three dimensional works of art. She finds her books at used book stores, reads them for inspiration, and then creates these amazing dioramas set in either wood or glass boxes. I hope you enjoy them as I have.

The Baron in the Trees
Tiny Details

The Orient Express

Out of Narnia

The Woodcutter's Hut
Little Red Riding Hood
Alice in Wonderland

27 comments:

Unknown said...

oh yeah...Su Blackwell!! I personally like this work...but there are a lot of complaints that it makes the books damn near impossible to read...

Tinka said...

Good Morning Michael - What is your avatar today?

Tina - Those are fantastic. I found them to be amazing. I wonder why some people get all the talent.

I have the sprinkler man coming any minute to set up the sprinkler system for the warm weather that we still don't have yet. Must have breakfast. Be back later.

Unknown said...

Tinka ....

That is my new dream car...a 2012 Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe....all in white...angelic...like me ya know.

Unknown said...

notice the fine teak tonneau? Same teak floorboards and in the boot..

Lynn D said...

Morning Glories!

Tina those are fabulous! I have really realized lately that art is composed of so many things and the best art is usually outside the box.

Thank you for sharing!

Tinka said...

Good Morning Lynn - Happy Spring Day to you. Our sun is actually shining. Is yours?

Michael - Will you take me for a ride in your new angelic car? It's my kind of car too.

sacBarb said...

Those are amazing. The detail is unbelievable. I agree with Tinka, all the talent goes to a select few and I am not in that group.

Michael, nice ride.

Lynn, So true. How is your painting coming along?

Greetings and happy day to all the Owls.

Unknown said...

yes Tinka...

we'll go down and look at that house on the coast....I just gotta figure out how I wanna come up with the $530,000.00 to get it!!

oh...and pick the crystal pattern for the picnic kit in the boot...

Unknown said...

SacBarb...hi...

Where are you in your recovery? Is it going normally or do you feel you are getting back to normal quickly? Did your doctor give you a time frame?

Like..are you up to going out for lunch or shopping...things like that?

Tinka said...

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Tinka said...

Hi Sac-Barb - I just woke from my nap and see you have landed in the nest. How are you doing now? Great I hope.

Michael - You will have no trouble coming up with that amount of money. I know that. I have the right crystal picnic set in mind. I will order it.

I taped America Idol last night so I am going to snuggle down and watch that. I am retired, why can't I have a lazy day?

sacBarb said...

Michael & Tinka, I am doing very well in my recovery. Thanks for asking. I had a doctor appointment yesterday and he has given me permission to drive. Up to now, I have been relegated to the back seat and have had to use a pillow between me and the seat belt because of the air bags, in case of an accident. Chad told him that he was tired of doing the 'driving Miss Daisey' thing. So I will be driving myself to church Saturday night. Yay!

Unknown said...

thats great Barb!

Well I find that kind of stressful...lol...to me!

Can you get a police escort the first couple of times...for my peace of mind?

Tinka said...

Barb - I am happy to hear of your increasing recovery. I know what it's like to feel like "Driving Miss Daisy". Before my daughter got a car with "smart, all the way around air bags I sat in the back seat when I was in her car. It was on the advice of my doctor who said with my height and osteo it would be dangerous to be in the front. When air bags first came out little children would sit in the front seat. It's a tragedy that some children died before they decided babies and little children should never be in the front.

Maureen said...

TINA...those are incredible. How does someone even think to do that. Amazing.

From yesterday...so sorry that those stupid people picked your car for thier stupidness. Thankfully the daughter didn't go ahead and walk into that.

When I lived in L.A some friends and I decided to take a long weekend and go to SD and Tijuanna. I drove and when we decided to go to TJ in picked a closed lot...$12 to park in as I thought it would be safer. Yeah right. We come back from TJ and I ask my friends where the car was. They replied "right there, with the back window broken" SOB...someone broke out my back driver's side window and stole my awesome leather jacket. That ruined the weekend as we had to head back and get the window fixed. Oh, and I MADE the parking attendent give me back my $12!!

Maureen said...

SAC BARB...how wonderful that you are doing so well. YAY! How much longer is Chad staying?

Tina~in_ut said...

I've got a freaking migraine...so I'll mad this quick....but prolly not accurate......so sorry~

Mo~ thought of you when i found these pics! sorry about the TJ incident.....it sucks doesn't it? I realized today when i started actually scrapbooking (and not shopping) that they took the playbill and tickets from my daughter's musical.....I was going to use those for the very first page of her scrapbook! STUPID PEOPLE!!!! prolly what gave me the migraine~

Sackie~ glad ur doing so well~ ....but nothing wrong with the whole driving miss daisy thing~ ijs~

Tinka~ Was sprinkler man hot?~ ija~

Michael~ read the book....when it arrives~

LynnD~ i love how creative people are~

Did anyone watch the new keifer sutherland show tonight? I did....not sure about it....still like awake and person of interest better~ There are too many thursday shows!!!!~

Off to sleep....hafta git up early tomorrow so I can sit and scrap all day! :D

Just_Lin said...

Michael Congrats on being first today. I like your choice of cars. Will you buy me one, too? Pretty please?

Just_Lin said...

Tina Those are really cool! Gee, that artist is kind of an ultimate scrap-booker. No pun intended. ;)

Just_Lin said...

Tinka That artist sure does have talent and also a lot of patience, I would think.

Just_Lin said...

LynnD Waving a wing at you. I hope things are continuing to improve for your brother.

Just_Lin said...

SacBarb Woo hoo! I'm glad to read that you're doing well enough to start driving again. LOL @ Chad's Driving Miss Daisy remark.

Just_Lin said...

MO Oh, I would have been soooo pissed off to have my car damaged like that in a lot you pay to park in! Sorry it ruined that weekend for you.

Just_Lin said...

Tina Oh, shit! I'm so sorry they got those momentos of your daughter's performance. I know you must have been so disappointed when you realized that. :(

Just_Lin said...

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Unknown said...

love it

Unknown said...

love it