Happy 2015 & Catching Up with CYW Events

Top left to right: Sharon's famous butter tart squares; Wendy's sister Nancy; Sharon Michaelson; Michelle Casey; Visitors to the Studio and Wendy Southin, November 2014

Hello! Happy New Year!!! I hope you all survived the holidays and are all doing well. My New Year’s resolution is to simply catch up with you all […]

January 12th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Artist Communities, Christmas, Christmas Gift Ideas, Collage, Collage Courses, Collage Gift Ideas, Collage Workshops, Eco-Friendly Art, Mixed Media, Uncategorized | 2 comments

How to Make a Collage/Origami Artist Trading Card

A peek inside my collage/origami lotus flower artist trading card…

Hello! This is a follow-up to last week’s article in which I mentioned creating an origami/collage fusion-inspired artist trading card (ATC) using the lotus flower design as inspiration. Today I’ll share some tips on making one with you…

After showing my husband Kevin […]

February 25th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Artist Communities, Artist Trading Cards, Collage, Collage Techniques, Collage Tips, Eco-Friendly Art, Mixed Media, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

CYW: February 2014 Bits & Bytes

Due to my big move and settling into the new place (still), I noted I hadn’t made any time for one of my favourite pastimes: reading! In December I began noticing a whole slew of books I’d like to read and bought a few to start. Thought I’d share some reflections about them with you…

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February 3rd, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art and Books, Art Review, Artist Portrait, Book Review, Books, Health and Art, Journaling, Literacy, Literature, Uncategorized, Visual Journal, Visual Journaling | Leave a comment

Part II: The Fabric & Patterns of Everyday Life

November/December 2013 issue, Selvege. A favourite fabric-related magazine of mine… see link at end of this article

Developing a Secret Code…

In Part I of this blog article, you learned of my fascination for fabric pattern prints and textures found in fashion magazines and my childhood home. While I noted, I used […]

January 27th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art History, Artist Portrait, Artist's Family, Collage, Collage Techniques, Collage Tips, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Journal Page, Journaling, Literature, Mixed Media, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Collage Tip #16: The Call of the Vision Board

Michelle Casey, "Aurora's Dream: Part II: Song Bird", Artist Trading Card, Collage/Mixed Media, 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches, 2013

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January 13th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Artist Trading Cards, Assemblage, Collage, Collage Techniques, Collage Tips, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Journal Page, Journaling, Mixed Media, Royalty, Uncategorized, Vision Board | Leave a comment

Gratitude: My New Attitude!

Michelle Casey, "untitled", Collage/Mixed Media on Vellum, 8 inches x 6 inches, 2013

These last couple of weeks, I’ve been feeling like life has sucker-punched me. I’ve been in a place where I might have normally let myself fall into an eternal downward spiral of doom and gloom. Today, however, I decided […]

August 12th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art and Books, Artist Portrait, Collage, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Mixed Media, Uncategorized | 4 comments

Exploring My Family Curse

The top portion of “The Curse” (Michelle Casey, Collage, July 2013)… veering away from the rectangular format this piece’s outer elements defines its shape.

These past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a collage about my family curse. If you’ve been following my blog lately, you’ll know about this and the three […]

July 14th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art and Books, Art History, Artist Portrait, Artist Talk, Artist's Family, Books, Collage, Collage Tips, Eco-Friendly Art, Health and Art, Reading, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Finding Inspiration on a Wing & a Prayer

Me and my “Fly Girl” (2006) piece which is made up of: antique & magazine fragments, beads, sequins, miniature bottles, metallic glitter, labels, charms, quotes and acrylic paint.

Where does an artist draw inspiration from for their work? I’d say from many sources: life experience; dreams; nightmares; visions; fears; wishes or even their […]

October 14th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Collage, Eco-Friendly Art, Mixed Media, Uncategorized, Vision Board | One comment