A VIEW OF ZERO-WASTE, ECO-ART-WORKS-IN-PROGRESS PROJECT, RECYCLED CARDBOARD BOX PUPPET THEATER BY FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

THIS IS MY LATEST ZERO-WASTE GOAL, RECYCLED PROJECT... THIS IS A PUPPET THEATER STAGE MADE OUT OF A CARDBOARD BOX THAT I GOT FROM COSCO, NEWSPAPER AND CARDBOARD EGG CARTON.
I AM STILL WORKING THE KINKS OUT OF THIS PROJECT SO THAT IT IS FUN & EASY TO MAKE. ALL OF THE MATERIALS ARE RECYCLED.

THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE EMPTY STAGE.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY SISTERS AND BROTHER CREATED A PUPPET THEATER OUT OF A CIGAR BOX. WE ONLY HAD TWO CHARACTERS THAT WERE IN THE ENDLESS PLAYS WE CREATED. THEIR NAMES WERE SUNSHINE AND ANNE...

THEY HAD A DIFFERENT ADVENTURE EVERYDAY... AND I CAN'T REMEMBER ONE OF THEM TODAY..
THIS PUPPET THEATER IS MODELED FROM THE ORNATE DREAM PALACE, MOVIES THEATERS THAT WERE BUILT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HERE YOU COULD BE TRANSPORT INTO THE MAGICAL WORLDS ON THE BIG SCREEN.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE STAGE ELEVATED FOR TALLER PAPERBAG PUPPETS.

THESE PUPPETS ARE STILL BEING WORKED ON. I JUST LETTING YOU HAVE A VIEW OF THIS PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I WILL BE TEACHING HOW TO MAKE THIS RECYCLED PUPPET THEATER AS SOON AS I FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT....

THESE ARE THE VERY SIMPLE TOOLS & MATERIALS, I FORGOT TO INCLUDE A GLUE GUN.

GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK,.. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU SNEAK PEAK...

STAY POSTED!!

A YOUNG ART STAR IS BORN: AT THE UPTOWN VALENTINES NEWSPAPER ROSES WORKSHOP AT ARTS HORIZONS WITH FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

THIS HAD TO BE THE BEST VALENTINE DAY EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.

THIS BRIGHT YOUNG MAN REPRESENTS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT,.. YOUTH LIKE HIM IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY I DO WHAT I DO…

THERE WERE MOMENTS IN THE WORKSHOP THAT WERE PRICELESS AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.

THIS MOTHER & SON FLOWER MAKING TEAM WERE A REAL COOL, DYNAMIC DUAL, THEY WORKED REALLY GREAT TOGETHER... I MEAN REALLY SUPER GREAT TOGETHER.

HERE, HE IS CHOOSING HIS NEWSPAPER, BY THE INTERESTING COLORS & PATTERNS THAT WILL ACCENT THE ROSES.

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS OF FOLDING AND CUTTING

AND I TURNED MY BACK FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, AND I CAME BACK TO SEE HOW MOM & SON WERE DOING… AND…

I COULD’NT BELIEVE MY EYES… HE HAD CREATED A FULL BOUQUET OF ROSES, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CLASS WAS STILL TRYING TO DO THE FIRST FOLDS.

A REAL WHIZ-KID, AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT AND A JOY TO HAVE MET…

DYNAMIC DUAL NO. 2. THE DAUGHTER: PICKING OUT NEWSPAPER FOR COLORFUL SURFACE DESIGNS FOR HER ROSES…

AND MOM: IS ALREADY INTO HER FOLDING AND CUTTING.

WE ALL WERE GRACED WITH THE PRESENCE OF A GROUP OF LOCAL CRAFT ARTIST WHO BROUGHT THEIR OWN SPECIAL FLARE AND STATEMENT TO THE AFTERNOON.

THIS GROUP HAS KEPT THE CULTURAL HOME FIRES BURNING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.

THANKS FOR YOUR PASSION AND DEVOTION LADY'S



ONE OF MY NEW ARTIST FRIENDS WAS THIS AMAZING DOLLMAKER,

SHE CREATES AFRICAN-AMERICAN (WITH A LITTLE COUNTRY FLAVOR), ULTRA FEMININE, ONE OF A KIND, SOFT SCULPTURED DOLLS, THAT SHE ADORNED WITH ONE OF HER NEWSPAPER ROSES.

THESE MINITURE DARLINGS ARE ADORNED WITH A NATURAL HAIR STYLE, URBAN-ARTIST (FROM BACK-IN-THE-DAY STYLED) METAL JEWELRY, ORIGINAL SANDALS AND THE PRETTIEST LEGS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON A DOLL.

I THINK THE DOLLS BODY ARE SEWN OUT OF CORDAROY FABRIC.

CHARMING, ELEGANT AND DOWN-TO-EARTH FIGURINES…

THIS ARTIST REALLY PUT HER TOUCH TO THESE PIECES OF FABRIC AND GAVE IT A NEW LIFE!!!

