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Explore Karen Anaya's Fall 2011 art project where she transforms a shoe into a garden masterpiece. Using a mix of human-made and natural materials, Karen's creation harmonizes color schemes in a unique way. Follow her steps of integrating plastic geese, pink ribbon, rocks, and more to craft a whimsical garden on a shoe canvas.
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Garden ShoeAssemblage Karen Anaya Fall 2011 Art 3032.01 November 8, 2011
Materials… • Human Made • Pink Ribbon • Plastic Geese • Uncooked Soup • Plastic Pearl • Pink Beads • Natural Made • Red Rose • White Flower • Green Leaf • Green Stem • Dirt • Rocks
Getting Started… • I decided to go with the complimentary color schemesbecause I wantedtointergratedifferentcolorstorepresent my garden. • I first used the spray paint to add some color to my plastic geese. I decided to use purple to help them stand out. While they were outside drying, I began decorating my shoe. • I used the pink ribbon to outline the shoe and hot glued the first flower in the center part of the shoe.
Continued… • I begangluingthepinkdotstothe top of theflower. This was done in order to create a circular shape. I alsogluedthesmallrocksfound in garden in ordertocreatethatorganicshapeand bumpytexture. The rose wasalsogluedtorepresent a softtexturealongwith more organicshapes.
MovingAlong…. • After gluing the pebbles I used plastic geese and glued them on top of the pebbles. This fit just great for my garden theme.
Finished Product… • When I began thinking about this project, I wanted to create something that represented nature. I decided to turn my shoe into a garden and this is my final product made out of 5 unique natural and 5 unique human made found objects, used shoe, lots of creativity, and artist thinking!