bottle of stars

here is a collage from my collage journal using a similar idea , i used some astrophotography prints and made drawings of old bottles from my old bottle collection,i love the shape and colors of old glass......enjoy , michaela

here is a poem i wrote about this college that is on the opposite journal page


                                                Create art

                                   in the bottle you shall see

                                   the stars of the pleiades

                                   in the bottle filled with blue

                                   all mysteries unfold for you

                                   in the stars patterns lie

                                   some shaped like kites that fly

                                   in the stars charioteer and cart

                                   in the stars He displays His art.

ships in a bottle

                                             
This collage was inspired by some old pen and ink drawings of ships that i found at a flee market in the Pocono's.  The ground is a small 5x7 in. canvas panel,the background is text from the same book that the drawings came from.  i made sketches of old bottles on the back of the ink drawings,then cut them out using a craft knife. i don't want to explain in detail how to collage , there is a lot of material available ,i do enjoy sharing my work with others, maybe it will be an inspiration.......  michaela

haiku by Kayla

cemetery

at father's grave

an empty bench



gusty night

the sound of wind chimes

fills up the darkness



rainy day

seeing clouds drift

across the puddles



in the stillness

in the quiet

a lonely field



children off to college

a robins nest in the juniper

now empty



her beautiful dress unfolds

a red rose bud opens

in the side yard



cold morning

African violets bloom

in the warm window box



autumn soon ending

the weeds now withered

the trees now bare



bedroom window

seeing the pleiades

rise above the trees



end of autumn

seeing the squirrels carry leaves

back up the tree



autumn migration

the sound of geese

high overhead



suddenly

the dragon fly completely still

completely bronze



hanging in the shed

my childhood bugle

silent all these years



quiet night

the andromeda galaxy

now above our house



lonely white cat

out of the darkness

into the darkness



quiet house

i cannot find it

cricket with a loud voice

double stars

Here's a nice beginners site on double stars,be careful they can become very addictive.........michaela http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org/eco

Collage art by Kayla

                                                       14x14 inches 
                                            

i had a lot of fun making this collage, the ground is a piece of Plexiglas and the background  - old sheet music,  i used artist papers to make the images by drawing on the back of the sheet then carefully cut the images out with an craft knife.
i used mod podge as a glue.