Plywood Sheet: Taken from scrap I had around the house. Available from any hardware store… look in their cutting section for scrap pieces being liquidated. If you have construction sites nearby, go ask for scraps there too. Finally, there are more and more EcoCenters popping up and they tend to have tons… literally tons of … Continue reading Saturday’s Supplies – Scraps: Play To Your Heart’s Content!
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #147: Folded #1
Folded #1: The History: Share what you see and start the next chapter… It was a rough week of personal trials. The energy and sketches were scarce. I decided to trust in fate and let the muses inspire spontaneity. It spawned a short series that was both satisfying and energizing, and pleasing to see, as … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #147: Folded #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #146: Disk-bowl
Disk-bowl: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Shortly after realizing I didn't enjoy the process of turning clay, I started making items with slabs. At that time, someone had mistakenly contaminated a beautiful variegated blue glaze, it fired with a lovely caramel color and with odd pooling of colors. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #146: Disk-bowl
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #145: Horn of Plenty
Horn of Plenty: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… When I started studying about porcelain, I began with what the challenges were in using it. This sculpture and its sister, "Cornucopia" were some of the many things my teachers said shouldn't be possible. Porcelain is a beautiful material to … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #145: Horn of Plenty
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #144: Cornucopia
Cornucopia: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… When I started studying about porcelain, I began with what the challenges were in using it. This sculpture and its brother, "Horn" were some of the many things my teachers said shouldn't be possible. Porcelain is a beautiful material to use and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #144: Cornucopia
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #143: Adam and Eve
Adam & Eve: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… An extension of my melted pot series... I engraved the leather-hard clay on both sides... the opposite side has a short, pot-bellied Adam, with a beard... influenced by some African drawings I saw and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #143: Adam and Eve
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 5 – Vessels
Part 5 - Vessels Explorations of forms and possibilities using slabs & hand-building. This was my apprenticeship with clay. I played with wet slabs, leather hard slabs, and everything in between. I mixed types of clay, created my own glazes, and broke all the rules the teachers and textbooks taught… It was here that I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 5 – Vessels
My Favourite Art Supplies: Paper – The Best Big Pad
Canson Biggie Sketch Pads 18 In. X 24 In.: The Review: This paper is awesome. It has a semi-smooth surface and is sturdy enough to take some rough strokes. It is miles above newsprint, which has its own beauty. It is like having a smooth watercolor paper. I’ve also used this for gouache and acrylic … Continue reading My Favourite Art Supplies: Paper – The Best Big Pad
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #142: Stills: 10-006
Stills: 10-006: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Imagine the dig site of Pompeii and the discovery of ancient glass vessels. The glass would be warped by the volcanic ash that buried it so long ago, and the glass would be opaque and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #142: Stills: 10-006
Fun Fotos For Friday – Exploring Age
Trees fascinate me! The complexity of detail in each one makes me believe they are as unique one from another as snowflakes are to each other. The roots reach deep into my imagination and pull our stories of mythical creatures and urban legends. The bark and blemishes talk to me of ages and experience. I'd … Continue reading Fun Fotos For Friday – Exploring Age
The New Renaissance Mindset 