Inner Works

Here's a new piece I created a couple of weeks ago. It depicts the inner workings of our mind. (Or maybe just mine...)

I covered the box  and doll head with an old mechanical drawing printed on tissue paper I found at an estate sale.

Works in Progress

If you read my last blog entry, then you know I had a fantastic last show and practically sold out. I've been busy working in my studio creating...

Nothing is actually finished yet

Everything needs a few finishing touches

I'm anxiously waiting by my mailbox for some of Lisa Jurist's wonderfully hand dyed sari ribbons to add

When I'm not by my mailbox getting soaked by rain or road spray, I'm in my studio

Trick or Treat!

On a heavier note, my husband starts his chemo tomorrow. And its a rough one. Five days in the hospital, then six days outpatient. Off for about a week and then back at it again. We could use your prayers...

Fly Away, Fly Away, Fly Away Home

 Well, its done. I added some, fine tuned some and then stopped. I'm really happy with the outcome and welcome your comments!

 The black beads form a "road map".

 Pay no attention to the mess on the floor behind the mannequin!!

 This is a detail of the back. Home.



Box Top Collage

I've started working on some mixed media collage. Its something I've been wanting to try for a while. I just didn't know what kind of substrate to use. Wood seemed too heavy. It seemed wasteful to use watercolor paper if I wasn't going to always paint the background. Cardstock didn't seem sturdy enough and plus, I didn't like the glossiness of what I had for this project.

Since I'm always of the mind to use what I already have, I looked around my studio until I found these glove or tie boxes a friend gave me after closing her shop. They were perfect! They were already covered with brown paper, so I didn't have to do anything to prepare the background if I didn't want to. I had a lot of fun doing these and plan to do more.

Here is my conundrum: Do I only collage the tops of the boxes and sell them as collaged gift boxes or do I collage the tops AND bottoms as individual pieces of art? I appreciate your comments and ideas on this.

Next, some of you may be following the progress of our little baby finches. Boy, do they grow FAST! The oldest ones are getting to be just about the size of the parents. I would give the largest another couple of days before it leaves the nest. I only count 4 babies, now though. I'm not sure if they're sitting on the two smaller ones, or if something has happened to them.

These pictures were taken last week. This week the oldest 2 are now the same color as the parents and just about as big. The one on the left, here, is Puff (daddy). They seem to be more skittish, now, so its harder to get good pics.