Mixed Media Shrine with Kecia Deveney
How to create a beautiful and personal assemblage shrine has never been so easy
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Are you storing a collection of interesting and unique found objects and wondering how to incorporate them into a mixed media art piece? How would you like to be guided and inspired by an artist with years of teaching experience on how to use found objects with intention and creativity?
If you are jumping up and down saying “YES,” now is your chance to dive in and learn with the very talented Kecia Deveney through her exclusive online course here at Create Arts Online “Mixed Media Shrines.”
In this course Kecia takes you step-by-step as she creates one of her very unique and personal assemblage shrines with some of her most interesting and inspiring found and collected objects. Each shrine inspires a journey of unique storytelling and you will learn to tell your own unique stories.
No two shrines will ever be the same, but learning how to design, curate, build, and edit are Kecia’s specialties. She will guide you through how to think outside the box (no pun intended) and move out of your comfort zone while creating something unique and beautiful.
In this course you will learn:
- How found objects can inspire and guide you
- How to choose the best vessel for your shrine
- How to be on the hunt and work with what you already have
- Kecia’s favorite tools and supplies for building the shrine
- How to create balanced composition while building your shrine
- How to edit for a more cohesive piece
- How to create a vintage effect on certain shiny objects
- How to know when to stop and decide that it is complete
- Bonus section: Creating yarn pompoms
Kecia has a million tricks up her sleeve and she lets them all fly in this course. Your choices will allow you to define your piece and share your style through your artistic voice, while designing a dimensional narrative. Once you have learned Kecia’s techniques, the possibilities of creating Mixed Media Shrines is endless.
Kecia shares a PDF with all of her favorite supplies and resources.
Your Instructor
Kecia Deveney is a mixed media artist based in the Jersey Shore channeling her life experiences into whimsical works that playfully distort our reality. She incorporates fabric, textiles, jewelry design, sculpture, and painting into a colorful eclectic practice that seeks to inspire others to acknowledge their inherent creative spirit. A self-taught artist, she rejects the rules and notions of fine art in a vibrant juxtaposition of figuration and abstraction with an emphasis on textured visceral works.
While art had always fascinated Kecia, she discovered her talents when she relocated from her California home to coastal New Jersey. While building her new life, she took to engaging with craft, design, and the visual arts to transform her living space into a wonderland of her own creation. Spending most of her days as a caregiver, her art became an outlet. Embracing the unusual, she continued to expand her practice. She was met with a positive response as others fell in love with the imaginative worlds she invited them to explore. As her acclaim grew, she became a world traveler, uplifting artists around the globe with her art and drawing from their rich cultures and experiences to inform her work and evolving practice. Today, she is sharing her journey, skills, and motivation with others as an educator. Her work continues to teach us about the value of accepting your individuality and allowing your distinct style of creativity to flourish.
Course Curriculum
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StartIntro and Personal Interview with Kecia and Tami (6:01)
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StartMaterials tour of Kecia's found objects and bits (15:50)
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StartKecia's inspiration for creating her shrines (5:32)
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StartSupply overview (2:06)
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StartPDF for download: Suggested supplies and resources
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StartHow to audition your vessels (3:13)
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StartPrepping the first parts of the shrine (5:21)
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StartStarting with the niche and box background (10:39)
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StartChoosing pieces to create a balance (6:49)
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StartAuditioning layers and continuing to tell a story (11:43)
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StartIt is time to commit with the glue (11:44)
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StartFinding and adding the some details (14:12)
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StartCreative ways to glue down certain pieces (8:32)
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StartAdding a vintage effect to certain objects (10:07)
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StartHow to attach the block feet (1:47)
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StartKecia's tips for adding more detail (2:44)
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StartKecia shares her trial and error process as she creates in real time (18:00)
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StartMore windows of opportunity as Kecia continues to create (4:15)
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StartRe-applying the block feet (3:23)
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StartWhen do you know when to stop.....Wrap it up! (1:46)
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StartBONUS: How to create macrame pompoms with yarn (5:21)