There was once a local artist that I admired who took a look at the type of jewelry that I was creating at the time and told me that I was a true assemblage artist. My earliest work centered on using upcycled treasures, skeleton keys and the like, in very unusual ways. Not having any concept about what that meant, I thought she was telling me that I was an assembly-line artist and was a bit put off. Then I learned more about what that term actually meant, and it did feel right. Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium. It is part of the visual arts, and it typically uses found objects, but is not limited to these materials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblage_(art) Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), an extremely shy and reclusive New York City artist, was one of the pioneers of the assemblage art form and one of its most celebrated talents. He was a largely self-taught artist and avant-garde filmmaker who was gifted with an eye for detail, creating with an improvisational method in an orderly … Continue reading Art Journey #5 :: Thinking Inside the Box with Joseph Cornell