Thursday, March 6, 2008

It's A New Thang...for me anyway

ACEOs!!! I just may become addicted to this new thing. New to me anyway. Artist Trading Cards and Artist Cards, Editions and Originals have been around for a while. I'm not too sure exactly how long, maybe around ten years or so. Although miniature artwork has probably been around about as long as there have been artists. Historically miniatures really didn't have any guidelines, they were very small works of art that the artist made either to show off their work or to enable people to carry around an image of their loved one. This new age of ATCs and ACEOs does have one guideline - for size. ACEOs must be 2.5" X 3.5" the same size as baseball cards. They may be made in any medium the artist chooses to use. In this post I am showing what I have been doing, the next one I will show you some of the ACEOs of some artists whose work I desire to add to my ACEO collection.

Secret Garden Fairy Door

Happy Tree

Just to show what happens when the oven spikes:
Burnt to a crisp Secret Garden Fairy Door

Waiting for Emily

My first one Butterfly Garden

blessings, ZudaGay

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Zuda these are all beautiful, you have such a gift for working with clay.

DivaDea said...

I was just admiring some of these yesterday on etsy. I love ACEOs. Are you collecting other people's also?

Melissa Markham said...

Your stuff just gets prettier and prettier! I am going to end up in the poor house;)

RockerJewlz said...

The secret door! I want to enter it into the wonderful world that must be on the other side!

Anonymous said...

Sooooo gorgeous...

And THANK YOU for clarifying for me what ACEO actually stands for ... it occurred to me yesterday that although I make them I didn't actually know ....

ThePeachTree said...

That is SO funny that you've brought this up as I was thinking of the same exact thing last night! It's a little piece of actual artwork! I love them :)

Denise said...

i like the burned one!

Anonymous said...

Wow Zuda those are so beautiful! I love your work!
Mary

Denise said...

Zuda,
I need you to collaborate with me to help me finish a fairy book I am working on! Your work is amazing.

Jodie Wolfe said...

Incredible!

Hello!
I am in the process of researching for a book I would like to write that addresses ten struggles that Christian women face. I would love to have your input as well.

Thank you for any help you can give me. All I need is the list of ten things as well as your age. Thank you!

Nan said...

I am fast becoming a fan of your blog, I'm so glad to have had the chance to discover it. Your work is very inspiring and I just about love everything I have seen so far!!! Great work.

Louise Hill said...

This is beautiful!!!

Louise

Anonymous said...

Hi! you have quickly become my fav seller on Etsy. I love your work. The ACEOS are great.

Ginny Baker said...

I love your clay ACEO's! So clever and lovely. I went through a phase of doing ACEO's but I did them with watercolor pencils. Will have to try a few in clay. :o) Beautiful work!

Cher of StuStuStudio said...

The next time you manage to make a "Burnt to a crisp Secret Garden Fairy Door" let me know!
I love it.

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