It’s the little things…

That make life Big – even my love for glues (and not sniffing them) and various forms of art!

I have a new passion for what is referred to as assemblage art; I love taking bits and pieces of things and creating a work of art out of it.  This was a project I made for Tattered Angels Winter 2012 catalog featuring the Plain Jane collection and I’m just getting around to sharing it here.   I used Wendy Vecchi Art Parts as well as some grungepaper and various other elements.

I think my favorite elements of this design were the Basically Bare Elements.  The nest was made with canvas leaves from their Blossoms and Leaves package layered and sewn randomly together.  I left the string ends loose to give to the nest appearance.   The bird was fun because it is a Basically Bare felt bird that was embossed with embossing folders and then misted. 

Now the best part of this art is the assemblage part of it.   All of the pieces were assembled using Helmar Acid Free Glue and Helmar Gemstone Glue.  Since art parts are similar to a form of compressed papers, I find that the Helmar Acid Free Glue makes a wonderfully strong adhesive, especially since it has been designed specifically for book binding.   Even the back of the bottle reads, “Featuring excellent adhesion to dense papers and highly flexible bond.  Sets clear, dries quickly, and will not yellow with age.”   Doesn’t it sound like just the perfect glue for these art parts?   I used the Helmar Gemstone Glue to glue the flower center and to adhere the little metal parts in the nest so that I could guarantee these would not move and fall out.   I love that Helmar Gemstone Glue also dries clear.   I even used it to glue the belly of my birdie in his nest; don’t want my bird to fall out of the nest. 

I will proudly say that I love my Helmar adhesives.  I appreciate that they have a variety of adhesives to work with whatever medium I am currently working with, especially since I like to create all sorts of art and mixed media.  Is there a Helmar adhesive that you haven’t tried yet or are not sure how best to use it?