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e what hides deep down in my art i have always had problem with people as a youth my pictures contained no man and no trace of him at all not even a house or man made object pure nature was joy and perfection get man involved and it all goes sour in my young adulthood i came to terms with this and began to explore humans and their environment i used pictures from every source in my collage and nothing was sacred slowly i have no decided that as a dare we say it mature adult i feel i no longer have the time to hide and i have begun to explore with putting my self into the picture the progression seems to point to the fact that i am forcing myself to go inward and get to the root of the matter and outward to see what it is that i show to the world i have looked back at these selflies these self portraits a la collage and i can see wrinkles lots of them actually without seeming vain i am trying to look at myself long enough to accept myself and live with this new older me i am hoping to see beyond the superficial into my mind too i can see connections in the art with how i feel in my heart they are my own symbols perhaps no one else can ever be expected to see them but i am connecting with the inside and the outside of my self perhaps there are some dormancies that need to come out of hibernation this is why these particular self portrait selfies pieces excite me enough to bring me out of my sleep and back to this blog to report it this excitement of self reflection and nirvana through creative art exploration posted by julie takacs at 9 20 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 7 13 2013 selfie been reading on the web about the selfie phenom it s where a person takes photos of themself via all those wondrous techno devices we have available to use now what a blast here s a wiki definition a selfie is a genre of self portrait photograph typically taken with a hand held digital camera or camera phone selfies are often associated with social networking and photo sharing services such as myspace facebook and instagram where they are commonly posted the whole selfie thing was something i just discovered but the idea of a self portrait via art surely isn t a new idea frida did it van gogh did it durer did it and thankfully he did i love his self portraits most of all durer self portrait each year for the past 3 years i have given my dear husband a set of artwork based on the sea since that is where we spend our vacation time together it s a sweet topic loaded with fodder for my wild imagination since this set of artwork is for my love i try extra hard to bare my soul on these works and try to make them extra good extra special e x t r a everything my love of the ocean stirred romantic visions of my own self with a lot of shells seaweed and ocean wrapped in my hair i made it real with collage i took a photo of myself yes a selfie and used it and made it happen i was the mother of pearl all whites freshly married and feeling white that was my absolute favorite work of that year i was very pleased with idea of giving my self to him via art last year i was all about mermaids i made images of merchicks and immersed myself in the idea of being a mermaid i cannot recall whether or not i did a self portrait but i have been thinking about it for months finally this year i decided i was going to do a whole series of them an ipad and iphone a camera my tools of selfie i have done 3 more self portraits with the aid of my camera again these are based on the sea i cannot stop myself i have 3 done and i am formulating the fourth it s a great thing to put yourself in the art it feels so utterly liberating and i am not afraid to do anything like i am when i use a photo that s already been taken of someone i have never met through the art i am going places places i want to take you it s my version of a selfie masquerade 3rd year mother of pearl 1st year posted by julie takacs at 11 30 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 2 19 2013 i m teaching a workshop yes i m teaching a workshop the experience of teaching design and graphic design at suny cobleskill as an adjunct for the past 4 years has started to really pay off i have been doing an altered book final project for my class for 4 sessions now it s been really great to see what students can do in just 4 sessions i get really excited and very humbled when i see the talent that i can draw out of people this challenge has appealed to me and i find now that i have some confidence and experience behind my belt it means i have the skills and courage now to tackle teaching a local workshop whitney hubbard of the fort plain free library has been urging me for awhile now to do something at her library it s such a beautiful location with glorious wooden floors and tall ceilings all wrapped up within this stately and unique old historical building on the corner in ft plain i love the space it s got a huge table with i don t know how many seats plus a nice glass display case where i can display some samples of altered books from times past i can t wait to let my various artist friends know that their work is on display here in town i set up a workshop based on 6 weeks figuring the general population will need 6 weeks some will miss some clases some will be so challenged it will take awhile and others hopefully will be in a creative rapture and be unable to quit i am so glad to be active and busy again in my art life the past 8 months have been difficult while i quit my day job and took on working with my husband full time for his antique biz i finally have relaxed enough and figure that now i really can make enough money to survive now i am back at the table back at work and teaching even come join us if you can in fort plain during the month of march while we tear up some books the poster posted by julie takacs at 3 09 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest a black history month special featuring denise allen please note all images used in this post are copyrighted by denise allen all right reserved permission to use these images must be cleared through the artist it isn t too often that an exhibit that entices me so much comes to the little town of canajoharie this month we are all blessed with an exhibit of dolls story quilts paintings and mixed media by the talented local artist denise allen second floor space at the brotherhood filled with artwork i first heard of denise a few years ago from chris denise shops our fort plain antiques store and buys up all sorts of vintage linens a passion for linens is something i can appreciate i like to use them and hoard them i have my grandmothers hand crocheted work i use tidbits in my work already i had respect for this woman and i was intrigued about what she was doing with all these forlorn linen pieces that i also adore i couldn t wait to see how she used them and