2x2 Art Squares Visions of PINk

Step 1 is committing to making a square,

(to become a "pink artist," leave your name in

the following post: "the pink artist" community art doll project).

Now, the really fun part starts!

Polymer Clay, Photographs, Found Objects,

Paint, Glitter, Crochet, Faces, Digital art,

Fabric, Rubber Stamps, Doodlings,

Leftover scraps of paper from larger projects,

stray beads, gessoed cardboard, Leather,

embroidered scrap, rusted metal...

what's laying around your studio?

Pick it up and trim it down to a 2" square.

Look for inspiration from a WORD jumping off a page.

I recently picked up a book from a thrift store with

BLACK & WHITE images of stars from the 20's and 30's.

What grabbed me was the expressive photographs,

but what made those images WORK was the verbage

in and around the page.

IMPORTANT: make a fabric base for your square

Create a fabric base for your square,

the cloth enables the hand sewing

of your square to our doll.

Batting optional.

You don't have to add any sewing

to your square, so if you prefer GLUE-

Go FeR IT

just be sure I can get a needle through

the four corners of your square.

Gel Medium is a successful way

to adhere paper to cloth.

I made a sandwich of cloth, batting, cloth.

Quickly, I colored the B&W images with chalk

and smeared it around with my finger:

Leftover beads, small strings of embroidery

floss ... look for itty bits to use as embellishments.

Most important of all,

have fun with this-
make your square representative of YOU,

SHOW OFF YOUR BEAUTY.

The FIVE squares I made took no more than one short eve.

Think ... just 30 minutes

of your time ... that's all it takes.

Mail your art square to me at:

Monica Magness

PO BOX 2206

Madison, AL 35758

and watch the magic unfold.