Moving my Blog

Do I have any faithful readers left? It's been so long since I posted here  that I doubt it. But in the event that I do, I am posting regularly on my Facebook page www.facebook.com/rustybuttonstudio. I post regular updates on the progress of my work, photos of works in progress, festival schedules and show dates on my page. So if all of that interests you, go to my page, like it, and receive regular updates. Hope to see you all there!

Rusty Button Studio Fall/Winter Schedule of Events

Rusty Button Studio

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, November 9, 2013                            

Holiday Vendor and Bake Sale                                

St. Joseph's Church                          

Leicester Street Perry, NY                               

10am - 6pm

 Saturday, November 16, 2013                        

Batavia High School 25th Annual Craft & Gift Festival    

Batavia High School                                 

260 State Street Batavia, NY                                

10am - 4pm

 Friday, November 22- Sunday November 24, 2013 

Holiday Bazaar Arts & Craft Sale                 

Rochester Museum and Science Center

Rochester, NY

5pm - 9pm, 9:30am - 5pm, 11am - 4pm

 Friday, November 29 - Sunday, December 1, 2013

2013 Artist Open House 2nd Annual Holiday Sale

Flying Whale Studios

143 William Street

Geneva, NY

5pm - 8pm, 9am - 5pm, 11am – 4pm

Hope to see you there!

 

Step Right Up!

 

 

Step Right Up! Re-Vamped (a little)

 

I added the seal "poster" on the left.

 

 

And I painted the pig, at the request of my Baby-Girl. She was right!!

 

 



Inner Works

Here's a new piece I created a couple of weeks ago. It depicts the inner workings of our mind. (Or maybe just mine...)

I covered the box  and doll head with an old mechanical drawing printed on tissue paper I found at an estate sale.

Kicking Off The Summer Season!

Wow, it's coming up fast! My first sale of the season and I'm almost ready. I just need to do some finishing touches on some POS items, take some photos and pack the truck. Then it's off to the waterfront on Saturday!!
What a great venue! It's a little breezy, but you just can't beat being by the water, listening to awesome musical artists and meeting great people. I can't wait to be there!

MAY 18, 2013 BUFFALO SAM THIS WEEK! FOOD THIS WEEK'S ARTISTS VERY ENTERTAINING THIS WEEK'S FOOD TRUCK We specialize in crowd pleasing Fried Dough and Olde Tyme Birch Beer. We also have french fries, cotton candy, lemonade, loganberry...just about anything that is needed for your special event. New for this year, we have Rippers! What's a "Ripper"?? Learn more here. Quick Links Upcoming SAM dates About Us Directions Join Our Mailing List Greetings! We are so excited that our 2013 Saturday Artisan Market season will be kicking off this weekend, on Saturday, May 18th! This season, we'll operate on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month, through September. Hope to see you there! Many of your favorite vendors from 2012 are returning, and we'll be welcoming a whole lotta new talent this year, as well! Just wait till you see it! The lineup changes every market date, so come back often! See you on the wharf, Robin & Julie Buffalo Saturday Artisan Market MAY 18 SCHEDULED ARTISANS Leatherbarrow Glass - Evolve Designs - Aremel Soaps - Just Beachy - Goldhawk Pottery - Little Bag Boutique - Lizard Breath Beads - The Other Dyes - Bflo Enterprises - Medicine Man Guitars - JD Horst Artwork - Lily Kat Designs - Lunar Light Studios - Nature Images by Orfeo - SOS Designs - Creekside Art & Pottery - Ed Jakubowski - Buffalo Art Prints - Ginametrical - Plum Creek Staff Co. - KMP Designs - Jane's Twinkling Eyes - Anything Art Co. - Nanny Goat Jewels - Rusty Button Studio - Cardinal Designs - Mehandi Mahal Henna UNDER THE MUSIC TENT 10:00 am - Porcelain Train 11:00 am - Fleuron Rouge 12:00 noon - Buffalo City Limits 1:30 pm - ADub & Timmy P. 3:00 pm - Chasin' the Past 4:00 pm - Birdie Cree MARK YOUR CALENDAR Our next Saturday Artisan Market will be held on Saturday, June 1. Contact Us Buffalo Saturday Artisan Market info@buffalosaturdayartmarket.com c/o 51 Boll Drive Elma, New York 14059

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Rusty Button Studio 2013 Art Festival Schedule

 

 

                 Kicking off the Summer Art Festival season at the Central Wharf May 18!

