Wired!...

I must admit, I LOVE wire, and find its form a captivating accessory to my folk art characters. Lateral flowing lines that all meet at one point and then wander off and tumble and curl in the most interesting ways never fail to delight my eyes. I spent several hours the other day entranced with wire. My intentions were to create a collection of unique pairings of wings for prospective bats, owls, birds and other winged creatures for my fall collection of originals. After 20 wings were complete, I stepped back and marveled at the patterns. As I was about to store them away for safe-keeping, my imagination propelled me to play a little. I grabbed my camera along with some old finds, and styled a few fun photos below. ENJOY! ~ Johanna



* The dusty peach-colored lid from an old face powder tin serves as the center for a radiating pattern of wire wings.


* Bat-Wing Tea anyone?


* And old green floral frog offers an interesting visual treat as it holds a variety of my patterned wire wings...


* An old chartreuse wooden finial that mom sent to me, morphs here into the body of a winged creature, framed by my hand-formed wire accents....


* Artsy close-up...


* Future bat wing posing with that funky antique finial...


* Spider-like wire limbs unfurl and invite the eye to take a closer look...