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"our boy"

12x12 on wood panel

 

this is the last painting of the year

a special portrait of Sydney

the best dog ever

above, just a few months old

a cute little fur ball

 

below, just a few of the moments of joy

 

I miss you everyday!



dreamy snowflake , soutache and fur necklace

 

this challenge was so much fun

i had so many ideas , it was hard to be limited to just one

fortunately the box of mixed beads was

 more than enough to create several projects

(see my northern lights wire necklace here)

i was so excited to work with fur for the first time

and the soutache cord was a wonderful way to feature these lovely beads

they come in a variety of color

see all the artists work here

northern lights beaded and wire necklace

i always love a challenge

my friend carmi  sent me these fabulous mixed beads

from john bead

12 artists where give a different color and asked to create something

see all the fabulous creations here

there are a variety of beads and i had tons leftover

so i worked on second set

and then some!

fun with wire

i love playing with wire

its very zen to me

 

shell necklace part two

 

since my october post of my shell and pearl necklace

i've worked on a few more versions

i can't decide which one i like best 

 

the shell leaves i found at the john bead outlet

 reminded me of wings

so i expanded on the last few ideas

this one just took on a life of its own

i think it would be great for a champagne color wedding 

encaustic, winter is coming!

the change in weather has reflected on my color palette

 

 

fall inspiration

after weeks of raking and a little inspiration

I finally got back to a little painting!

I love the smell of wax in the morning!

cascading wire necklace

 getting ready for my classes this Wednesday at the John Bead Outlet

(also available November 30th)

check out the class list here 

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all you need is a few feet of 26 or 28 gauge wire

and a small assortment of beads

and in no time you will have this beautiful necklace

and will want to make them for all the women on your Christmas list one

 

all fired up!

loving my new  Czech fire polished beads

 from the John Bead Outlet

plus some aluminum wire

 



i love resin

getting ready for my christmas craft sale next month

once in a while I like o play with resin

this batch came out perfect

 

 

shell and pearl necklace

having fun using up my leftover shells

now I want more!!

 

encaustic

I love texture and

i love this color

every once in a while I use it

not sure why its not something I have on my hot plate all the time

it must be a mood thing

I will have to pay more attention

back to school

 exciting news!

starting next week I will be teaches classes

 at the john bead outlet

for more information contact

classes @johnbeadoutlet.com

416-757-3287 ext 247

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Tree of life

Wednesday September 14, 2-4 pm

 

 wire and beaded necklace

Wednesday September 14, 11am-1pm

encaustic and shellac

just a little experimenting with color and texture 

and any excuse to get out the blow torch

 

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"little one"

16x24

on wood panel

one thing I love to do is photographing the horses at my friends farm

this is the first time I've done a transfer of this size

surprisingly it wasn't that difficult , just time consuming

 left "grazing" and right "two sisters"

encaustic moon

another in the cosmic series

layers of clear wax, drips and splatters

lots of rubbing with oil paints and pastels

fusing it all together

encaustic and the cosmos

 inspired by my friend ron benison

working a lot with oil pastels and the heat gun

I had fun playing and seeing what could happen

and the next thing I knew

a series of painting looking a bit like the cosmos

japanese porcelain and soutache set

another challenge from my friend carmi

using vintage porcelain beads and cabochons from john bead 

its been awhile since creating something with soutache cord by dazzle it

it took a while to get back into the rhythm

once i did , i really enjoyed letting the cord help create the design 



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as I prepare for my show this weekend

I found an old painting (below) that I never finished

I decided to work on it some more

rubbing on reds and brown

using a heat gun to melt and blend

it started to look like the fires burning in fort mcmurray

a little more wax and gold paint finished it off