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contemporary assemblage

Repurposed Art: Creating Modern Assemblage Art with Found Objects

March 03, 2022

Many times I create pieces of art through the simple need of wanting a piece of art for my own home and not being able to find the perfect piece for the space I want to beautify with a piece of art. The following cross art assemblage I created after a trip to an elderly friend's barns where he le...

Found Object Art: Junk or Treasure

February 28, 2022

ASSEMBLAGIST | Found Object Art | Recycled Art Found object art described on wikipedia as A found object (a loan translation from the French objet trouvé), or found art, is art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which a...

Using Found Objects & Discarded Trash to Create Modern Cross / Crucifix Art

February 27, 2022

My found object cross art assemblage shown above, untitled (#022201) was the first piece to bring me back to my found object assemblage work recently. I create my cross / crucifix art pieces with old wood and rusted metal that we find on our hikes and our travels to abandoned properties, and i...

Found Object Art / Recycled Art Assemblages

February 23, 2022

I love the idea of creating contemporary / modern art from the trash & junk that would otherwise just be sitting in the ground polluting our earth. I think the habit of collecting discarded junk/trash & unwanted items of others started for me many years back, probably in the early 2000'...