Broken Heart Mixed Media Swap

I just recently participated in a swap through the Mixed Media Art group.  The challenge was to make any mixed media art that would incorporate a face and a broken heart to be exchanged with another artist.  My swap partner was Janet of Honey from the Bee.  I received a beautiful wall art creation that will be proudly displayed on my wall.  She created the face, made the heart background (which I love) from recycled wool strips on burlap and added some cool embellishments, one of them being an owl locket that can be opened to add a photo.

For more info about Janet, check out her blog Honey from the Bee.  She is a jewelry artisan and you can see some beautiful nature inspired items in her Etsy Shop and her ArtFire Shop.
Thank you so much Janet!! 

My creation for the swap was an altered art/assemblage piece that had a tad bit of darkness to it.  I made it using the bottom of a tin can, added many layers of different paints, made a face using polymer clay that glows in the dark, a broken heart made from Paperclay and added embellishments.  The background was made with Apoxy Clay, has layers of different paints and some texture.  I also made a little tag that says the heart was made to be broken.




















On another note, health-wise better but not back to normal so working on the studio is still somewhat on hold.  We have managed to get a few trim pieces up, and when I say we, I really mean hubby.  Once a few more things are done I will post an update with some pics.  Also slowly getting back to creating and will post about that soon.
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