Art Journaling Your Heritage

Today's challenge is a GOOOOOD one, so let's jump right to it. 

TODAY'S CHALLENGE -- from Sadelle Wiltshire

Sadelle Wilthsire

Cultural Heritage / Language

• Create a page inspired by a foreign language or your cultural heritage.
• Use words, fonts/letters, poetry, newspapers, art inspiration from the language or culture as collaged bits and/or painted/stamped layers.
• Add some Zentangle inspired art or pen art to highlight a section or shapes. 
  NOTE: You can visit Sadelle's blog for some examples of this in action -- and to enter her giveaway!!

After reading the challenge I knew exactly where I wanted to start. In 2013 during Book-in-a-Day, I carved a set of stamps based on the African symbols called Adrinka. CLICK HERE to read about it. 

So I went to my stamps and started there. Then I added a bit of inked Zentangles inside the open spaces. That was fun. 

I kept looking at the page wondering what was happening with it and where it was going. I realized that it needed something dimensional, so I grabbed some Kentè cloth that I've been holding on to since my wedding (almost 11 years) and cut two strips from that. It was just what the page needed. 

Here's my page:

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The page has a lot of layers (like heritage) and a lot of texture (like culture) and it's just about darn perfect. I think I'll snip that piece at the top and edge the page with some black ink. 

Here are a few close ups:

Make sure to check out all the teachers in the blog hop. 

HERE'S THE LINE UP
December 1 -- Mimi Bondi -- MimiBondi.com
December 2 -- Cindy Gilstrap -- Junque Art Studios 
December 4 -- Tiare Smith -- TiareSmith.com 
December 7 -- Julie Baker -- Creatively Onward 
December 8 -- Amanda Trought -- Reality Arts 
December 9 -- Andrea Gomoll -- Cre8tive Cre8tions
December 10 -- Nicole Piar -- GhostKitten.com
December 11 -- Lisa DeYoung -- Mountain Mermaid Studios 
December 15 -- Kelly Johnson -- Wings, Worms, and Wonder 
December 16 -- Tori Weyers -- DrawRiot.com
DAY SEVENTEEN-->December 17 -- Sadelle Wiltshire -- Tangle Vermont 
December 18 -- Barb Owen -- HowToGetCreative.com
December 21 -- Hali Karla -- HaliKarla.com
December 22 -- Yuko Miki -- Honeyberry Studios 
December 23 -- Lisa McLoughlin -- Lisa McLoughlin Art
December 28 -- Virginia Simpson-Magruder -- Kentucky Girl Designs 
December 30 -- iHanna -- iHanna.nu 

​Are you creating with me this month? 
Tell me so I can check it out. Follow me on Instagram -- @kialagives and use the hashtag #journeywithin2016 -- see you there. 

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