North Penn Craft Show

Best show of the year, and the last! Thank you to everyone who came out and helped and supported me!

It's been a while...

Business has been GREAT and I have had very little time to update my blog! Over the summer I did Clover market. Definitely check out their Facebook for locations and vendors.

Today I am off to set up Lydia's Guild but I thought I would take a moment to snap a few pictures of of the little guys going.

Lambertville

Off to River Queen to deliver new work and original art blank note cards like this one being delivered today for the new show opening on Saturday! Check out their website!

Miss Half & Half

This is " Miss Half & Half", named for the label on the old tobacco tin that makes it look like a banner a beauty contestant wears. Her legs are two recycled paintbrushes I painted then aged . Her neck is an old thread spool, cut in half and that crown she's wearing is a re-purposed toilet paper tube. I created her arms with clay and wire, and the little blue bird she's holding ,too. Now the head started as a paper mâché apple. I added some paper clay, old book pages, and tissue paper. She's a winner, alright, my little Miss Half & Half.  

Catch of the Day

This polymer clay and wood piece is done! Finally ! Sometimes it takes a while for it to all come together. This head was made months ago, sat on my work table, then I added the pointy hat. Still, I could not find a body that looked right. When I pressed a broken watch face into a body and matched it up with the head, it all came together fast. She is holding a bucket of fish in one hand and 2 fish in the other. Look close at the base, there is another clock face on the bottom base. She is " The catch of the day".

Sketchbook

Ideas come........and go. So jotting them down in a sketch book is important, FOR ME! I tend to get an idea for something and think " this is a great idea." Then later say " what was that great idea I had?"
I also like to look back in my book and see the original sketch after the piece is done. I get to see the changes that happen from 2D to the 3D finished piece.

Saved from the Flea Market

Yesterday I went to an indoor flea market down in Philadelphia and bought this dog push up puppet. It was very old and very ugly. I repainted him to make him my own and I added this cute little girl made out of clay and wire.

Here he is all ready for some nice new paint!

Monster Monday

Happy Monster Monday!
Not quite a monster, no Frosty, just a creepy snowman.
Hand painted push up puppet to cheer up this cold dreary Monday!

In My Sketchbook

Recyling Day

This hanging piece is made from  some recycled items, I saved from the trash can. The legs are old paint brush handles... MY old paint brushes! Still covered in paint! The body is a part of a spindle and the very top is a piece of costume jewelry. The "feet" are a piece of copper pipe and a washer. The head is one of my handmade sculptures; made for this piece, and distressed to look as old as the recycled parts used to create the rest of the body.

In My Studio

Have you ever looked at a photo in a magazine of an "Artist's Studio" and it is clean, neat, and organized... and you think "that is NOT a working studio!" !? I know I do. I also know that I would LIKE my studio to be clean, neat, and organized but it never lasts. I can clean, or I can create. I just can't do both at the same time.
THIS is what my studio looks like this morning.

Monster Monday

I made these 3 little monsters so they can hang out in this cup I found at a flea market. The monsters are made from polymer clay then hand painted. Thanks to pinterest I learned this morning that this is a vintage egg cup. What are the odds that someone I follow would pin this exact cup on the morning I planned on sharing it on my blog? I love a cup with a face!

I think the little monsters ate the egg

Handmade beads. Made with clay & stamps