Part and Parts and Legs and Arms

This really should have been posted prior to the last post. To the left is box parts-maybe anatomy parts are more fitting as a description. My poor husband woke up early morning to find these parts on the kitchen counter. Bless his heart, he was a bit creeped out; he hadn't even had the luxury of the first cup of coffee. You have to know how blessed I am that my husband is able to go with my artistic bend of the moment. He has been very encouraging even though he mostly doesn't get anything I do. A few weeks ago he suggested that I paint something and really "wow" the folks out there. I just purchased 20 or so canvases, so stay tuned to see what is in the works (yes, I am taking my significant other's suggestion-he doesn't know). I replaced "Once Upon A Time" this morning at ONB-a viewer had pulled part of the shoes off, so a re-do was a must. I woke up last night in my usual sweat ( I know more information than you need), and came up with a box idea. Are you ready? Are you sure? "Hot Flash". I have the perfect 1940's vintage paper doll just screaming to be my hot flash queen! I cant wait-and yes matches will be involved along with some red glitter! I think it is safe to say it will be posted on Monday! I don't know about everyone else but thank heavens it is finally Friday-LOL

Time Flying By...

Here is the very bottom half of "Too Be". Just a little time taking flight at just the right moment. I love that the clock is nesting in the softest fur; ever. I seem to be obsessed with time and the forms it takes, including the lack of...


Here we are close up and personal. I know that in movies the crazy, psycho killer, chops up the doll into teeny, tiny pieces-news flash-it is not easy! I had to use a serrated knife and huge amounts of energy to do a little reconstructive surgery on "Ms. Thing"

This a close up of the right hand door of this piece. The top card is a busy bee, working, working and working. The middle card is from the art piece "Chance" that is currently patiently waiting on a magazine submission. The last card is my wish to be courageous and more like my favorite artist Ann.

This is a close up of the left door. The top card holds the description of an object-which is how I feel I started. The second card is a collage of artists I liked in college. The last card is photo of my own personal eight ball, the kind you would ask questions to; as a kid, shake the eight ball and read what it had to say on the bottom. I laid it on top of a road map, the flip side has a grade card from my first art class in college. I know, really, who keeps that stuff?

Here she is in the atrium at the ONB Building. Not a very good photo, too late in the afternoon for photos. I really love this piece and am not entirely sure that it is complete. I think it is the only piece I have ever done that has something to do with me and my life specifically. I thought that being an artist was one thing in my twenties, another in my thirties and as each day passes I find myself defining "artist' in different and more meaningful ways. Now that I am meeting artists on line and reading blogs from other artists, I am amazed how much we are all the same in our efforts. Some of us are much braver than others and age does not seem to be the deciding factor. For me, I want to pass on the gift I have to others, whether is through my art or encouragement to others to make their art.

Chocolate Pumkins

I did a lot of stuff that needed to be done and hadn't been done in quite some time. OK, that could also be an excuse not to enter the disaster area, lovingly referred to as "studio". The biggest thing I did on Saturday was to make these fabulous cakes that look like little pumpkins. No, that was not on the "to be done" list. Not my idea of course, a "Southern Living" idea-plucked from one of the endless supplies of magazines a friend of mine drops off to me almost weekly. Oh, my; oh my!! I had trouble finding marzipan-I do live in a small mid western town. I'm sure I went looking in all of the wrong places, when I finally found it, I didn't care how much it cost (always bad)! I didn't have a pan large enough, so I had to bake two separate batches of mini bundt cakes, which means I had four left over cakes-hubby loved that. I made my first chocolate glaze, I would have done it sooner but I had some crazy idea that it was too complicated for me. Easy Peasy-go make some! PS-I will be happy to pass along the recipe.

SOLD!!

