12 years after the 2011 Project we have cycled back to the Year of the Rabbit. In 2011 it was a mixed media piece. In 2023 it is mail art with hand carved rubber stamps.
The 2011 Project is a work by San Francisco artist Tofu. Each day in 2011 he created a 4”x4” mixed media piece. The finished project was made up of 365 smaller mixed media pieces. In 2013 the individual pieces will be distributed to project supporters. The project also acted as sketchbook for new ideas, which continue to be incorporated into new work For more information please visit 2011project.com
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Showing posts with label mixed media. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Back to the Year of the Rabbit
12 years after the 2011 Project we have cycled back to the Year of the Rabbit. In 2011 it was a mixed media piece. In 2023 it is mail art with hand carved rubber stamps.
Friday, January 5, 2018
National Bird Day
Today is National Bird Day
so it seemed a good time to look back at some bird-themed art from the 2011 Project. The original story behind the piece can be
found here.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Time and Art
Valley of the
Wiggle — mixed media photo collage on board, 12”x9”
Five years ago, in the middle of the 2011 Project, I created this
photo collage titled Beach
Day. It instantly was one of my
favorites of the 365 pieces done back in 2011.
That piece was a key to my latest project, Time Travel Photos.
The latest work for the series is of a valley that became the Lower Haight.
Where I have lived for over 25 years.
I have seen a lot of changes over time and at some point in the future
may even do a series based on the changes I have witnessed in my
neighborhood.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Inspiring Postcards
Various pieces from the 2011
Project incorporating vintage postcards, (4’x4” each)
Four years later, as I look back at the 2011 Project, I can see what significant
role postcards continue to play in my artwork.
There have been many new pieces since 2011 that have used postcards.
And now, as I reach the halfway point in 2015, my new book Helen’s Postcards is now available. Be sure to check it out.
Friday, July 11, 2014
2011 to 2014
Three years ago now, I
was in the middle of the 2011 Project and
making a 4”x4” piece of mixed media art on each day of the year. By this point in 2011, I realized I was also
working on a series that was akin to a sketchbook for future work. My subsequent new work and shows in 2012 and 2013 proved that. Now it’s time to exhibit the latest series of
work called Collagescapes. Some of the new work is shown above as well
as the 2011 pieces that influenced them.
Collage + Landscape = Collagescape will be on view at San Francisco’s Glama-Rama Salon and Gallery. The show runs from July 29 to September 28,
2014. The opening reception is on the
evening of Friday, August 1 (7pm to 10 pm).
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