Titled "3:16"

 This assemblage is titled "3:16".

The box in this once was a gift box of sausage and cheese, it now has pages from old, re- purposed, Prayer Books, Hymnals and Bibles collaged on the inside, many of them prayers for the whole world during this trying time.

The tin heart was painted red, and 3 rusted spikes were added to it, symbolic of the nails that were used in crucifying Jesus. The crown that comes out the top of the box signifies Jesus as King of kings, and Prince of peace.
The blue and green heart at the base depicts the world, with the continents featured in green.

On the outside of the box, on one side is a rusted cross, beneath are dominoes, the numbers 3 - 1 - 6 signify the chapter and verse from John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”

On the other side is a 3-D’d lithograph rendition of “The Virgin in Prayer”, by artist Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato.

Grow in Grace

2 Peter 3:18 “...grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.”

COVID-19 Sometimes humor helps.

I had these seed pods and thought they looked a lot like the corona virus pictures we've been seeing on TV (under the microscope view).  So I used them on a mask, and put them on a head and shoulder bust I have sitting on my porch.  Something to relieve some of the stress of this pandemic.

2020 Art As Prayer Show Postponed to Later Date

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) that is a threat to all of us, we regret that we have to postpone, to a later date, the 2020 Art as Prayer Show, that was scheduled for March 18-22nd at Christ Episcopal Church, Delavan, WI. Thank you to all our fabulous artists, and we hope they will be able to be a part of our rescheduled Art Show, sometime after Easter.

What are YOU Seeking?

What are we seeking? God, truth, justice, happiness, peace, a place of refuge or sanctuary, knowledge, freedom, or ???
All these things and more are what we all are seeking at some time or other in this journey called life.

Come and see how area artists express themselves, as they answer these questions, and more at the ART AS PRAYER SHOW, March 18-22nd at Christ Episcopal, Delavan, WI.

We are also seeking ARTISTS to be part of this experience, all ages, all mediums are welcome to enter. DEADLINE FOR ARTISTS IS MARCH 10th for the March 18-22 Show.

Bringing Awareness of MMIW (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women)

At the end of January, I attended an opening for an Art Exhibit at UW Whitewater's Crossman Gallery, called, "Stolen Sisters".  The art featured was meant to bring awareness of MMIW  (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women).
 Thousands upon thousands women and girls have gone missing for years, some found murdered, some still not found after years and years of searching.
Law enforcement, journalists, and activists in Indigenous communities - in both the US and Canada - have fought to bring awareness to this connection between sex trafficking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and the women who go missing and turn up murdered.
Indigenous women and girls are being taken in an alarming way.  Native American women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than other ethnicities and it's the third leading cause of death for them (Centers for Disease Control).  The majority of these murders are committed by non-Native people on Native-owned land. Because of the lack of communication between state, local, and tribal law enforcement, it's difficult to begin the investigation process.  Many times when Indigenous women and girls go missing, or when Indigenous murder victims are unidentified, forensic evidence has not been accurately collected or preserved by local law enforcement. Cases have been allowed to quickly go "cold", and crucial evidence has been "lost", or never forwarded on from local law enforcement to the appropriate agencies.

The red hand over her mouth 
symbolizes the inability of many victims 
to speak for themselves

According to the National Crime Information Center, 5,712 American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls were reported missing in 2016 alone, but only 116 of those cases were logged with the Department of Justice. Violence against Native American women is much less likely to be reported or prosecuted than violence against non-Native women.

Beginnings, on the workbench

My Shadow Box assemblage installation is also meant to bring awareness of what is an almost invisible epidemic, and hopefully helping to make Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls visible!
This assemblage will be featured at the Art as Prayer Show at Christ Episcopal Church, Delavan, WI, March 18 - 22, 2020.

Making Crowns for my Santos Angel

I used some small lampshades, turned upside down to make a couple of crowns for my Santos Angel (see previous post of the renovations on the angel)  I found a decorative wire bowl, and cut it apart, along with jewelry parts and odds and ends... I love how they turned out!

I like the crown with the turquoise colored stone in it best for this Santos Angel.  I'll have to find another one for the other crown!

And the reason I made crowns for my Santos Angel is also found in the Book of Revelation 4:9-11,  "And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,
 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Beautiful!