soutache necklace and matching braclet

it's just like doodling but with cord

and very zen

i received a package of mixed beads from my friend

not a color i would have chosen for myself but once i added

some gold, clear and white i began to like it

encaustic

another one of my encaustic creations

 from my week long retreat of painting in owen sound

the right side is a transfer of one of my country roads photos

and the left is shellac burn technique



powertex dancer

"daniella"

even though powertex is a fabic hardener

you can still show motion and movement

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using wire and foil for the body and styrofoam for the head

i cover the form with powertex and stoneart

the dress , a crochet doily , really finishes it off

encaustic

this years inspiration was definitely trees

and one of my favorite poems

by e.e. cummings

 

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) 

 i am never without it

 (anywhere i go you go,my dear;

and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)

  i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)

 i want no world (for beautiful you are my world ,my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and

whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

  and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;

which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

  and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

  i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

cameo and soutache necklace

 

something a little different than my usual soutache work

this commissioned piece was a bit of a challenge

but in the end it worked out and my client was extremely happy