Today was about tubes: getting them covered, secured and starting the sewing process. Where I started this morning: Nothing terribly new… Close up of the coffee paper: Covering a tube. Kind of reminds me of cow trachea or a caddis fly during their water stage. All three tubes covered: it will get better in aContinue reading “Portals Project: day 4”
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Portals Project: day 3
Today was a paper testing day. Since I have only produced three sheets of the coffee dyed paper I wanted to use some of the heavily textured (& no coffee) paper as a trial for gluing techniques. Back in August I created a “panel” to demo my concept. Now that the main work is inContinue reading “Portals Project: day 3”
Portals Project: day 2
So, I’ve reached a break in the day and thought progress photos were called for. Plus my fingers hurt from wire work! Here is today’s progression: Finished attaching 16g wire to staples and started stringing 22g across surface. Tunnel starts… 3 tunnels attached… Now I have to figure out how many total to create andContinue reading “Portals Project: day 2”
Portals Project: Second idea in the works
Last month I agreed to participate in the November/December show at the Arts Center. This years theme is “Portals”. Wow, where do I head out from there? Actually I currently have two projects in the works and both are very different from each other. Project #1 involves wire armatures & pig gut. A definite comfortContinue reading “Portals Project: Second idea in the works”
Framed Botanical Silhouettes
This week I’ve finally been working on product for sale! Framed Botanical Silhouettes: Forest Series Bracken Fern Queen Anne’s Lace Frame dimensions: 10″x 10″x 1.75″ Paper cut: 4″x 4″ The framed work is ready to hang or rest on a shelf. Maybe I’ll finally get an etsy site up and going or take a coupleContinue reading “Framed Botanical Silhouettes”
Completed Bamboo Leaf Paper Box
Over the month of July I was slowly working on a commissioned box. Cheryl had really enjoyed the creation made for a mutual friend and wanted one made for her husband’s birthday. The size is smaller but the overall motif very similar. Below are the images of the finished box: 12″ x 10″ x 4.5″Continue reading “Completed Bamboo Leaf Paper Box”
Branch Sculpture in new home!
Wow! What can I say except it’s finally in a new permanent home! Hurray!! After a couple of hours of branch wrangling, Jerri & I had it attached to the ceiling and stable. Whew! Delivery & installation a success with one extra nail hole punched in the wall. One more thing checked off my “toContinue reading “Branch Sculpture in new home!”
Sculpture finds a home!
Site specific installations. What do you do with them AFTER the show ends? Somehow, I never envisioned what to with the sculpture after our month finished. Initially I had thought about building it in sections to make it easier to pull apart, but the sections kind of grew together and were papered over. Now whatContinue reading “Sculpture finds a home!”
Artists@Work: Final day images
The final show day was pretty laid back but filled with sparks of excitement. The first spark was due to Julia selling her second work during the exhibit. She was so surprised and honored! Congratulations Julia!!!! I really liked this piece. Our space felt more open, clean and ready for tear down at 5pm. IContinue reading “Artists@Work: Final day images”
Artists@Work: End of our Month
Hard to believe our time is ending. Wednesday will be our final day together as the show wraps up. I have really enjoyed spending so many hours in the Arts Center Studio with Julia, Elaine & Kendal. I’ll save my wrap up thoughts until another entry. Here are the photos of our “studio space” cleanedContinue reading “Artists@Work: End of our Month”
Sticks, Stones, and Paper Stew Blog 