Tuesday, January 29, 2013

One Man's Trash

Scrap wood
Moth on scrap wood
On Sunday I picked up a whole bunch of pieces of scrap wood from the trash at the carpenter's station in our construction site and Manolo looked at me like I was crazy but I had big plans for these small discarded blocks. I sanded them, gave one of the faces a layer of white acrylic and now they're my little canvases. 
They might become another man's treasure :-)

25 Lovely Comments:

Blogger My Little Corner said...

That's awesome! Good for you!

1/29/2013 1:17 PM  
Blogger wada said...

conozco esa mirada!

1/29/2013 1:22 PM  
Blogger bc said...

Lovely! When I am walking the beach admiring driftwood I often think oh, what Geninne could do with that!

1/29/2013 1:27 PM  
Anonymous rk said...

Lovely! They look like those professional artist blocks I think I have seen at DickBlick. Recycling is ever better! You can keep some of these as mementos of your new house construction process :)

1/29/2013 1:30 PM  
Blogger Margie said...

I could scream, which is not unusual when it comes to your talents. I have been following you for a long time. I have two questions which I think your gazillions of readers would love to know.

1) Could you tell us what a typical day is for you, from morning to night when you finally stop, and 2) how you manage to be soooooo prolific as an artist. I have never seen anything quite like it. Do you sleep, LOL?

Hugs, Margie

1/29/2013 2:28 PM  
Blogger Kalei's Best Friend said...

With your talent, you can make anything look valuable!.

1/29/2013 3:07 PM  
Blogger kat scanlan said...

Love !

1/29/2013 5:59 PM  
Blogger Anne B. said...

Gorgeous. I love paintings directly on wood.

1/29/2013 7:48 PM  
Blogger floating thru fields said...

cool :)
very resourceful and a fun change of materials

1/29/2013 8:10 PM  
Blogger Shahrul Niza said...

This is a lovely ideas, Gennine :). I tried painted watercolor on gesso but somehow it didn't turn out nicely, Do you have any advise on this?. I love love projects like this, LOVE to see what you'd inspire us :). Thanks! HUGS.

1/29/2013 11:11 PM  
Blogger Nadia said...

Great idea!! That is really lovely!

1/29/2013 11:52 PM  
Blogger Lori ann said...

lovely and charming and especially wonderful that you have reused and repurposed. and they surely are a treasure now!

1/30/2013 12:09 AM  
Blogger froebelsternchen Susi said...

great idea! I used such blocks with glueing first paper and then stamped on ... but this looks so fab natural!

fab!

1/30/2013 12:57 AM  
Blogger Bobbi Arbore said...

So cute. I used to draw on pieces of wood too,I love the feel of it. Can't wait to see what you'll do next with these!

1/30/2013 1:51 AM  
Anonymous Lorelei said...

With a felt or cork bottom these would make fantastic paper-weights. You continue to amaze me. I check in every day to see what you have done next. Thank you for sharing your talents.

1/30/2013 1:56 AM  
Blogger Almu said...

Qué precioso, Geninne.
Yo también soy de guardar cosas que alguien tira y darles una nueva vida!
Por cierto, tengo en un cajón un saco de arroz pakistaní, lo guardé cuando ví la funda de tu máquina de coser :-D Aún no he pensado cómo reutilizarlo, pero me gusta!
Gracias otra vez por compartir tus bellas creaciones!

1/30/2013 3:39 AM  
Blogger BéBé Chérie said...

That is a fantastic idea! Just white acrylic paint as base? It turned out beautifully!

1/30/2013 5:40 AM  
Blogger shenyon said...

I'd buy one! The butterfly block is beautiful.

1/30/2013 8:23 AM  
Anonymous Jennifer Allison said...

way to go!!! can't wait to see what the others morph in to. :)

1/30/2013 8:32 AM  
Anonymous Cyndi said...

Those are *fabulous* - I love finding little pieces like that and creating something with them. :D Awesome stuff! Tweeted this.

1/30/2013 8:37 AM  
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1/30/2013 9:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd make them into a game for kids!

1/30/2013 2:55 PM  
Anonymous John said...

Great Idea!!! I'll have my daughter paint the wood and see her masterpiece :)

2/01/2013 6:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks for share...

2/19/2013 7:12 PM  
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