what she did with them i have heard many good things about denise she is doing good things for our community one such good deed is the donation of her time and effort on behalf of tyson fowler see the entire story here she sadly lost a son during the 911 catastrophe and has made a story quilt documenting the experience the proceeds from the sales of the 911 prints will be donated to the tyson fowler fund i love how she has taken her grief full circle to help someone living there s depth to this person and her ability to give to those in need through her work shows it she makes story quilts these incredibly rich tapestries of brute honesty she has exhibited in some pretty high profile places and i am so humbled i have more seriously been wanting to catch up with her and meet her ever since i saw her work in person at the brotherhood antiques store where she has some things on display and for sale and so it was with great excitement my pal travis button and i went down to the brotherhood in canajoharie to see this exhibit detail of quilt above it s on the second floor of the building in this hauntingy beautiful open and raw space the bones of this building are exposed and it provides a great foil for the most intricate and decorated work of denise allen the front windows provide an almost primitive style light and atmosphere perfect for absorbing these intense pieces of artwork 1154 dean street 650 this is my personal fave collage built on a wooden door swoon i was very slow as i went through each piece trying to take in all the multitudes of materials that denise has mastered and used in her work so many materials are used there is no limit to the types of items that may appear in one of her compositions a work with fabric for a base will have painted surfaces embroidery attached objects handwriting and even cardboard fastened to it to help tell a tale cool figures extending beyond the boundaries of the picture plane her talent is extraordinary in that these various items work together in harmony to tell the story so well you forget to see the individual parts i was mesmerized and happy to be able to spend time up close and personal with these works in such a cool setting the negro cooks recipe collage cookbook cover 380 i love this blue and white pottery made of fabric it s really ingenious cheers to joe fowler of the brotherhood for supplying such a groovy space for such a great cultural thing for our community and especially for me i love to see this in our town collage on these dolls have such stature isn t her attire so lovely these intense pieces of art are really involved and active it s easy to get lost in her neighborhood and look to see who is there her ability to show expression on the faces of the dolls is also quite extraordinary joe the mechanic 450 they have such feeling and their elaborate costumes had me wondering which little tidbits she got from our store church gossip 450 i am so glad denise has shared her work in this exhibit this type of web weaving isn t something you see often this is some seriously good stuff they call it folk art but i just call it creative genius mother butler nfs denise s 911 prints will be for sale at the tyson fowler fundraising event on sunday at canajoharie high school see you there posted by julie takacs at 9 17 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 8 15 2012 i had a video in mind i was so excited when i got my ipad and i thought it was going to change my internet world and how i react with it i started my first video blog post and found that it was a lot harder being your own producer actress than i had thought i did a bunch of footage and as i looked it over i just kept finding flaws i really wanted to post it here and held on stubbornly so i could come up with the right video then came my life bounding in with it s utter immediacy things in my world are about to change so dramatically that it has tipped and upset my delicate balance you know how hard it is to get collage work done when the focus is lost i have had a complete loss of life focus chris has been needing help at his antique store for quite awhile now and we hold back knowing that it means finding someone he can trust in addition to committing hours for someone money is tight and we really just haven t had the means to do this so we mutually decided that it would be best if i give it a try and help him myself this is a pretty big undertaking i am talking about quitting my day job of 14 years and also leaving my printing related career of 29 years and moving into being an antique dealer the skill sets are quite different that s for sure even though i am a mac techician by day i deal with the same folks from my company day after day in my new capacity i will be dealing retail with the public setting up store displays promoting the business on line etc it s a lot different than what i am used to since this job has a flexible schedule and basically i am working for myself i am so excited i could burst but this moment is still a month away and i am in the middle of the prep that is required to make the leap we have taken care of our financials and that s all ready for this new mode and now i am trying to clean up my computer at work and get ready to give my notice you dear reader know even before them please accept my excuses and lack of blogging for what it is i am looking forward to finally having some time to work on things for myself such as this blog and my own internet presence when this whole job thing switches over meanwhile i apologize for such sparse posting it have been doing artwork in fact i just finished an 8 page series of mermaid based works inspired by my trip to maine next week well really i have to use up those vacation days collage is still at the bottom of my heart and i am narrowing down my focus on a few super big projects that i have always wanted to tackle things that are dear to my heart but will take a lot of perseverence and effort i think this next phase of my life will allow me this time to work and i cannot wait to see what happens next posted by julie takacs at 6 49 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 7 18 2012 a crash course in online piracy i was contacted via email by katherine long who is part of onlinegraduateprograms com a team of designers and researchers that designed a graphic which highlights how the billions of dollars that hollywood claims to lose due to piracy isn t all that they make it out to be in fact it may be helping them she kindly offered to share the graphic with collage clearinghouse readers and i was happy to oblige it s really well done and i love the way the graphic symbols match the content i was also amazed with the facts in it s content take a look for yourself and see where your opinion lies posted by julie takacs at 5 16 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 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