From the monthly archives: July 2009
My Cormorant relief was accepted into a local exhibit – the Wickford Art Association’s 14th Annual Art Of The Ocean State Open Juried Show. It runs from July 17 – August 12, 2009.
I think cormorants are really interesting birds and I haven’t seen them depicted as much in art. I also [...]
These are some Bottles of Hope that my mother and I made a few weekends ago.
They’re a great small canvas for trying new techniques, color combinations, or using up interesting scraps, AND, more importantly, you’re giving something to someone else to tell them they’re not alone – someone [...]
Article on an interesting idea – a kaleidoscope window created by Patty Peffer.
The invention is an operating kaleidoscope that can be installed as a new or replacement window in homes.
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Five years and countless designs later, the end result is a round specialty window that uses a 24-inch [...]
This was my first attempt at using my new metal working tools. I had some scraps of brass sheet laying around – they were meant for trophy plaques I believe. I don’t have a torch (yet) so I tried kiln annealing the metal. I’m not sure if it’s the right way to do it but [...]
This was the last class I took in the Weekend of Clay and, in a way, the one which made the most trouble. Lanette taught us some metal working basics including how to use a sawframe and cut sheet metal, and how to make rivets. It was great, although you can see I need a [...]
This is my portable sculpting kit. It’s a small subset of tools and materials that I can bring pretty much anywhere. Generally, I use it on Mondays because there’s a few of us who meet for lunch at work and do our own various types of art.
I usually work on a relief of some [...]
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