Archive for June, 2008
Flower power
The foreground is finished; my next challenge will be to figure out how to fill in the rest:
Read More..>>All I want for Christmas…
Check out this woman’s amazing art studio and insert a pun about magic mushrooms [here]:
(Image credit: http://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-it/2008/06/19/katie-bethune-leamen/)
I’m going to try to convince my beloved to build me a pomegranate art nook. I’m sure it will fit perfectly in our backyard next to the veggie garden and fire pit:
(Pre-photoshop image credit: http://cookingandme.blogspot.com/2008/02/curd-rice-with-pomegranates-ultimate.html)
Read More..>>Less illegal; possibly more addicting
Sadly, my favorite mosaic dealer is downscaling her business. I recently placed a $400 (!!) order so I could make use of her amazing products while they were still available. I call her my “dealer” because when I need her services, I place a call and go to her apartment where she’ll hand me my […]
Read More..>>From the archives
I re-discovered my high school art portfolio recently, and was pleasantly surprised at what I found**! Here are a few of my favorites, which relay my long-standing love affair with both collage art and pomegranates.
**It would not be the same story if I were to dust off the note books in which I wrote my […]
Read More..>>Berry Colourful
Yesterday I had yet another “date” with my mosaic-addicted work colleagues. It was delightful to spend an afternoon with other artistes, snipping, pasting, and giggling together. It seems this type of group activity is picking up some momentum; I am planning to offer a (reasonably-priced) paper mosaic course in August. If this sort of thing […]
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