A poem I recently submitted has been approved for Spring publication in a literary & art journal. The farther I am from the crowd, the closer I get to myself. To embrace nature is to embrace who I truly am, and leads me to that quiet place within. Spring flowers I photographed today. #art #Spring
Addenda: I have major surgery scheduled before this year ends, so I will be offline until later in January. I have lots of new art in the works, so looking forward to the upcoming year. Happy Holidays, and may you all have a cheery New Year! #makearteveryday
An afternoon of listening to Holiday music, and trying to find just a wee bit more room for the ever-growing stack of books:-)
image of handmade paper snowflakes
Unable to sleep, so decided to take this peaceful moment to make paper snowflakes and shellac them for a tree ornament. #madebyhand #art #makearteveryday #snowflakes
I have roots! #nature
Today I shrunk down an old sweater to use the boiled wool fabric for some art projects, but also cut off the sleeves to make myself a cozy pair of arm warmers. Sewing on vintage buttons for added sparkle:-) #upcycledwearables #makearteveryday #fabricreuse
Lately I've found myself carrying small rocks home to place in my workspace. A need to be closer to nature? Or to ground myself? One thing for certain, they will end up in my art one way or another:-) #nature #art #makearteveryday
A rainy night is the perfect time to add some sparkle to a used pair of leather gloves you've altered to make fingerless gloves. #recycleyourstyle #upcyclefashion #makearteveryday #art
From ancient cave paintings to modern day chalk art, human expression is a fundamental aspect of being human. #makearteveryday #art #beinghuman #streetart
Yes, I could relate to the character's personality same as my own real life foibles. The way the artist portrayed her felt just right - bumbling, scrappy and headstrong:-)
I like her quirky very human-like personality: absent-minded, sweet, short-tempered, headstrong, foolish &c, but also that she can gain superhuman strength from eating spinach just the same as Popeye can:-)
The cartoon character Olive Oyl.
A day of pink. Some disabilities are non-apparent, invisible. The person standing before you may be suffering from PTSD, Long COVID, cancer, PCS, ADHD, Neurodiversity. #foramomentbeing #invisibledisability #nature #RoseWednesday #pink #cancer
This is a tiny vintage six inch toy rolling pin. The first thought that popped in my mind when I found it was: "that would be so fun to carve a cylinder seal stamp out of for my zines!". My exacto blade is at the ready. #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #zines #art
When I first started making zines ages ago, I sent them out as mail art with all kinds of ephemera attached, and some transparent, the paper hand-dipped in wax. The post-office was more indulgent back then:-) There are no rules in art. #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #zines #art
So happy! I've been looking for a glass case to display my small books & wearables to sell in, and today I found one. Some elbow grease cleanup & a spiffy coat of paint, and good as new! Now I just need to find a shop with a countertop;-) Small steps forward. #foramomentbeing #makeart #upcycle
As a multi-media artist, my medium is the world around us. Artwork I post on social-media are side pieces. My main art involves synchronicity of disgarded language, finding connections & stories. I do not post it on social, not wanting to feed the AI harvest. #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #art
Haunted houses tend to be old houses, which shift, warp and settle with age, and thus are no longer straight and parallel - so you've got this!
In between rebuilding a crossbody sling bag using an old leather belt, and changing my hair color to bright pink, I made this fun "hot flames" cuff leather bracelet with a leftover piece. I couldn't resist adding a copper gear embellishment:-)
#foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #upcycledart #art
When you've reworked a piece multiple times, and that moment when the final part finally falls into place.
#foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handmade #art
Extreme heat warning for the next three days, perfect time for create space reorganizing, and catching up on a favorite manga. Fresh mint plucked for my homebrew coffee and tea. #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #life
Remnants from getting up in the middle of the night to tweak the lastest piece...my favorite work surface is the back cover of the two inch thick Fishes book of the Nature Libary. #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #life
Sometimes I will rework a piece if it feels out of balance. Revised this necklace. Hand polished slice of tree branch from Lithia Park, clock gear, cardboard gear from a kid's book, beads. The gear rotates. Perfect to wear on a work day:-) #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handmadeart #upcycledart
For the cover of this handmade blank journal, I merged fun beetles with my favorite vintage marbleized paper. Size 4" x 4.25" x .75". Artist play:-) #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handmadebook #art
While making this book (5" x 3.5" x .75") I thought of lazy summer days, walking to the library for my weekly stack of books, followed by a lime dreamsicle from the local rootbeer stand. #atrandombeing #makearteveryday #handmadebook #upcycle
For the cover of this handmade blank journal, I merged vintage marbleized paper with a moth image & then added words torn from an old book. Size 4" x 5.35" x .75". It reminds me of a great 2020 Chinese drama that I've watched, "Insect Detective". #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handmadebook #art
I was over at @ashlandartisanemporium this afternoon sourcing material for my art when I chanced upon this perfect vintage vise for my workbench. The Ashland Artisan Emporium is doubling their floor space, so today I applied to sell my artwork there in the future! #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday
Studio play - I made this dangling cuff earring tonight from odds-n-ends for some summer fun. Chilling to music on The Funktion on Jazz88.FM while I work. Get funky! #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handmade #art
Stray thoughts. Do trees think? If only they could talk. Small handbound blank journal book (3.75" x 5" x .75").
#foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handboundbook #art
I just finished making this tiny (1.5" x 2" x .5") handbound journal book in a box set, out of a vintage Dennison Gummed Reinforcement box, and hand-colored a piece of vintage wallpaper for the box exterior. #foramomentbeing #makearteveryday #handmadebook #upcycleart #art
