mess-oupage

I decided to decoupage an old metal office cabinet. There's certainly emough random papers in my"art room" to do it! Here is the work in progress.

And here is my workspace - the floor.I learned the following:

Tear up your papers first - gluey fingers & torn paper are a real mess.

Fingers make a better brayer than the real thing.

Use good quailty paper napkins - the cheap ones roll into little balls & stick to everything except where you put them.

It takes two-and-a-half times the papers that you estimate.

It's good messy fun! My kind of art. Messy and random.

Recycling

Here's a couple of little clutches I made using old cassette tapes and a skein of yarn each. Each one has a vintage button for the closure.

The idea came from My Recycled Bags, check it out.

An honor

Ellen Lindner, Adventure Quilter, has included my nature quilt in her gallery. I made it in a class she taught our Weaver's Guild. She is a great teacher and offers on-line classes. I still need to finish the other two projects from on-line classes!

Check out the gallery here.

Art Bundle Part 3

I moved it to a potted plant in the front yard last month. Today I opened it - not too much change. There was a funny little bug living there. I evicted him. So, I don't think I'll try this bundle again, maybe a different one later.

Supplies as Art

Today, when I went outside to clean up from my mornings painting project, it struck me that the supplies were an art piece themselves! The group included a T-shirt paint rag, a palm frond, stamp I had made and of course paint and brush.

And here's a piece of fabric I rust dyed. Turned out better than my previous effort.

Art Bundle - Part 2

I opened the art bundle today - - see post of May 14.

There's not t lot of change. Some rust and the flower blossoms had withered. And a tiny spider rode in on it.

I re-wrapped it (minus the spider) and placed it in another location for another month, we'll see what happens.

A perfect Monday

and it's not over yet.

Beach and Breakfast - at Grills at the port - great food and view:

She'll be back . . .

. . . I know - because she left her shoes

Deb has flown back home to Texas. What a perfect Mother's day week. we laughed, created, ate & drank wine. We dyed wool and stamped paint on fabrics. We shopped thrift stores and made 50 cent skirts. We walked on the beach.

Almost complete kitchen

It's done! Except for the floor. I LOVE it - it's brighter and has more room.

Weathered art bundle

Inspired by Deb and this site: http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/2009/05/disco-big-reveal.html

I have made a random object bundle of "stuff" to weather in my yard for a month.

First the bundle open, And then, hanging on the fence.

It contains a rock, two shells, a sample of countertop, some basket reed and fibers, a couple of oleander blossoms, rusty nails and a piece of driftwood. It is wrapped in a paint rag and enclosed in a plastic mesh bag. I'll open it next month & see what time and the weather has done.

Fabric Fun

Last weekend I attended the Florida Tropical Weaver's Guild conference.
The workshop I took was Art cloth taught by Jan Navales. A link to her website is on the right. Check out her great fabric art.
Here are some projects from the class.



This is a Round Robin. Each student printed on the other's fabric.

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Screen printing - The bottom panel is printed on a block printed background


And these two are discharged - on black commercial fabric and hand dyed green

Stained glass mosaic

It hangs above the sink.

More on kitchen progress

Deb and Matt hard at work.

Ready to have a meal in the new kitchen!

Still to be done: Tiling and finally a new floor.

Kitchen Progress

Now that Deb & Matt have come & gone - here's an update. Cabinets are in, countertop on. Still to be done: Tiles and cabinet hardware.

Before:

Demo . . .

More to follow!

Finally! - I'm Back

Just realised I haven't updated in almost a month! So I'll catch up a few things.

This is a scarf dyed in a weaver's guild workshop. It is pole wrapped shibori. I dont usually wear scarfs - but I may wear this one!And these are samples from the same workshop, different methods - stitched, clamped, etc.

My next project is a kitchen re-do! My daughter, Deb, & her boyfriend, Matt ,are coming to install cabinets. And I'm fusing some glass into tiles to be used as accents: Here's a few.

More later!

I don't know . . . .

. . . what she is, but her name is Celeste

She just appeared from my stash - I asked what she was - she relpied "What are you?". I asked why her name was Celeste - she replied "Why is your name Lyn?"

Perhaps she'll sprout wings, or a mermaid tail. She is definitely not earthbound. But is she aerial or aquatic? Maybe both.

Back view:

Strange Art, etc

A couple of weavings:

"Stranger Than Fiction"

Small - tapestry started in a class at Florida Tropical Weaver's Guild.

"Beach Walk" - Also small. It is attached to a piece of driftwood and has seashell dangles.
I have no idea why I felt compelled to finish the one and make the other. They were fun to do - tactile and relatively mindless, at least not requiring a lot of pre-planning.

And, I'm not sure why I wanted to take up s new meduium. But I have a friend who is an excellent stained glass artist. She is patiently teaching me the basics. My first two projects:

The first one - a "beginner" heart

Then a really cool dreamcatcher - its frame is a 9" metal ring,

A little creativity

As you can see, I haven't kept up with my blogging - nor with my resolutions from last year.

But - I do have two new eyes! Cataracts removed & new "crystal lenses" implanted . "I can see clearly now. . . . " or at least I will be able to when the swelling goes down & my eyes learn to focus again!.

Here are a few things I have made in recent days - so maybe I'm back on track:

Felted flax paper made in a weaver's guild workshop

A freeform crocheted lampshade.

And another pair of socks - crocheted this time! I love them!

"I FEEL ABOUT FORTY . . . .. .

. . . . with something bad wrong with me." Rubimae Torrance on her seventieth birthday.

That's a quote by my mom - twenty seven plus years ago. And now I know exactly how she felt! See my daughters blog for some neat pictures of "the early years".

Birthday dinner at Lobster Shanty.

My kids gave me an early birthday present - spending a week end with me - just walking the beach, eating too much and reminiscing.

Beach walking and eating fish tacos at the Sandbar - and listening to live music.

Lots of fun! And a rare occasion - thanks kids!

Hanging out with hookers . . .

. . . rug hookers that is!

A friend invited me to join two more gals to dye some wool. They will use theirs in hooking rugs - I have no idea what I'll do with mine - but is sure is cool!

The fabric started a camel tan - you can see it on the right in the background. We layered the fabric in a crockpot, adding a color to each layer.