Eileen Bellomo
Posted By Craft Corps on April 1, 2009
Eileen Bellamo
Name: Eileen Bellomo
Age: 60
Location: The Bronx, New York!!
Profession: I am now retired, but I was an elementary school teacher for nearly 35 years. More time to craft now. Yea!
Craft(s) of Choice: I’ll try anything. I knit, scrapbook, make cards, am obsessed with ATCs, have done fused glass, I take painting classes, and was a potter when I was younger and had a better back, lol. Right now I pretty much confine myself to anything to do with paper. I love paper and collect it shamelessly.
Blog: http://www.artsaveslives-paperqueen.blogspot.com
What got me started: I was not quite 5, in kindergarten, and busy copying a picture of Abraham Lincoln that hung in front of the classroom. I’m pretty sure I was supposed to be doing something else. Instead of getting angry, the teacher called my mother and said, “get this child some art lessons.” My mom registered me in a great children’s art program at the Brooklyn Museum, and every Saturday we went to a different gallery there, and drew what we saw. I mostly remember the African section, sitting on the floor, sketching the masks in a sketch pad that was almost larger than I was, then going home and trying to make one myself with brown paper bags and assorted scraps. Loved it then, love it now! Crafting frees me from day to day worries, gets me out of my own head for a while. Like my blog name says: Art Saves Lives!
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