{"id":23245,"date":"2015-08-28T21:54:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T04:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=23245"},"modified":"2015-08-28T22:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T05:37:10","slug":"i-sandwich-everything-in-that-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/28\/i-sandwich-everything-in-that-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;i sandwich everything in that stuff&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie1.jpg\" alt=\"hollie1\" width=\"584\" height=\"1209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie1-145x300.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie1-495x1024.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3765538\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another Saturday, another episode of ART FOR YOUR EAR! This time I&#8217;m talking to full-time graphic designer turned full-time collage artist, Chattanooga Tennessee based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holliechastain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hollie Chastain<\/a>. We talk materials <em>{there is a lot of gel medium in her world}<\/em>, being an artist\u00a0&amp;\u00a0mother, and she even threw in a hilariously\u00a0mortifying phone anxiety love story at the very end.\u00a0You can listen right up there under those lovely ladies, or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>. As you\u2019re listening, take a\u00a0look at the work we talked about in the order that we talked about it. Let&#8217;s start with the very first piece of Hollie&#8217;s that I ever saw\/wrote about. It was the lead image in the &#8220;curated&#8221; blog post that I did for Etsy\u00a0way back in the day:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie2.jpg\" alt=\"hollie2\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, I still love that piece so much! And below is the piece, titled <em>&#8220;Afterthought&#8221;<\/em>, that she mentioned when talking about using gel medium not only as glue, but also for image transfers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie3.jpg\" alt=\"hollie3\" width=\"584\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie3-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to try that! Speaking of things I need to try&#8230; book covers! Oh, so many found book covers. Her favorites of course being old school text books complete with scribbles by bored children:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie41.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie41.jpg\" alt=\"hollie4\" width=\"584\" height=\"2362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie41.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie41-74x300.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie41-253x1024.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Gah!<\/em> Her book cover pieces are my absolute favorites! Turns out she has a studio FULL of them&#8230; see:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie5.jpg\" alt=\"hollie5\" width=\"584\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie5-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie5-558x1024.jpg 558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh. Jealous! Next up, the\u00a0illustration she did for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thebaffler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Baffler<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie6.jpg\" alt=\"hollie6\" width=\"584\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie6-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mixed media, indeed! I quickly mentioned that Hollie was one of the artists in my book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/titles\/collage.html\" target=\"_blank\">Collage<\/a><\/em>&#8230; this was the fantastic original she made for the book, along with a shot of one of her double page spreads:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie7.jpg\" alt=\"hollie7\" width=\"584\" height=\"1389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie7-126x300.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie7-431x1024.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love. So. Much. And finally, we didn&#8217;t actually talk about her studio space, but I found this photo on her site and I absolutely love this crazy beautiful mess:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie8.jpg\" alt=\"hollie8\" width=\"584\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hollie8-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t that make you want to make something <em>right now!?<\/em> Me too. And with that, I&#8217;ll say thank you to Hollie for joining me today, and thanks so much to you for listening <em>{and looking}<\/em>&#8230; there will be another episode waiting for you next Saturday!<\/p>\n<p><em>ps. oh, and a link to Lisa Congdon&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/145212826X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=145212826X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wwwlisacongdo-20&amp;linkId=KHSR4UOW2R2OCH43\" target=\"_blank\">Art Inc.<\/a>\u00a0&amp; a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/dolangeiman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolan Geiman&#8217;s site.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Saturday, another episode of ART FOR YOUR EAR! This time I&#8217;m talking to full-time graphic designer turned full-time collage artist, Chattanooga Tennessee based Hollie Chastain. 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