Something My Great Great Great grandmother did.

[Sober Duck]

Please excuse the flash reflection. The montage was made around 1850 and to photograph it properly would require removing the glass. Because of its age I choose not to tamper with it at all.
I have spent hours staring at it trying to detect the pieces that make up the montage but they all seem to flow together. She was quite talented.

[jimboloco]

Please excuse the flash reflection. The montage was made around 1850 and to photograph it properly would require removing the glass. Because of its age I choose not to tamper with it at all.
I have spent hours staring at it trying to detect the pieces that make up the montage but they all seem to flow together. She was quite talented.
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i don't copy
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[Loudestenemy]

thats awesome.....notyhing more inspiring than a family member ancestor who does art (if you are an artist)

I was moved by a picture that i saw of my great grandfather who was with his brother and they were playing the mandolins together.

I was so inspired i came home from New Orleans and wrote my "Ancestral Score"

THat shoudl be in a damn art history book!

[jimboloco]

ah, now the image has come thru an I got it thanks to Loudestenemy's reply. I had forgot bout it. Montage indeed, yes, the second montage I've seeen recently.

http://www.folkart-crafts.org/images/curand_4x6.jpg
http://www.retablosnicario.com/ "GALLERY"
nicariojimenez@mindspring.com

The Artist of the Andes

Retablos are sophisticated folk art in the form of portable boxes filled with brightly
colored figurines arranged into intricate narrative scenes. From the 16th to the
19th centuries, Retablos were carried through the mountains by Spanish priests as
portable religious shrines for Catholic saints. Later, they were adapted by indigenous
people to include their own deities and mythologies.
Nicario's compositions depict religious, historical and everyday events. His hands
move quickly and with confidence to fashion people, animals, and mythical figurines
as he creates poignant scenes from a doughy mixture of boiled potato and gypsum
powder. For his sculpting process, Nicario's only tool is a small piece of wood resembling
an enlarged toothpick.

Born in a peasant community in the high Peruvian Andes, Nicario Jimenez
studied sculpture at the Centro de Capacitacion Artesanal de Huamanaga and
attended the Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanga in
Ayacucho, Peru. His one person exhibitions include the San Francisco Craft
and Folk Art Museum, the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Museum of Man
in San Diego, California, the North Dakota Museum of Art, and the Rhode
Island School of Design.

His work was selected by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. for its
"Seeds of Change" Exhibit and was subsequently purchased by the Smithsonian
for its permanent collection. Nicario has taught and lectured at the
University of Miami, the University of California, San Diego, Whittier
College and American University. Jimenez's work is included
in numerous prestigious public, corporate, and private collections. The
artist now lives in Naples, Florida.

[stilltrucking]

Thanks for sharikng that mr duck

[Sober Duck]

A different angle and lighting.

[stilltrucking]

Hey I saw one just like it on Antiques Roadshow. They called it a national treasure, they said you should value it fifteen billion dollars for insurance purposes I don't know nothing about art but

I still have not found the power cord for my scanner, but now I can't remember where I put the picture of the Cheasapeake Bay "Sharpie" sailboat either

but I am still living

so
EVERYTHING'S OKAY Lyrics ok

[Arcadia]

s-duck: you have things of your great great great grandmother...! wow! I like it, it has something like a watteau atmosphere in white and black.

jimbo: beautiful retablo!. I have one that I bought to some bolivians here.It was made inside a caña. One of the hobbies of my sobrino in the last two years was to try to despegar the little figures.

[Sober Duck]

Fifteen Billion Stilltrucking, that must be an Antiques Roadshow High price record breaker.

I have been curious about how much mine is worth. American Folk Art is quite sought after today.

Sharpie, looking fowrd to seeing it.