Penny Richards' photos

Art postcards for a swap with some friends and strangers. Recycled cardboard base, painted, stamped, inked, and collaged. The top two feature Nina Farrington from the Flickr Commons uploads of the George Eastman House, and the bottom two feature an unnamed Laplander immigrant at Ellis island, from the New York Public Library's Flickr Commons uploads (see below).

Art postcards for a swap with some friends and strangers. Recycled cardboard painted, stamped, inked, and collaged. This one features Marthe Chenal (1881-1947), from the Library of Congress's Flickr Commons uploads.

Thrifted black satchel, altered with gesso, acrylic paints, and sharpie markers. SOLD 5/10.

Made with ideas from hyperbolic crochet. Tied to small pigtails for the Frida effect. ;) No pattern, just messing around.

I followed the directions in this YouTube video to make these: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJDGN57ZlyQ I'm making a dozen for a Welsh-themed table at Thinking Day. It was this morning's excuse to watch a little TV. ;)

Thrifted Clarita purse, upcycled with gesso, acrylic paints, paper collage, sharpies, inks, and modpodge. SOLD 10/10.

Thrifted Clarita purse, upcycled with gesso, acrylic paints, paper collage, sharpies, inks, and modpodge. Image is of three Portuguese "mill girls" striking in Lowell MA, 1912, from the Library of Congress uploads at Flickr Commons; "pão e rosas" is "bread and roses" in Portuguese, and refers to the strikers' slogan ("We want bread, and roses too!"). SOLD 10/10.

Made with thrifted yarns. I call these "airport hats," because they're good to wear in crowded places (airports, parades, carnivals, amusement parks)--so visible from a distance, so memorable and easy to describe...

Made with thrifted yarns. I call these "airport hats," because they're good to wear in crowded places (airports, parades, carnivals, amusement parks)--so visible from a distance, so memorable and easy to describe...

Made with thrifted yarns. I call these "airport hats," because they're good to wear in crowded places (airports, parades, carnivals, amusement parks)--so visible from a distance, so memorable and easy to describe...

She tagged me to take a snapshot of myself within ten minutes of checking out the tag--so here it is. Yes, I've been wearing this hat for several hours, even out in the world, even to pick up a kid from school (oh, the mortification).

Me at Girl Scout Camp. I'm in the middle of the front row.

Created for the NASA remix Challenge #12 - The Heart Of Space A thrifted black purse that I upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, inks, paper collage, and modpodge. The background painting was inspired by the NASA Remix Project's current challenge, which includes the "Heart of Orion" image this time. www.flickr.com/groups/nasa-remix/discuss/72157623329574336/ The foreground is an image from the GRIN Archives (Great Images in NASA), an online collection of historical images. It's from 1964, and features Melba Roy, a mathematician at Goddard Space Flight Center, in front of a very large IBM computer. (#64-H-2487). SOLD 2/10.

A thrifted black purse that I upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, inks, paper collage, and modpodge. Most of my purses have a tag like this somewhere, explaining the subject's name and significance.

Created for the NASA remix Challenge #12 - The Heart Of Space. A thrifted black purse that I upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, inks, paper collage, and modpodge. The background painting was inspired by the NASA Remix Project's current challenge, which includes the "Heart of Orion" image this time. www.flickr.com/groups/nasa-remix/discuss/72157623329574336/ The foreground is an image from the GRIN Archives (Great Images in NASA), an online collection of historical images. It's from 1964, and features Melba Roy, a mathematician at Goddard Space Flight Center, in front of a very large IBM computer. (#64-H-2487). SOLD 2/10.

A magenta heart to greet February! Beets and red cabbage from recent CSA boxes. Recipe suggested by my friend Rubi and cobbled from several online (just four ingredients: shredded beets, shredded red cabbage, garlic powder, and a small amount of mayonnaise). I didn't think I liked beets. Now I think I love them.

"Above the hills, along the blue, Round the bright air with footing true, To please the child, to paint the rose, The gardener of the World, he goes." --Robert Louis Stevenson, last stanza of "Summer Sun," in A Child's Garden of Verses I upcycled this tan purse with paint, sharpies, modpodge, inks, and paper collage. Image is from the George Eastman House uploads to Flickr Commons (see below). Custom order.

Another version of my Nursing in an Art bag--the theme was so popular, I had an order for another. Black Guess bag, thrifted and upcycled with paint, sharpies, and paper collage. Image is from the Powerhouse Museum uploads to Flickr Commons (see below). Custom order.