CONTACT INFO

DOLLS BY MONTQ
TANYA MONTEGUT

dollsbymontq@aol.com

CUSTOM ORDERS AVAILABLE

THIS IS REAL FINE HAND WORK I MUST SAY… YOU CAN BET, THIS DOLL OR ONE LIKE IT WILL BE IN MY DOLL COLLECTION BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT…

MARK MY WORK!!!


THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR BEING A PART AND SHARING A VERY SPECIAL BRIGHT MOMENT WITH THE NEWSPAPER FLOWER MAKING WORKSHOP IN HARLEM.

FUNKY-CHIC: "DAY'S OF WINE & ROSE'S" RECYCLED EARRINGS BY FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

GREETINGS FOLKS,

I JUST FINISHED THIS LATEST FUNKY-CHIC NEWSPAPER ROSES & WINE CORK EARRINGS PROJECT FOR MY UTOPIA LAB RECYCLE PROJECTS.

HOW THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT CAME ABOUT WAS...

I WAS OVER AT MY DEAR FRIEND & LITERARY AGENT MARIE BROWNS HOUSE, TO VIEW THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA (I DON'T HAVE A TV BY CHOICE), I NOTICE A BOWL FULL OF WINE & CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE CORKS ON ONE OF HER SHELVES. I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THEM AND MARIE STATED THAT SHE HAD A LARGER COLLECTION THAT I COULD CHECK OUT.

AS I WAS RUBBLED THROUGH THESE MANY DIFFERENT CORKS, I NOTICE HOW DECORATIVE THE PRINT WAS AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD MAKE A NICE PAIR OF EARRINGS... SO TO MAKE A LONG DETAILED STORY (THAT HAS BRANCHES OF OTHER STORIES) SHORT.

MARIE SAID I COULD TAKE SOME OF THE CORKS AND THIS IS THE PAIR OF GREEN EARRINGS I DESIGNED.

I WILL HAVE A SAMPLE OF THE EARRINGS AT THE VALENTINES ROSES WORKSHOPS COMING UP, BUT THE EARRINGS TAKE A LONGER TIME TO CREATE, SO WE WILL NOT BE MAKING THEM IN THIS WORKSHOP.

THIS PAIR IS A GIFT TO MARIE...

THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL RUBBISH MARIE, YOU DIVINE-SOUL YOU!!!!

BY THE WAY, FOR THE RECORD... I THOUGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS AMAZING!!!.. AS DID EVERYONE THAT WAS VIEWING THE SPEECH THAT NIGHT AT MARIE BROWNS MAGICAL HOUSE.


FUNKY CHIC DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES EARRING SAMPLE & SOLID COLORED CROCHET CAP BY ME.

THIS IS DONNA RICHARDSON, MY GOOD FRIEND AND MY OPTOMETRIST, SHE WAS NOT FEELING VERY GOOD IN THE SHOT, BUT SINCE I JUST DELIVERED THIS BEADED HAT TO HER, SHE AGREED TO BE MY EARRING & HAT MODEL FOR A QUICK MINUTE,

THANKS DONNA GIRL FRIEND, THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I LUV'S YOU GIRL!!!,

FEEL BETTER REAL SOON.

PS... I'm going to be at the Arts Horizon Center even if it snows... so if you decide to come at least I'll be there!!!

KNIGHTING OF SIR BRAD LEARMONTH: DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMING AT HARLEM STAGE GATE HOUSE BY FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

I, XENOBIA BAILEY, PROCLAIM FROM THIS DAY FORTH, THAT BRAD LEARMONTH, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT HARLEMSTAGE GATEHOUSE, WILL BE NOW AND FOREVER REFIRED TO AS SIR BRAD LEARMONTH.

SIR BRAD LEARMONTH HAS SHOWN GREAT NOBILITY IN THE LINE OF DUTY... THE ACT OF NOBILITY THAT SIR BRAD LEARMONTH PERFORMED I CANNOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT BECAUSE IT WOULD EXPOSE ME... BUT... I CAN SAY. THAT THIS BRAVE AND NOBLE GENTLEMAN TOOK SOME MAJOR B*!! S?!# IN MY BEHAVE...

THEREFORE... I CROWN THEE SIR BRAD LEARMONTH (EVEN THOUGHT YOU HAD TO WAIT 3 YEARS FOR YOUR CROWN...)

A "SHO-NUF" RIGHTOUS BROTHER, YOU'RE THE MAN SIR BRAD!!!!

“MORE GREEN POWER “FROM” THE PEOPLE”: A CREATIVE STIMULUS, VALENTINES WORKSHOP IN HARLEM WITH FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

THIS THERAPUTICAL WORKSHOP IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART…

BY POPULAR DEMAND, AND MANY THANKS TO ARTS HORIZONS, LEROY NEIMAN ART CENTER IN HARLEM.

