COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The studio of Colorado Springs artist Michelle Bracewell is stacked excessive with salvaged treasures, trinkets, and scraps of the previous all ready to be reworked and given new tales via the method of an artwork fashion often known as blended media assemblage.
Bracewell, a lifelong artist, has all the time had a ardour for seeking out all issues secondhand and spellbinding; about 13 years in the past, she began combining that zeal along with her want for creative expression.
“I will thrift shops, flea markets, however primarily property gross sales,” commented Bracewell, “on the weekends, I am hitting property gross sales virtually each weekend searching for treasures, searching for issues that talk to me that I can flip into one thing fantastical.”
Every acquired treasure returns to the studio, is stashed away amongst her years of different finds, and waits to be included into a brand new piece of artwork.
Every bit is its personal quirky, joyful journey – typically lengthy, all the time price it – and no two are ever alike. That retains me studying, tinkering, and experimenting with new methods and instruments.
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The method goes far past merely sticking items collectively; Bracewell makes use of clay, paint, and energy instruments (and different issues) to realize the transformations and new tales she’s pursuing.
“I do not know, I have a look at these outdated items” mentioned Bracewell, “and I generally can simply see the historical past in them and the way they have been used, and it breaks my coronary heart to know they’re simply going to get discarded. So once I remodel them, they’re given a brand new life, and that simply excites the heck out of me.”
If you want to see extra of Michelle Bracewell’s work, you’ll be able to head over to her website or go to the artwork gallery situated underneath Platte Furniture the place a few of her work is displayed.
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