2013 Season Schedule is now posted on the margin here on my blog in "Upcoming Events" and on my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rusty-Button-Studio-Mixed-Media-Art/164576013579396.

 

Hope to see you!!

Midnight in the Garden

This work was totally unplanned. Infact, I was working on something else. I was looking for something for the other piece when I found the rusted "wing-thing" (a Christmas gift from my brother). I laid the charlotte on it, and kept right on going...

4:Resurrection and Serendipity

First, I want to tell you that I have a piece,
This piece:

in a show which opens THIS Friday, February 15, 2013 from 6pm-11pm at 464 Gallery @ 464 Ashland Avenue Buffalo, NY. The show is called 4:Resurrection. The 4 is for the gallery's 4 year anniversary, and the Resurrection is for the theme of the show which is basically repurpose and reuse. The Gallery wanted pieces of artwork created from found objects made new again. Right up my alley, right? Right! I'm excited to see what else will be there!!

And now for part deux...

Serendipity, meaning happy accident or pleasant surprise.

Two years ago, I was selling my artwork at a Holiday Bazaar in Rochester, NY. I sold ALOT of artwork that weekend, including a small art doll in a box I called Donatus. It had been one of my favorite pieces, and when the man came up to me with it in his hand, I felt a pang in my heart. To say I was sad to it go would be an understatement. I thought about it often. Sometimes as an artist, we develop a special attachment to the pieces we create, but we know we can't keep them all or we'd starve. This was one of those pieces.

I thought about Donatus alot after that, like I said before, often wishing I had held on to it. Really, it was a small piece, it wouldn't have taken up much space... I could have brought something else to sell instead of that...Why couldn't I have just held on to it?? (These are the things that would go through my head) Well, apparently, the Universe heard me and...

Fast forward to the end of last summer~I had joined a mixed media art group on FB and was contacted by a fellow member. Turns out, she lived in Rochester. Turns out, she knew the man who had purchased Donatus. Turns out, she had Donatus! Turns out, she wants to return it to me! Now, normally that might have offended me, but not in this case. I had actually just been lamenting (again) over my decision to sell Donatus only just a few days before!

M. had said the piece had been purchased for a family member, who's taste in art was quite different than what the purchaser had thought. Donatus then moved into M.'s house, where he stayed quietly on a shelf. Long story short, M. offered to return Donatus to me. I gladly accepted and offered to replace it. M. has never taken me up on my offer, and instead, sent along another gift (as if the return of Donatus wasn't enough!).

How perfect! I just love them! I wore them way past Halloween and around Christmas, decided to put them away for a while, but boy do they make me smile!! Thank you, M.! For everything!!

How serendipitous...

My studio threw up in my work space

AAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Downstairs Upstairs and Two Jacks

Went downstairs today and made a Jack-in-the-Box.

 

 

 

 Then I went upstairs and created a pumpkin-head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack-in-the-box and Jack-O-Lantern

creative in other ways

 

I'm feeling a little "saturated" today. I should be working in my studio, getting work done for my last show of the season. (Rochester Museum & Science Center Holiday Bazaar) But I wasn't feeling "it" this morning. I've been working on these little date magnets for my Advent calendars for the last 4 days now and I'm getting a little burned out. Or saturated.

 

 

So I went out to mow the lawn. Then I broke the mower.

Now what??

On my way back into the house to figure out what to do next, I passed my wagon full of ripening tomatoes plucked from the garden just before the last frost and suddenly knew what I was going to do next!

