Category Archives: Craft

I’m making wearable art.

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Tracy Lundgren

So, a new addiction seems to have me in its grips.  It seemed natural to move from creating mixed media art to creating art you can actually wear.  Not that I myself would wear it, but my models will be … Continue reading →

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Playing with Barbies.

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Tracy Lundgren

Lately I’ve been messing around with making strange art dolls. Here is an example.  Yep…pretty weird I know.  I made her face with scrunched up aluminium foil and some kind of wall plaster stuff. Because I don’t have any polymer … Continue reading →

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The disaster zone.

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Tracy Lundgren

If I were really pretentious I’d say I have an “art studio” But I’m not a pretentious sort of person, so I could say  “My craft room”, but it’s not really a room, because it’s a garage, and I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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It is what it Isn’t!

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Tracy Lundgren

I’m in this mad creative frenzy at the moment.  Funny how that happens. You go through periods where your inspiration just dries up and it’s like you are trudging through this vast desert of “what the heck am I supposed … Continue reading →

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Steam punk wings (how to make)

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Tracy Lundgren

Buying craft stuff is STUPIDLY expensive, especially here in Australia. I’ve been scouring the internet to see if anyone has a tutorial out there on how to make steam punk inspired wings (as a craft embellishment), seeing as they seem … Continue reading →

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More mixed media dabblings with my photography.

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Tracy Lundgren

So I had another go at this, using a photo I recently took of my eldest daughter Keira when we did a “tribal” sort of photoshoot. I tried to take some photo’s of the process, but got caught up in … Continue reading →

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Altered “magic potion” bottles.

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Tracy Lundgren

I have seriously been crafting like a madwoman, non stop, several projects on the go all in various states of paint drying, glue drying, being wrapped and hammered and tizzed all at once. This altered bottle thing has seriously taken … Continue reading →

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2014 – a wild and wonderful and creative year it will be!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Tracy Lundgren

I’ve been so slack and haven’t written anything in my blog or, I confess been checking other blogs for quite some time now. My apologies to my few loyal, who may not be so loyal now, followers. I promise that … Continue reading →

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Why Aussies should celebrate Christmas in July, not December.

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

I have lamented on the ludicrousness of our Christmas celebrations in the Australian summer time before. Bah humbug you say. Well, there’s good reason ok! I will explain. Christmas- as a date on the calendar really has very little to … Continue reading →

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Tie dye disasters.

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

I don’t know what possesses me sometimes. I went out recently and ended up buying a tonne of RIT fabric dye and a WHOLE bunch of white tank tops and T-shirts with the intention of doing some tie dying. I … Continue reading →

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