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.