10th Annual “Albuquirky Little Houses”
Silent Auction Fundraiser Friday, May 1, 2015
5:00 – 8:00 pm
Held at: Sumner & Dene,
517 Central Ave NW (upstairs)
During Frank McCulloch’s Opening Reception
Held at: Sumner & Dene,
517 Central Ave NW (upstairs)
During Frank McCulloch’s Opening Reception
This year's Albuquirky House Tour will be May 2 -- check out the wonderful event at:
House of Quotes
This year my Little House entry for OffCenter's 10th annual silent auction (see http://offcenterarts.org/little-houses-silent-auction/) is entitled "House of Quotes."
My idea for this year's house was to use a house quotation and a vintage image related to the quote on each of the six basic surfaces.
Some of the six ideas started with the quote and some of them started with the image. The first two photos each show you three surfaces of the little house and the remaining six photos are close-ups of each of the six surfaces.
Many of the embellishments on the house are rusty pieces of metal I've picked up on my daily walks in the North Valley. Being primarily a paper artist, I usually completely cover my little houses with some sort of decorative paper, but this year I decided to paint the little house and show some of the texture and cracks in the wood. The basic wood forms are provided by OffCenter -- the base of my house is cut from a wood 4x4"
Some of the six ideas started with the quote and some of them started with the image. The first two photos each show you three surfaces of the little house and the remaining six photos are close-ups of each of the six surfaces.
Many of the embellishments on the house are rusty pieces of metal I've picked up on my daily walks in the North Valley. Being primarily a paper artist, I usually completely cover my little houses with some sort of decorative paper, but this year I decided to paint the little house and show some of the texture and cracks in the wood. The basic wood forms are provided by OffCenter -- the base of my house is cut from a wood 4x4"
On the smallest side of the house I used the "may your home always be too small" quote -- matched it up with a line up of vintage bathing beauty friends and added a gold milagro -- a small gold house!
On the opposite side of the house I used the "house without books" quote, and added an image of a vintage ABC Book.
On one surface of the roof is the "house of cards" quote -- with three vintage cards.
The other side of the roof (the side of the roof with a crack!) has the "falling" Irish blessing with the image of a falling man. I "patched" the crack with one of my found rusty objects.
This is my favorite side of the house -- "A house doesn't become a home until love moves in." The squarish embellishment is one of the most favorite things I've ever found along the roadways on my daily walks -- it's some sort of a paper gasket!
On the other large side -- I just had to use the vintage image I had found of a tiger cat standing on its head! Thus the "cat's house" quote.
My Little House donation to last year's silent auction can be viewed at
and my donations for previous years at
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