Altered By Me

The Secret Society of Rusty Things is the name of a new yahoo group for all artists who admire the art work of Michael deMeng and are inspired in their own art by his style. Anyone and everyone who has ever looked into the world of assemblage art has heard of Michael de Meng. His new book is titled Secrets of Rusty Things. Here is the introduction for the group as found on the home page. “Welcome to The Secret Society of Rusty Things. The place for friendly discussion about art inspired by Micheal Demeng's new book Secrets Of Rusty Things. We welcome any and all mixed media, altered, and assemblage artists.” I'm a regular reader of his blog and if you'd like to take a peek at what he has been up to lately the best place is his blog Assemblog of Michael deMeng Thanks for stopping by!

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night from a dream I was having. It wasn' t a bad dream. It was actually a good dream and I wish something like this would really happen to me. I was dreaming that I was in a strange thrift store. It wasn ’t a thrift store that I have ever been in before. Funny huh, but those of you that know me will nod your head. I was picking through all these lovely vintage items. There were beautiful lace and ecru christening dresses from the 1800’s. There were racks of gorgeous vintage lingerie. There were cabinets full of vintage linens. These are things I usually hunt for while out thrifting . And usually these things set my heart to fluttering but what really got my heart pounding was box upon box of vintage game pieces. Ha that’s funny isn ’t it and most of you reading this are thinking YES! There were old wooden scrabble and checker pieces scratched up and dented with the lovely patina of use and old age. My arms were full as I piled on box after...