Look who sold over the weekend! This is "I'm Your Venus". She is part of the ONB exhibit. She is a part of someones Vegas souvenir collection. She was attached to a pipe with the inscription "Pipe Dream". I cut her off her pipe stand with my little craft drill tool-smelly work-kinda like a bad dental procedure. I then placed her in a golden tub of clear glass marbles, with the obligatory shell for the sake of modesty. Her backdrop of course is Botticelli's' Venus. Thank you so much to the person who purchased the piece-and thank you for not taking her home until I had taken pictures!!!!!

Whew!!

I am so glad the ONB pieces are on their little pedestals and just waiting for comments. Seven pieces in all, "Another Embarrassing Moment" had a little accident on the way and is awaiting repairs. Naturally, I have not taken photos as per usual. Shame on me! I have such an aversion to picture taking for some reason-I want everything to be just right or I don't want to take the picture. Not really a particularly good way to do things. Something would be better than nothing and all that...

My studio now officially looks like a bomb has gone off. I have parts everywhere and there just aren't enough flat spots. Food for thought, take that Hoosier out and replace it with shelves and a long work shelf on top of some kind of small cubbie storage shelving. Everything I work with is so small, even when you contain stuff it still has to go someplace. I think this is going to require a bit of space planning-sounds official doesn't it?

I am dangerously low on boxes to work with. I did my first 3-D piece without a box, as I couldn't find one the correct size. I also did my first box that was not black..."I want to be Malibu Barbie" is white/off white. I guess the good news is-I must be growing creatively or I think I would have been a stressed out puddle on the floor, due to lack of appropriate supplies. I just keep thinking; "use what you have"! Luckily there are several auctions this weekend and I think I am going to invite my husband on a treasure hunt. It will most likely be one of the last fabulous weekends before the real weather begins.

Thanks to Amy for the reminder yesterday-much appreciated!

Time To Be This Part Of Me

Yes, her little head is indeed upside down-she is waiting for the glue to dry...this is a work in progress; "To Be". A friend of mine the other day said the most amazing thing to me; "Take the time to be that part of you". It is so true that the creative part of me I mostly, "have" to make time for. When you have to make time to do, what you love to do, it becomes one of the things on the "to do" list. A chore, just one more thing to check off before the end of the day. I am hoping that by working everyday no matter what, that making art will be like cooking dinner when I get home at night. Cooking dinner is just something you do, I want spending time in my studio to be just like that; something I do.

Posted myself on "Flickr" today. I am exhausted from all of the technical stuff that I am just clumsy and slow with. Too many late nights and early mornings this week. I am so happy tomorrow is Friday-Until then

Wonder Women

What a fabulous group of women I am getting to know! I was thinking on the way home last night that it is so nice to be meeting like minded people. I think women in particular can be very nurturing for one another. I unfortunately, havent really made too much of an effort in the past to make those valuable connections. Well, that's all over now!!


The "Born Knowing" art piece pictured above is now at the J.E. Smith GALLERY. 56 Adams Avenue, Evansville, Indiana. You can call about the hours-812-455-8982. They have really beautiful things and some great events. I personally am looking forward to the "Clay and Cocktails" event.


I successfully emailed Glamour Girl photos with only three bouncing back, I was really careful about putting in the email addresses-apparently that paid off. I will get those three wayward photos to the owners in the next day or so.Thank you for all of the lovely return emails I have recieved -what a gift to me.


My rapid rust concoction didn't work our so well. I really didn't take off enough of the tin paint-so I have lovely rust spots, with a lot of perfect painted surfaces. I'm going to leave the tins in the solution for another 5 days or so, just to see what happens. OK, who am kidding, I am working on the ONB pieces.


The ATC girls that I met at Funk are to be given huge credit from me; they unknowingly helped me with my own ATC cards. Its funny when you just follow directions, how much is left out. All I had to do was pick up one of their lovely creations to know that mine were so wrong!
I have six cards that are going to be attached to the current piece I am working on; "To Be". They are almost finished and so much superior to the cards I have done in the past-Thanks Ladies!!


Hopefully, "To Be" will be finished up tonight. I am really excited about posting her.