{"id":3713,"date":"2013-05-12T23:06:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T09:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2013-05-23T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T20:31:21","slug":"ufos-ursulas-found-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/2013\/05\/12\/ufos-ursulas-found-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"UFOs: Ursula’s Found Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update – 5\/23\/13<\/h2>\n

Ursula’s\u00a0Kickstarter project<\/a>\u00a0(which you can read about below) has hit the $4K mark, but still has a ways (and less than a month) to go. Please consider donating, or helping to spread the word by forwarding a link to this post, or to her Kickstarter page directly: http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1419160235\/art-alien-reconstruction-team<\/p>\n

\u00a0You can also check out her project’s blog here<\/a> for more info and updates. Go, Ursula!<\/p>\n

Ursula Roma’s ART: Alien Reconstruction Team Project<\/h2>\n

My friend\u00a0Ursula Roma<\/a>, a\u00a0Cincinnati-based artist, illustrator and designer, is a genius at transforming found objects (like gears and watch parts and discarded hardware) into fabulous fine art constructions. \u2014Which include wild and whimsical animals, fantastic birds, mythical beings, humanoid-type creatures, and little space aliens, too!<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a><\/p>\n

Above are a few of her found objects sculptures from an exhibit she had at Wilmington College last fall; below are some of my favorites from her art blog<\/a> and Facebook page. (Thanks again for letting me borrow these images, Urs.)<\/p>\n

Check out the nail file \u201cfeathers\u201d on Ursula\u2019s fabulous thunderbird\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Ursula<\/a><\/p>\n

Or the hypnotic gaze of this dazzling owl\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Ursula<\/a>\u2026Or the fun way Ursula combines 3-D and 2-D with this bird and trees and starry sky.<\/p>\n

\"Ursula<\/a>\"Ursula's<\/a>Reconstructing space aliens (and telling their stories) is the focus of Ursula Roma\u2019s delightfully imaginative new Kickstarter project, ART – Alien Reconstruction Team<\/a>, in which she plans to create 50 of these found-art creatures as she travels across the U.S. \u2014 And that\u2019s just for starters!<\/p>\n

In her own words (from her Kickstarter page): \u201cI will travel 50 states, resurrect wounded extraterrestrials, repair their spaceships, send them home, and then create an amazing book!\u201d \u2014Which, knowing Ursula as I do, I have no doubt that she will.<\/p>\n

When I first heard about Ursula\u2019s idea, watched the cool video<\/a> she\u2019d made about it, and saw how thoughtfully and thoroughly she\u2019d mapped out her vision \u2014 which is part artistic challenge, part grand adventure, part creative collaboration, and 100% fun\/unique \u2014 I was both charmed and hooked. I pledged my support right away, as did Dad when I sent him the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ursula\u2019s little aliens even made it into the next morning\u2019s cat doodle. (Once you climb aboard her vision, it\u2019s hard not to see little aliens needing rescue\/reconstruction everywhere you look.)<\/p>\n

\"Charlotte<\/a><\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t funded a Kickstarter<\/a> project before, or aren\u2019t yet familiar with what it\u2019s all about, Kickstarter is a great way to support an artist, inventor or other worthy party in realizing their creative vision, for as little as a few bucks (or as much as you would like to give). Most projects have great premiums for their various donation levels (like t-shirts, prints, books, etc.) that make buying into something you\u2019d like to see happen a real no-brainer. (And btw if the project doesn\u2019t reach its funding goal, no money changes hands.)<\/p>\n

\"Catlow<\/a>For example, my hometown theater, The Catlow, a classic 1920s-era gem, launched a successful Kickstarter project<\/a> last summer to fund the costly digital projection equipment they needed to survive. For as little as $10 one could not only help save The Catlow, but would get a voucher for a free movie ticket and popcorn, to boot. \u2014A no-brainer, like I was saying. Fortunately 1,394 backers agreed: The project exceeded<\/em> its goal by $75K, and our theater was saved. (Hoorah!)<\/p>\n

Or Kickstarter might also be a place to seek funding for your own<\/em> creative project, like Ursula has\u2026? (Something to think about\u2026)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ursula\u2019s\u00a0ART – Alien Reconstruction Team<\/a> proposal expires on June 16th<\/strong>, and could use somewhere between 500 and 1000 more backers before then to help make it happen. I sure hope you might consider being one of them! \u2014 Or might consider sharing the link http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1419160235\/art-alien-reconstruction-team\u00a0with a deep-pocketed, art-loving, alien-friendly friend (or two). The aliens (and I) thank you! \u2014As will Ursula and Maggie (the project’s canine Sniff Commander), pictured below.<\/p>\n

\"Ursula<\/a>
\nHappy Monday, and have a creative and wonderful week, everyone! Thanks, as always, for visiting, and see you on here again real soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update – 5\/23\/13 Ursula’s\u00a0Kickstarter project\u00a0(which you can read about below) has hit the $4K mark, but still has a ways (and less than a month) to go. Please consider donating, or helping to spread the word by forwarding a link … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[505],"tags":[503,500,501,7,215,504,499,502,498],"class_list":["post-3713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ursula-roma-kickstarter-project","tag-alien-reconstruction-team","tag-aliens","tag-artwork","tag-charlotte-2","tag-fine-art","tag-found-objects-sculpture","tag-kickstarter","tag-maggie","tag-ursula-roma"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3713"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3796,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions\/3796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}