Ketchup? Catsup?

Another Art Wednesday has passed and this time, my niece and I made cookies. Valentine's ones to be exact.Love her!

This weekend I plan on making Anti Valentine's Day cookies. Special ones...if ya get my drift. Wink wink. Nudge nudge. I hope they come out delicious AND rebellious.


Now, let's travel back in time to.....Monday! I went on an exercise date to Abalone Cove. It was fun, if only slightly painful on my weak knees. The starfish were beautiful and abundant!


Tomorrow, relax. Clean out the wreckage in my car. Visit the Hammer Museum to try and get Justin's stop-motion shown at amateur night.

That's all for this late night post.

Tits&Ass,
The Lady

Art Wednesday

My niece gets out of school early on Wednesdays and I thought it would be fun for her to have some project to do. Our first Art Wednesday was paper mache-ing. We only did one each due to an unforeseen time constraint, but with each Wednesday the crafts should be improving as I get a better grasp on children's art.

My hands were covered in starch, so I didn't have much time to snap pictures while we worked, but here's a picture of our drying balloons.



She wanted to make a beach ball and I was working on a hot air balloon.

It was a successful first art day!

Textures

Here are a few textures I worked on for my jewelry class. These are just experiments with hammering/stamping, roller mills, and patinas. I have yet to try out the sandblaster, but you bet your ass I will come Thursday.

I haven't fallen in love with any textures yet, which means I've got a lot to work on.


My first. It was hammered on, then sent through the roller mill with a piece of lace over it. This is my favorite so far.



Hammered with stamps and texture hammers.



I like this picture just cause it shows the effects of the roller mill on the metal and on the texturizer sent through. I placed two pieces of wire mesh in a criss cross fashion over the metal. This is another fave.



The strip at the bottom was hammered and patina'd


I'll be collecting interesting textures to send through the roller mill (I think it's my favorite texurizer thus far!).

Oh and on another note, I'm starting a weekly craft date with my niece. She's 5 years old and I think an art project would be fun for her. Tomorrow we start our "Art Wednesdays!" dates. She gets out of school early and I'll pick her up and we'll make art. Our first project: Papier mache!