In an effort to declutter I have decided to take some pics of old projects that are getting grungy and taking up too much space in my life. I made this 3-D cardboard piece many years ago (in the 90s) after a visit to Siena, Italy. It is a combination of cardboard, paper painted with pen and ink and tin foil. It was inspired by a visit to the cathedral above.
I spray painted and decorated an old dingy toolbox, filled it with some basic tools and gave it to my brother as a birthday gift.
Taken by David & Holly of us a while ago . . .
Finally got around to posting our Monhegan Island pics from our trip back in July. Highlights included high cliffs, fairy houses in the cathedral like woods, Artist’s at work, Poets and stunning hikes. You can visit for the day, but we found it was worth a longer stay. For more details of the island visit the Monhegan Maine wikipedia page. A highlight for me was viewing minky whales from the shore. We were lucky to have beautiful sunny weather most of the time, but found it was great when foggy as well. Below is a picture of the amazing rock pilings that can be found near an old shipwreck:
If you go you may even have the opportunity to purchase a handmade buck toothed clam from local kids. I think it is the only souvernir that we purchased as there are very few stores.
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I was playing around with something called the Hockneyizer that allows you to make a quick collage from a single photograph. I’m a sucker for all the cool flickr tools out there.
We went to an exhibit called The Art of the Needle and I was really taken with a quilt by a woman named Ida W. Beck from Easton, PA. From afar it didn’t seem that unique, but the detail work was amazing. It is clear that it took many year to plan and make this quilt that includes many different alphabets, flowers, months and seasons. Ida W. Beck lived from 1880 – 1967 and was described as a shut-in who specialized in needlework and monogramming. She donated this work to the Shelburne Museum collection in 1955. The center of the quilt is a monogram that contains all letters of the alphabet except for the letter I. The Posy Collection sells a needlework design of the center portion of the quilt.
Here is a fun Flickr tool called Spell with Flickr that lets you type in a word or sentence and it spells it with photographs. If you don’t like the first letter it gives you click on the letter and you can scroll through until you are happy. I may use this to make some cool signs for the walls at school.
I just got an email from the Paper Source and the Subject was We’ve got Gocco! I checked the Save Gocco site and it looks like the fate has turned around for this product. As soon as I got one I heard that it was being phased out so I was afraid to use up my supplies. Now everybody can Gocco away.
I took an Egg Tempera Painting class at the SMFA last week. We all did copies of an Italian painting in the Museum from the 14th Century. This included one head study and one drapery study within the same painting. It was great to learn the process and spend so much time on a small painting. I didn’t take pics of all the steps but we started with a drawing, then transfered an ink drawing onto a gesso panel and then painted over the ink study with an egg/pigment combo. Before tempering the panel with paint, the background was etched for definition with a gilding needle (which is like a torture device for the hands). Next the background was covered with gold size, which is a quick drying adhesive for gilding. After the adhesive is down you spread goldish paper down and brush with a paint brush until the background is shiny and pretty. It took a while, but was very relaxing.
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