I would cook up the ripe tomatoes, along with some peppers, including some habeneros I bought last weekend at the farmer's market and then freeze it to use as a chili or soup base. And just like my artwork, this idea evolved.

It tasted wonderful and had quite a spicy kick to it! I only used 1 habenero, but I also used some fresh jalepenos and a tiny hungarian pepper from the garden. I decided instead, to make some black bean dip.

 

After simmering the tomatoes in olive oil with onions and fresh garlic, I added sea salt, some pickled jalepeno juice, and (yes) cinnamon and sugar. Added to that, 3 cans of black beans.

 



 

This delicious concoction is now simmering to perfection and I feel as if I created something today ~in my kitchen, if not in my studio.

 

Now I need to go get some tortilla chips!

 

 

 

 

 



ARTBreast Exhibition at Impact Artists' Gallery

Sat Sept 22nd 7-10pm Bidders’ Live Auction of 24 ARTbreasts

There is a great buzz around town regarding 81 amazing ARTbreasts (created from display mannequins) at Impact Artists Gallery’s exhibition Altered Perceptions: A JOURNEY OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE. On Saturday September 22nd 7-10pm we offer oncology doctors, gynecology doctors, mammogram centers, MRI clinics and any hospital facility an opportunity to own and display an amazing ARTbreast for their reception rooms and personal offices. We urge the public to bid and donate an ARTbreast to a favorite medical facility “ in the honor of or memory of” a loved one who fought or is fighting a personal battle against breast cancer. Join us for the fun at our Bidders’ Live Auction, at which 24 ARTbreasts will be available to bid on. For this fundraiser tickets are $25 each, 2 for $40 and can be reserved early by calling the gallery. Lastly the remaining balance of ARTbreasts will be auctioned thru ‘BiddingforGood.com’ online in October, which should draw national attention. We invite you to join us for a great evening of fun including the excitement of bidding, music by Geno McManus, auctioneer Richard Bronstein, food served by the Professional Culinary Institute students, basket and 50/50 raffles. !

This ARTbreast Exhibition is a co-partnered fundraising endeavor by Impact Artists Gallery and Breast Cancer Network of WNY designed to attract awareness, create dialog and self-accountability. More info on Breast Cancer Network of WNY is available at www.bcnwny.org or contact info@bcnwny.org or 716-706-0060

All events held at Impact Artists Gallery, Tri-Main Center, Suite 545, 2495 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 716.835.6817 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 716.835.6817, check out impactartist.wordpress.com, like us on Facebook. The 12 public-voted favorite ARTbreasts at the Artists’ Opening Reception are intended for a 2013 calendar if sponsorship funds continue. Contact Susan Marie Borden, Exh Chair re: sponsorship on prcontact.impactartistgallery@gmail.com or 716-578-7746 

Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts and Breast Cancer Awareness Update



Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts ~ Buffalo, NY

This is what I work all year for! This is the best art festival I've done to date!! Kudos to Tanya and Joe!! Excellent job! And the people are So-O-O-O-o generous and friendly~artists and patrons alike. I just LOVE this art fest!

 

 

Here's some photos of my booth...

 

 

There is a children's parade on Sunday afternoon to mark the closing of the festival.

 

 

 To all who came out to support me and my fellow artists~ THANK YOU!! I hardly had time to take any photos! : ) Many pieces of my artwork went to good homes this weekend.

 

Impact Artists Gallery Breast Cancer Awareness Project Update:

 

The event is called Altered Perceptions: A Journey of Strength and Courage

Sept. 5 - 29 ~ ARTbreast Exhibition

11am-4pm Wed-Sat

 

Sept 13 ~ The Artists Reception

Invitation for the public to vote for their favorite to be featured in the 2013 calendar

5pm-8pm Thurs

 

Sept. 28

Fourth Friday at the Tri-Main

The best 30 juror-selected entries printed as a limited edition poster. Both on sale.

