I took today's challenge quite literally. I made a collage featuring Frank Lloyd Wright and his designs. I used some images from Google including a drawing and blueprints of the Fallingwater house and a sketch of the Guggenheim. I also included a little painting I did of a FLW designed building that is actually in my hometown of Hastings MN. I never realized that my hometown was so interesting. I grew up about 6 blocks from this building which we all thought was kind of weird looking. HA! It's currently an ugly brown color and looks like a mushroom. It was originally an aqua color and then I believe it was painted green. Anyway I wanted to include it on my card.
My other âeoeinfluenceâe for this card was my dad. He was a mechanical engineer and of course he had to work with architects in his firm. I would get to hear stories of how they were dreamers and came up with all these pie in the sky designs. As an engineer he came at it from the other angle and would see all the practical things that had to go into a building. So being the daughter of an engineer I kind of see architects as dreamersâe¦.but I do appreciate their designs.
I have never been to the house in Spring Green WI even though it's not that far from where I liveâe¦it would be a nice day trip ..perhaps this summer.
Oh and I can recommend a book about FLW called Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. It's a fictionalized version of a time in his life..very good and quite readable.
Thanks for the fun challenge Jean!
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Wed, Jan 30, 2019 @ 1:20 PM
What a wonderful collage -- I like the man you used and all the building signs, etc. It is a fab card!!
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Sat, Feb 02, 2019 @ 6:39 PM
Great collage.
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Sat, Feb 02, 2019 @ 7:38 PM
What a creative collage card, Polly, and especially love your own painting on this - fabulous! I can relate to you with an Engineer's thinking - I live with one!!
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