I AM FINALLY BRINGING “THE FIRST UTOPIA LAB WORKSHOP” TO HARLEM,

SO EVERYONE,…

LET’S GIVE A SECOND LIFE TO THOSE OLE DISCARDED BOTTLES AND NEWS PAPERS.

AND COME ON UPTOWN, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A FUNKY GOOD TIME, PUTTING THE OLE ALCHEMIST-WHAMMY ON THOSE RECESSION-TIMES-BLUES, AS WE ALTER TRASH TO VALENTINES DAY TREASURES.

TURNING UP THE SPARKLE TO OUR DAY, TRANSFORMING THIS TRASH INTO ROSES & FUNKY “XEN-TYPE” FLOWER ARANGMENTS FOR THE ONES WE LOVE.

THIS IS THE PERFECT AFFORDABLE, FUN & EASY VALENTINES GIFT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE & THE GRANDEST OF ADULTS.

THE GIFT OF CREATIVITY IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK WILL NEVER STOPS GIVING… AS LONG AS THERE’S TRASH IN THE WORLD,

LOCATION:
ARTS HORIZONS
LEROY NEIMAN ART CENTER
2785 FREDERICK DOUGLAS BOULEVARD, (8TH AVE @ 148TH ST.)
HARLEM, NEW YORK 10039

COST:
$10.00 FOR EACH SUNDAY

DATES & TIME

SUNDAY, 2:00-5:00PM, FEB. 7, 2010

SUNDAY, 2:00-5:00PM, FEB. 14, 2010

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR OWN EMPTY BOTTLES FOR THE VASE FOR THE ARRANGED FLOWERS... WE WILL SUPPLY THE EVERYTHING ELSE.

THIS WORKSHOP IS A COMPONENT OF THE 21st. CENTURY REMIX PROJECT “PARADISE UNDER RECONSTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK”.

THE UTOPIA LAB IS A “NEW-WAVE” SERIES OF ENJOYABLE “XEN-TYPE” CREATIVE EXERCISES, TO RESTORE & REDIRECT THE “SLEEPING CREATIVE GIANTS” TOWARDS A LIFE OF SELF SUFFICIENT LIVING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULFILLED LIFESTYLES, RICHER COMMUNITY.
THE UTOPIA LAB IS A SUPPORTER OF THE “SLOW REVOLUTION”, THAT ENCOURAGES THE RETURN TO HAND-MADE MASTER PIECES, SKILLED CRAFTSMENSHIP, ARTIST AS SOLE PROPRIETOR, FINE COTTAGE CRAFTMEN, FAMILY BUSINESSES AND THE SPIRIT OF INVENTION FROM THE HANDS AND MINDS OF THE PEOPLE.

SO,

SAY, I LOVE YOU TO YOUR SPECIAL FUNKY VALENTINES,
WITH TRASH,…

WHILE YOU CREATE OBJECTS-OF-URBAN-GRACE!!!

SEE YOU ALL AT THE WORKSHOP!!!

GREETINGS WORLD AND HAPPY 2010 FROM HARLEM, WELCOME TO THE DECADE OF THE ALCHEMIST.

2010!!!... CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?...WE MADE IT... AT LEAST THIS FAR... ARE YOU FEELING THE FUTURE LIKE I AM?


THIS IS TRULY THE DECADE TO THINK & WORK LIKE WIZARDS... WITH IMAGINATION, HARD WORK AND THIS THOUGHT IN MIND, THE BEST IS SURE TO COME.

SO...

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS, ENJOY THE RIDE AND WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY HOME, INTO THE FUTURE.

"THE BEST IS SURE TO COME".

PEACE

XEMOBIA

FUNKY CHIC CROCHET CROWNS BY XENOBIA BAILEY, STRAIGHT OUT OF HARLEM JUST IN TIME FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS: PURCHASE AT XENBA.ETSY.COM

GREETINGS GLOBAL COMMUNITY, I'M BACK WITH MY LATEST CROCHET CROWNS. OVER THE SUMMER SOME OF MY WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS WERE ASKING ME TO CROCHET MY CROWNS SO THAT THE CROWNS WOULD COVER THEIR EARS TO KEEP THEM WARM WHEN THE WEATHER REALLY GETS COLD.

SO, MY SOLUTION IS TO SUGGEST THE USE OF A NICE SCARF TO BE WORN WITH MY CROWNS.

I HAVE INCLUDED SOME WAYS OF WEARING THE SCARVES ON THE LOVELY MODEL AND MY DEAR FRIEND ANN.

THESE FUNKY CROCHET CROWNS CAN BE PURCHASED ON MY XENBA.ETSY.COM STORE.


































Be on the look out for my post of my 17 day in Sheboygan Wi. when I was doing a artist in residency at the Michael Kohler Cultural Center.... I can't wait to show you all the wonderful creative time we had.