How To Use An Old Wine Cork To Break Creative Blocks

I am still waiting for Danielle Krysa’s “Creative Block” book to arrive at my doorstep.

Tick tock tick tock.

For those not in the know, she is the energy behind the artful blog The Jealous Curator. Love love love! 🙂

In the meantime, I follow her on Facebook and she has been generously sharing monthly tips from the artists featured in the book, to break the very things we conjure in our heads that hold us back from being our most creative self.  I only caught the April project shared by mixed media artist Cassandra Smith :

Make a little sculpture using a found object. Find something around your house, at a thrift store, a wacky junk store, anywhere! An object that is about as big as your hand or smaller is probably the best size to start with, so it’s not overwhelming. And make sure it’s something you don’t mind ruining. This is just suppose to be fun after all! And then transform the heck out of it! Paint on it, glue things to it, cut it in half and glue it back to itself, or glue it to something else. Use the objects color and shape to inspire you. — Krysa, Danielle. “Creative Block”, 2014.

This is my initial take on the project.  Although I didn’t do a sculpture, I did manage to turn an old wine cork into a log for my dog Jones, who is channeling his inner Daniel-san.

Wax on.

Wax off.