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Sunshine with black and white -#the100dayproject 18 - 24

from 2022 #the100dayproject- Wilma Simmons 

 

When I see or use a bright yellow, it resonates energy, joy, and happiness.  It is no wonder that in the colour prompts, this yellow is called "sunshine" ... If you haven't been following, I am participating in #the100dayproject, an art challenge, where participants for 100 consecutive days make art for a short period of time daily, using  their own chosen techniques in their self designed project. 



I've chosen to respond to the weekly colour prompts #coloricombo , curated by Este Macleod. This particular one  ( black, white and sunshine) is inspired by and is a tribute to the iconic Iris Apfel ( 1921 -2024) ,  who was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel had a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies. In retirement, she drew acclaim for a 2005 show at the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring her collection of costume jewelry and styled with clothes on mannequins as she would wear them. She became a fashion icon, was the focus of the 2014 Albert Maysles documentary Iris, then signed to IMG in 2019 as a model at age 97. ( text from Wikipedia; image from Este Macleod ) 

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I started the week well with a water colour and paper collage, with a fabric applique and stitching. However, this year, I am very conscious of the time I allocate myself for this project. This is part of the challenge, to create art in a snatch of time which I set for this project, while I have so many others vying for my attention.  The next day,  with a lot going in I settled for setting up my fun lemon earrings against one of my favourite and snapped it. Not very creative , but a response on a day when I was feeling rather "stretched" 

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The next days followed with small paper collages which I really enjoy making and which offer their own challenge because of the shapes and size. 

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Besides my recognition of International Women's Day, this little series became nature/environment themed. not by design, but somehow the postage stamps in this colour palette seemed all to relate to the natural world. You will have noticed that the first image in this post relates back to 2022 when I used postage stamps in another #the100dayproject  - the same stamp popped up again... and it is one of my favourite series of Australian bird stamps. 

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The last of these circular collages highlights a stamp which seems to be the odd one out... it really does fit with this theme. It is one of the stamps issued in Australia in 1976 to raise awareness of environmental dangers . The were bushfires, pollution and road safety. I think it's interesting that almost fifty years later, climate  change is still the major issue threatening human well being, and the  number of road accident deaths is still a concern as we prepare for a transition to electrical vehicles. 

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Watch this space for more progress in this project and or review 
other posts in this #the100dayproject2024 
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