One World One Heart 2011

Welcome to my blog One World One Heart!

Note: 2/17/2011
Notice a few of our friends are flying in under the wire.
I'll do my name drawing tonight at 9:00 p.m.

My name is Cathy Horner and I am from Johnson City TN. I am a full time guitar instructor and collage artist working from my 110 year old farm house.

I've played guitar for over 38 years and my CD of original fingerstyle guitar compositions was broadcast internationally on radio stations. It was featured in Guitar Player magazine in 2003. I have been a performer doing songwriter showcases and other events. I now teach lessons beginner to advance.

If I could describe my collage art, I would say it "fell from the sky". I began making collages using actual vintage images (no scans), handmade papers, acrylic paint and found objects like real butterfly wings only four years ago! I've had gallery exhibits including solo shows, received awards, and juried into fine art festivals. My art has been featured in art reviews and a nine page article in Victorian Homes magazine last year. This Fall, six exclusive designs will be produced by Liberty Bottleworks and distributed nation wide.

The most important thing is I love what I do! Not only do I enjoy making art but making friends through my blog and the internet. I enjoy sharing my projects, experiences and exchanging ideas. I realize you have a lot of blogs to visit but welcome you to come back here and visit!

Now on to my door prizes!! I will randomly draw 4 names after 2/17/2011. All you have to do to enter is write a message on this post and have a blog. If there is a prize you prefer, you can let me know but no promises! Finally, please leave your email address so I can contact you if you should win. Easy!


1. "Tickled Pink" 8X10 signed print with mat. (made with dye based ink on fine art paper)















2. Original ATC I made in 2007 using real photograph and real butterfly wings on an old playing card.
















3. Original ATC I made in 2007 using a real photograph on an old playing card.















4. Three blank greeting cards with images of my artwork.













Have Fun and thanks for visiting!!

For those not aware of this event Whimsical Bohemian explains..

"One World One Heart is a worldwide event for bloggers only. It gives all those who blog a chance to meet and mingle and form connections with those they may not have otherwise met from all over the world. In the past 4 years this event has grown to over 1,000 participants with lasting friendships (and even one love connection) formed along the way. Think of it as a GIGANTIC open house allowing you to travel without ever leaving your home........going from blog to blog(in various countries) seeing the wonder each one has created and meeting all the fabulous people behind those blogs. As a bonus each blogger participant will offer up a "door prize or prizes"....just for dropping by, saying hello and seeing their world. It's really that easy."

This event will from January 30th 2011 through February 17th. Open world wide.

Greetings to "One World One Heart " friends!

I just discovered the One World One Heart event so a little late joining the magic carpet ride. This is an event where bloggers get to meet friends from all over the world who also have blogs. Amazing, funny, creative, loving people!
It has been a pleasure visiting your sites! If you haven't heard of this event be sure to visit the link above and learn how to join us for the next event. It's all about meeting kindred spirits and discovering talents from the whole world over.
This is what I am sending to one of my new friends, a signed print of "Butterfly Maker" 5X7 in a 8X10 mat. All you have to do is comment to this post by 2/14/2010 and I'll draw one name and announce the winner on 2/15/2010.
No extra entries and this is open to everyone!
I hope you enjoy my collage art and thanks for visiting!

If you would like to learn more about me or see more of my art please visit

http://www.cathyhorner.com

My art is also featured in this months edition of Victorian Homes Magazine, a nine page article titled "Piecing it Together".

Giveaway , your choice of an art print! Cathy Horner

To celebrate the wonderful support I've received for my art I've decided it was time to give away a print!

Last year one of my collages was featured on Ovation TV "My Art". Now they are taking votes for the best of the 2009. The winner gets a whole gallery of their art featured on Ovation TV. Please vote. I am #46 "Cloud Nine" (Cathy Horner) This would be so awesome!Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the link, only takes a second and the voting ends 2/5/2010

http://www.ovationtv.com/Events/myart

However, although greatly appreciated it is not a way to get an entry for the free print. It would just make me really happy :) Thank you for supporting my art.

The prize: One winner, your choice of any hand signed print, 8X10 including the mat.

Here's how to enter:.
Go to my website and come back and tell me which print you would chose.

http://www.cathyhorner.com

For an extra entry follow my blog. Make a second post and write "I follow".

If you already follow be sure to make a second post saying that you follow my blog.

Please leave your email contact in the post so I can easily contact you. You can shorten it for security reasons like cathyhorner at embarqmail dot com for example.

That's it! This is my first giveaway so hope you enjoy it. I'll pull your name out of a hat or if there are lot of entries will use a random generator. Last date to post is 02/06/2010.

Update! I am enjoying this so much, love reading all your messages and making new friends. I'm already thinking of new projects and future giveaways. So, I've decided if this giveaway reaches 100 entries I will draw two names for a free print of choice. Spread the word and thanks! This is fun!! Cathy

My art featured in Victorian Homes Magazine

On the newstands now! February 2010 issue. Wow, I was stunned how beautiful the article is and it's nine pages long featuring full color pages of my art. The article was written by Jennifer Myers and editor for the magazine. She couldn't have described me more perfectly!
The title is called "Piecing it Together". Jennifer explains where my art all started, details of my method of making art and in her words captures the love and fun I have creating it.

The magazine also features a side article about Victorian Photocollage that is being exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY through May then to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Also two books written about this turn of the century past time called "Playing with Pictures" and "The Marvelous Album of Madame B" that are available at the museum shop of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jennifer sent me a copy of the first book and it is awesome! It is also mentioned in this article how similar my collage art is to this museum collection. I knew I was born yesterday!

I am very proud to have my art published and such kind words written about it in a magazine I have read for years. I did all the photography too, and pleased how it turned out. I'm just tickled pink!!

http://www.cathyhorner.com

Cloud Nine

Ovation TV is going to spotlight a pic of me and this art piece titled "Cloud Nine" on their segment called "My Art". I won't know the exact time but they will also have it available to view at the OvationTV website. yay!

Art: Working with real butterfly wings

First things first. I assure you I'm not a butterfly killer! With the exception of the Monarch most adult butterflies only live a week or two. There are butterfly farms, and as far as I know they don't hook them up to a plow or anything and just wait for a natural death before collecting them. I find the ka-put insects in my yard, the park and even parking lots where I've recieved an odd glance or two as I carefully pick them up. I don't limit myself to butterflies and have collected deceased moths, cicadas and even hornet wings for my art!

Butterfly wings are very delicate. They are covered with thousands of colorful scales that are so tiny it is almost powder like. With a very light touch, using a paint brush I coat both sides with a gel medium. I let each coat dry then add another coat. This makes them a little easier to handle. Since I am using them in collages, usually with a paper image on top of part of it, I cut away some of the thicker veins that wouldn't be seen anyway and would cause a ridge in my image.

In collage art, after arranging all the images that you have decided on, you have to take it all apart again before glueing everything down in the order it needs to be. The wings are still very fragile, sometimes I will use tweezers. Even once I have glued the wings in place, numerous times I go back and add more gel medium around the edges. If there is an air pocket I will carefully make a tiny slice with a razor blade and fill it with more gel medium.

Once an entire collage is finished I coat each one with about four coats of decoupage finish. If a collage has insect wings, I put this finish on thicker on the wings.

My intention is to perserve a beautiful part of nature in art.