Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Art Is Not For Sissies

Shirts are in! 

Printing tonight!


Available at Fish Head Press tomorrow night during Art Walk
and thereafter! A great gift for your artist friends.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

A Bevy Of Birds

It's that time of year again! 

Collecting my Ginny Merchandise for one last showing
before the Big Holiday.

First in the lineup we have a whole crowd of Trixies.


These little gals are excited and jockeying for position
to get the finishing touches. 

Here are a few who have already been dressed up.





Joy and Love abound!


And of course there's always one who flies in his own direction.

Made in my traditional fashion of painted paper
with a wire pennant spouting emotions to live by.


Come see my sweet little Trixies in person at Fish Head Press
(in the Studios Back Under, Where Every Art Walk Is A Festival!)
during Art Walk at The Orange Avenue Studios with Art Mundo
a week from today, December 10.

I'll look for you to flitter on in!

Friday, September 12, 2014

Turtle Tiles Continued



OK. Remember this guy?

The plaster has dried enough to use the mold.
So, the first thing I do is press clay into the mold.


After I'm sure that I have the clay pressed into
all the crevices of the mold, I slice off the excess. 


I groove the back of the tile to assist in adhering it to the wall.


And when the clay starts to pull away from the plaster mold,
I flip the mold and let the tile drop into my hand.


Next step, drying and firing.

Stay tuned!

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Beatrice

I've been working on some illustrations for an article on color
and choosing your clothes for the day,
written by Susan Tillett, director of Mesa Refuge.
The article will be published in the third edition of Simply . . .Color
(Ahem. Notice my name on Amazon as the illustrator?)
by my friend Diantha Harris.

Beatrice is the name of my subject. And she has chosen
the Chakra colors to help support her in her daily activities.


Beatrice is collaged together from painted paper and placed
onto a drawing depicting her surroundings.
Check out the transformation of Beatrice from my post, Busy Week.

Think of her as sort of a pigeon kind of gal. 

This has the first and the seventh Chakras.


Here are the second and fourth Chakras. 


Third and fifth Chakras.
I must get a real camera.


And finally the 6th Chakra.

An interesting assignment. When asked if I knew anything
about Chakras, I said "no, but I'm willing to learn."
                                             - Harold Ramis, Stripes

So . . . 

I can't wait to read the article!!

Monday, August 18, 2014

Making A Relief Mold

First ya got your prototype. That's this little guy below. 
And a mold is in order as I'll need 248
of these little babies, 30 of them with Bs.


So I've learned, the interesting way, to be ready
BEFORE  I mix the plaster.  

My next step is to put the mold walls together.
This is a simple and handy system easily
adapted to a number of sized molds.
So simple its almost beautiful.


Four  boards with a chunk of wood
screwed to one end of each board.
It's much easier to use C clamps
But I used the clamps I had.
Definitely overkill.

You can see where I've caulked the corner seams with plasticine clay.
Once placed over the prototype I'll caulk the bottom seam also.


Around the prototype,


tacked into place with a few glumps of clay


& caulked.


Bag-O-Plaster, bucket of water.
Sprinkle . . .


Until continents start to form.
Give it a few more sprinkles just because.


All mixed and smooth. 
But not before I got my hand into that
clingy, slimy, wet, smooth, silky, creamy cool plaster
to eliminate those inevitable lumps.

One hand only!
Must keep one hand clean and free.
A personal rule. It comes in handy. 


OK!
The mold with the plaster. No leaks. 
Jiggle the set-up or use a sander without paper
to work the air bubbles out and to the top.

Now time to wait. 
First hot, then cold, then hard for sure.
Then open!


Clamps off. The walls literally fall away.


Mold and prototype.
The prototype is in excellent condition. 
Often the prototype is destroyed. Very happy.
This will come in handy down the line!! 


So pretty!

After giving the plaster a bit of time to dry, I'll post the making of the tiles.

Peace.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Art Walk Studio Shots and New Brush Heads!!







In Fish Head Press now. garden art totem and flowers.
New Ginny Pinny Pins

And, not there yet but by Monday . . .
New Brush Heads!


Carlotta and the crazy dudes!

And 


Future Brush Heads!!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Busy Week!

While every week is a busy week for us all, last week
was particularly busy with events and studio time.

A few of the things that happened.


In the studio I've been working
on illustrations for an article on color and clothing.


And contemplating colors for new flowers.


The week cranked up out of the studio around Thursday
with an all-day session for Art Mundo's summer art camp for children.
(Previously posted.)

Check out the wonderful art that the students made this summer
at this week's Art Walk in The Orange Avenue Studios.



Worked on flowers for Main Street's Reverse Raffle
and Ginny Minnie Pinnies for Fish Head Press.


One flower is very short, too short for a stem, 
so I investigated a few ideas for its incorporation into another piece,
scribbled on the table.



On Saturday . . .
Julie Lounibos, Anita Prentice and I painted bamboo
at The Sailfish Brewing Company.
It was a day of artists. Many were painting large landscape rocks,
there was live music, and great food and drink
provided by Sailfish and Tillman's BarBQ. 
(Thank you both for making the day so pleasant!)


The finished installation at Sailfish Brewing Company. 
A good and hot time was had by all!


And on Sunday?
 Aaaaaaaah, so nice! 

Friday, August 8, 2014

Gelatin Printing At Art Camp

This week was the last week of Art Mundo's summer art camp for children.
I had the pleasure to be the instructor on Thursday.

We made Brush Heads and printed with gelatin plates.
I had three delightful young artists. The youngest one (8 years old)
is featured here printing with her gelatin plate.

I was pleased and amazed at her level
of comprehension and creativity with the printing process.
She not only used a blend on her plate. She used three consecutively
and followed up with the removal of ink from the plate,
using her hand for the process. 

 

  


 


The finished print! Nice!

Notice her Discover The Artist Within apron?

I think she's already there!

What a great experience to have shared the day with these three talented young artists.
Thank you Art Mundo, for the opportunity. I learned a lot!