5pm-8pm Fri

 

Sept. 29

Black Tie Live Auction

7pm-10pm Sat

 

October

Bidding For Good

Online Auction begins on balance of entries

 

 

Next up: Clothesline Festival, grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

Sept.8 & 9



Breast Cancer Awareness Project Complete!

 All done!

Not sure if I'm happy with it or not. I got a little pressed for time, so I'm not sure I gave it my all.

But, it is done and I'll post more info on the show and auction dates as they get closer.

Gotta run!!

BCA Project Update

Yikes! Now I'm stymied!! I am suffering from artist's block, probably brought on by the deadline for this project being August 15th if I want it photographed.
Well, this is what I completed 2 days ago. I added a vintage faux pearl choker to which I added a vintage trim of glass beads, probably from a Flapper's dress!
I affixed a stone heart to a rusty metal heart and stuck that on with some glue and some rusty wire. Vintage lace was added to the bottom and a mix of different shades of pink and white sequins were glued to the breasts.

Hopefully, I'll get an idea or 2 today. I guess if I didn't get any more ideas and didn't do anything else to it, it could be done. But in my mind, it is not completed.

Breast Cancer Awareness Project

These next couple of blog entries will document my progress with the Impact Artists Gallery Altered Perceptions: A Journey of Strength and Courage project. 80 artists were asked to donate their creative imagination with recycled PVC mannequins. These mannequins will then be exhibited, juried, with the 30 best printed on a poster for sale, and finally, put up for bid in a bidders' live auction.

First, I made a plaster cast of the PVC mannequin. The top is then decoupaged with dress pattern tissue paper. The bodice is painted with pink, acrylic paint.

So far, I've glued tiny, square glass and stone tiles left over from one of my husband's construction projects across the top of the bodice. I affixed the stone heart to a rusty metal heart and affixed both with wire and glue to the form. 2 vintage drapery tie back tacks have been added to the center of each breast and a line of m.o.p. buttons embellished with rusty wire has been created down the center of the bodice.

That's all for now!

Saturday Artisan Market at the Buffalo Central Wharf today 10am-5pm!!

Childish Dreams

I have two more antique clock cases

which is awesome

'cause now I don't want to sell this one!



Tuesday Night Random Act of Art & Wednesday Morning Walk

My first attempt at a Random Act of Art!

I'll call it a success because no one caught me placing it. I guess I was pretty stealthy since I attempted this right outside of a room filled with about 25 4-Hers and 10 parents and didn't get caught!

I have to admit, I was pretty nervous, but I felt like I was running out of options for the "Drop and Run". I felt I had made a commitment to complete this mission in a timely fashion. On Monday, I thought I might be able to do it when I ran my errands. Problem was I didn't quite think that out. I was going to the bank and post office. After further thought, I didn't think this act would be received well under camera surveillance. I imagined it going like this:

Security guards watching video feed; "What did she just do!? Did she just leave something there?" Then I take out my camera to take a picture of the RAA. Security guards; "GET HER!!"

Not that it wouldn't make interesting blog fodder, but you may not have read about it here for about 20 years or more.

Moving on, on Tuesday I thought I'd leave it somewhere at the park during my son's soccer game. Perfect! There were so many places to put it, I just couldn't decide where. Turns out I didn't need to. Soccer game cancelled due to an overly wet field. : (

Last option (in my mind): 4-H meeting place, which brings us back to the first sentence of this blog.

This Random Act of Art challenge is awesome! Bringing a fun, little surprise to someone when they unsuspectingly find it just makes me feel all happy inside. You should try this, even if you are not an artist. Leave a special little object for someone else to find to brighten their day!

This just reeminded me of something that happened to me as a child.

When I was about eight years old, I found my first sea shell. I found it by the slide in the school playground. The best part of this story, is how lucky I felt. And how happy! We don't live anywhere near the ocean! I still have that shell, as well as many, many more...

The kids and I found this Robin's egg on the drive way this morning on our way to the bus stop.

I found this hammer on the side of the rad on my walk this morning.

 I found these pretty weeds this morning, too!

Have a great day!!