I absolutely love Karen Ruane’s work.
Her pieces are always fresh, exciting and full of loveliness and beauty.
Even Karen’s sketchbooks are works of art and a delight to view.
All photographs are copyright to Karen Ruane
Old Potato Sack Books. Recycled. Eco Friendly from Atelierinparis
Vintage Industrial Style Handmade Books
Old potato sack book,tattered and torn…
Rustic, vintage industrial style books, created from old Australian potato sacks, with beaut graphics.
Some have added scraps of text reclaimed from old tablecloths depicting, Australian places and wild flowers
Each journal is handmade and loaded with vintage papers recycled from an old business ledgers,handmade brown papers & tea stained white paper pages
All topped off with a tag written, Old potato sack book,tattered and torn…then finished off with a string or leather loop, with vintage upholstery button to close
See more books here Atelierinparis
Xmas ready to go …wrapped & recycled.
Xmas gifts wrapped using mostly recycled materials and ready to go…
Crisp white bread tissue paper, recycled blue string, dyed paper scrap, vintage 1950′s rubber stamp
Crisp white bread tissue paper, Xmas cutout from France, scrap pale green soft binding.
Mums handmade vintage crochet doily, scrap dishmop string, French scrap card
Mums beautiful hand-worked embroidery
Vintage French monogram cotton tea towel, found string, hand- stamped French tag
Indonesian sweet bag, scrap pale green ribbon, Xmas tag from France
Atelierinparis Wearable Art. Recycled. Assemblage cuffs, necklaces and more.
Charlotte. Handmade French Assemblage Necklace. Vintage Textile Necklace. Eco-Friendly.
The Tiger Lily lot
Paris Chic Necklace. Bastille Tribal . Recycled Necklace. Eco-Friendly in Moch Browns & Vanilla.
If you are looking for a unique, handmade gifts for Xmas or any other occasions. Check out all my Etsy shops.
French Inspired Handmade - Atelierinparis
Vintage & collectables – Nostalgi
Original Art - Outlook8studio
Today I sat by the fire all cosy and finished off 2 more wrist cuffs. They are all sewn by hand and each one takes about 5-6 hours to create .
I usually like to create my cuffs as I go along, stitching and choosing my fabrics, threads and bits and pieces from little clear boxes. I make up little boxes of inspiration by tossing in colours ,textures and interesting little things into little seperate boxes. I then can just cart them around with me in one big box all ready to create. I save plastic vegetable containers for this purpose and use a large cardboard strawberry box, I got from being a picker, many years ago.
Each cuff is (OOAK) one- of- a- kind , created using vintage, contemporary and unusual materials I collect in my travels. I title each cuff and will sometimes, write a little story about their origin, making them even more unique and special.
A huge “Thank you hugs and xxxx” to all my wonderful friends and family who also donate scrap pieces of fabric, lace and buttons for my cuff project.
You can find more info on my wrist cuffs and other things I create over at Atelierinparis
“ANTOINETTES GARDEN”
When Marie Antoinette wardrobe of clothes was ripped to shreds, she gathered the scraps of cloth and made poignets (wrist cuffs). She would wear them in memory of her beautiful home and gardens of Versailles.
“THE MUSE” was once the female figure deity, platonic ideal, mistress, lover, wife whom poets and painters called upon for inspiration. The cuff, a gift from the “l’artiste” to his muse.
More coming soon !
CLOSED – You have just 7 days to enter my little competition to win 1 of my gorgeous vintage French 1920′s magazine.
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30/06/2012 07/07/2012
In 7 days I will choose from the blog post comments left below who will win the magazine. Postage will be free worldwide.
How can people enter?
1- Leave a Blog Post Comment below
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( You may not recieve the magazine in the photos but it will be similar)
LA MAISON
A collection of French magazines from 1920′s (65 in total) I got these from a lady in the south of France. Weekly magazines that were published for young women about World News, Books Review and History in the 1920′s. I only wish I could read French but there are some amazing illustrations and the fancy scrolled headings throughout. I’m not sure what I will do with them yet.
POCKET ART SERIES
Small one of a kind transportable patches of Abstraction ready to go…Compact pieces of art for people on the move. My pocket art pieces came about when I needed to transport artwork from country to country. They are small mixed media textile pieces connected to my love of abstraction textiles, text and street art.
Walking my way across the surface I use coloured wools and wires as I would my paintbrush or charcoal, adding, whatever interests me at the time including, advertising papers, cards and packaging from Paris
RUE PIERRE
OOH LA LA
HEARTS IN PARIS
TOURISTS
Each one is a tiny 3.5″x2.5″ – 9x7cm and they come snuggly displayed in a clear acrylic card holder
MATERIALS
Indigo blue denim
canvas cloth
wire
press stud
button
paris clothing label
originalParis stamp
Colored wools
found fonts
Acrylic sealer and more….
SIGNED and DATED by the artist
I really had fun creating these pieces and were created with a lot of care
Some new brooches I have been working on lately
“MADEMOISELLE COLLETTE ”
Hand-made brooches with French Mademoiselle’s wearing 1950’s “Mode Française” I made the brooch from archival boards recycled from my framing pile and French paper .
Brooch approx. 1.5’x 2.5” – 3.4 x 6cm.
Brooch pin nickel free.
*Recycle
*Reclaim
*Reuse
*Remake
My latest creation is a 2 in 1- hand made leather vessel/bowl
Designed to be used either side for a different decorative look
A beautiful OOAK handmade vessel I created from soft leather scrap and reclaimed fabrics from vintage sources such as tableclothes and doilys. All moulded together with French 1950′s dressmakers ribbons.
I use mine to display my antique & vintage button collections, shells and French coins on shelves and tables.
Buy my leather bowls at Cottontail shop
