Scrapboarding to retail alternative fine art in Louisville's historic 4th Street corridor

Block Party Handmade Boutique is among four new businesses currently under construction on 4th Street, Louisville, Ky.  just north of Chestnut Street between the Brown and Seelbach hotels.

Block Party Handmade Boutique is a collective of artisans who will retail ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, woodworks, photography, crafts/accessories and 3-D fine art Scrapboarding, dubbed an alternative art form by the new retailer. Fine art and many other crafts and artworks will occupy a newly furnished eclectic refurbished store. An attractive glistening window display will attract shoppers to venture into the unique boutique. The store will open by mid-April.

"I'm extremely pleased to be involved in such a creative undertaking to provide downtown shoppers a place to search for all different kinds of art," said Carol Labashosky, creator of 3-D fine art scrapboarding." More than 30 artists have been juried into the new operation, according to Mary Levinsky, entrepreneur and owner of Block Party Handmade Boutique.

For pictures of the construction work in progress, be sure to join the Boutiques' facebook page and Barking Dog Enterprises facebook for updates. You can see the artists' wares at

 http://www.facebook.com/BlockPartyHandmadeBoutique?ref=ts&fref=ts





Join Carol Labashosky's facebook, Barking Dog Enterprises at
http://www.facebook.com/barkingdogenterprises?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

Water color affect with pastels and acrylics

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A detail is pictured of the sky color scheme at sunset.

Closeup Seashore Hotel lounging area

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Here, I used acrylic paints and magic markers to outline some of the hotel features. The pen was a great tool to define some details.

Seashore Hotel multi-media painting

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In this picture, one can see the surreal aspects of a vacation to a motor lodge beach resort: the sunset, the sea, the hotel. The scene captures the essence of the beach experience.

Seashore Hotel closeup using pastels

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Here is a detail of the paining. Learning to use pastels has been rewarding and enjoyable!