Another origami structure has been added to the orchid in the past week:
Rogue origami
After art night at my house a week or two ago, I found some rogue origami in the orchid on my kitchen table:
Here’s what one guest at art night worked on:
Silkscreening! This is something I’d like to learn how to do. At the rate I’m going that will be…. in 2010.
First set of 2008 light switch covers
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(I accidentally took not only some rather crooked pictures, but photographed these before sealing them AND before even cutting out the holes for the switch & screws. oops)
What’s missing? Opinions, plz.
I have some 28-odd half-finished prints spread out all over my art room. They look more-or-less like the image on the right side of this photo. Now I need opinions from my loyal readers: What would make the image on the RIGHT look complete, wanting for nothing?
The image on the left is a trial print (i guess you might call it a proof) that I think has potential. If I decided to go with a variation of the left side, I would move the snowflakes up a bit and perhaps block out 1 or 2 of them so that the figure isn’t obscured… or maybe rotate the snowflakes? Hmmmmm….
You have approximately 20 hours to get your opinions in.
I want to be done printing all of them tomorrow night so that they can dry overnight, I can crop & package them on Thursday, and put them in the mail on Friday.
inky sketches
The odd vaguely aqua color is from a “Souffle pen” that K & I discovered on a recent excursion to the west side of town…. I’m afraid to say it was a pretty disappointing new pen. Not only did it not pouf up nearly as much as implied by the name (or perhaps it lived up to the finicky nature of souffles?), but I ran mine dry in just over a week. Hmmmmmm.
I hereby pledge to send a handmade gift to the first SIX people who comment on this entry. No real promises about time frame, but it’ll be within the next 365 days.
By the way, I’m going to just keep moving this post to the top until I get 6 people signed up…
Winter Print, 2nd layer
So now I’ve cut the main portion of my “Winter print” for the print exchange. One more linoleum block to go….
The following decisions still need to be made:
– Do I still want a third layer? (yes)
– Which images will be the top/middle/bottom?
– What paper to print on?
– How will I line up the print on the paper?
– What colors will I use?
Between taking this picture and posting it, I’ve tried out this super bright blue color for the snowflakes… which is NOT going to make the final cut…
Two necklaces
Two necklaces I made before Christmas. Both are sterling silver and amber. The top one, however, is made with a “reconstituted” amber bead. It’s kind of like someone took all the cut-offs from their other amber projects, glued them together in a big lump with amber-colored glue, and then shaped/sanded/polished the bead in to shape. The filled-in cracks look pretty neat-o.
Top one was a commissioned piece, sold shortly before Christmas.
Bottom one was a gift to myself 🙂
Tin can christmas ornaments
