{"id":24407,"date":"2013-05-03T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=24407"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:26:19","slug":"art-crush-denise-fiedler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2013\/art-crush-denise-fiedler\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Crush: Denise Fiedler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/ice-cream-denise-fiedler?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ice-cream.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ice Cream by Denise Fiedler | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"698\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ice-cream.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ice-cream-300x380.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>I think I have spring and summer fever. The lingering cold and snow here in Colorado has me daydreaming of warmer temperatures&#8230; and crushing on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/home-garden\/uncommon-artist-gallery\/denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Denise Fiedler&#8217;s collages<\/a>. They capture that easygoing charm of summertime so perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/sunglasses-denise-fiedler?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sunglasses.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sunglasses by Denise Fiedler | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"431\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sunglasses.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sunglasses-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sunglasses-184x144.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Denise started making collages in 2009 after one serendipitous bout of spring cleaning. While going through her attic, she stumbled upon a box of vintage books and newsprint, which she&#8217;d collected over the years from flea markets. Inspired by her forgotten treasures, she decided to transform these ephemeral materials into works of art. She calls this unique artistic endeavor paste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/woody-denise-fiedler?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/woody.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Woody by Denise Fiedler | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/woody.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/woody-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/woody-184x144.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>The yellowing pages and iconic subject matter give her work a wonderful sense of nostalgia. It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re looking into the past at a simpler time of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/bicycles-denise-fiedler?source=blog\">bicycle rides<\/a>, ice cream cones, and family road trips in the ol&#8217; station wagon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/hydrangeas-denise-fiedler?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hydrangeas.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hydrangeas by Denise Fiedler | UncommonGoods\" width=\"515\" height=\"651\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hydrangeas.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hydrangeas-300x379.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a>To construct these delicate outlines, she carefully carves silhouettes from the vintage pages and assembles the cutouts to adeptly capture the design and essence of her subjects. Denise draws inspiration from a variety of sources, including architecture, animals, food, and people who have caught her eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/dogs-denise-fiedler?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dogs by Denise Fiedler | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"691\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dogs.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dogs-300x376.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Which one is your favorite? I think I need the ice cream collage. Just imagine, it would be summer on my wall all year round&#8230; that sounds pretty great.<\/p>\n<p><em>See more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/home-garden\/uncommon-artist-gallery\/denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Denise<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/home-garden\/uncommon-artist-gallery?source=blog\">Uncommon Artist Gallery<\/a> and read more about the works featured above: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/ice-cream-denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Ice Cream<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/sunglasses-denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Sunglasses<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/woody-denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Woody<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/hydrangeas-denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Hydrangeas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/dogs-denise-fiedler?source=blog\">Dogs<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin of Art Social waxes poetic about Denise&#8217;s collages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":24424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742],"tags":[557,1195,40,37,926,525],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}