Reclamation

"This blog is dedicated to taking musical instruments that are broken beyond repair and giving them a new breath of life in visual art, and to artists who depict musical instruments in paintings, sculpture and drawings. My own series,...

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This article appeared in We Are DeKalb magazine to feature 'Reclamation' and the gallery in Downtown Decatur, Georgia. 

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"Torch of the Master" a tribute to Phantom of the Opera, JD Isaacs.  Reclamed broken cello with recycled materials and polymer clay.  72" x 32"

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Hard at work in my studio… latest in Reclamation series.’Torch of the Master’ taking broken musical instruments and giving them a new breath of life in visual art.

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"Reclamation with Violin,"  JD Isaacs, 22" x 13", broken violin, recycled materials and polymer clay.

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"Reclamation with Cello"  JD Isaacs, 42" x 26", broken cello, recycled materials and polymer clay

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"Reclamation with Trumpet"  JD Isaacs, 22" x 13", broken trumpet, recycled materials and polymer clay.

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"Reclamation with Mandolin"  JD Isaacs, 22" x 13", broken mandolin, recycled materials and polymer clay.

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"Winter Dreams" from Tchaikovsky's Symphony #1.  JD Isaacs 38" x 13" recycled material, polymer clay. 

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"Reclamation with Violin,III"  JD Isaacs, 22" x 13", broken violin, recycled materials and polymer clay. 

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"Reclamation with Violin, IV"  JD Isaacs, 34" x 13", broken violin, recycled materials and polymer clay. 

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This blog is dedicated to taking musical instruments that are broken beyond repair and giving them a new breath of life in visual art. My own series, ‘Reclamation’ has been my way of honoring the beauty and history of these instruments that were born of nature and are now figuratively returned to nature itself.