Monday, October 27, 2003

Nesting Dolls
Inspired by the The Wurst's To Russian with Love show, I painted a set of nesting dolls the lovely Jackie Lannin sent me last spring. Polar bear, walrus and penguin. I know I'm breaking the North Pole and South Pole Chilly Willy rules of a polar bear and a penguin being in the same place. Rules by damned.

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Sunday, October 05, 2003

Elephants Continued
Here's the beginning of the elephants mentioned below. Now onto the backgrounds and the costumes.

Crabby but Productive.
I've been crabby all day. After some flip-flopping, I finally planted by butt down on the futon and worked on these lumbang seed necklaces. I bought the beads recently, super excited about my idea of how to string them. I strung them on silk cord.

I hated it.

I tried again.

I dug it.

There was very little difference between the first and second attempt. In the first design, there was about 1/2" of silk cord empty between the bead groupings. I put it on and the necklace just didn't have any oomph. It floated there - and not in a good floaty way.

Frustrated, I left it alone. The beads sat sorted in my 12-muffin tin (an indispensable beading tool).

Today, I picked up the tin again. I redid my first necklace reducing the space from 1/2" to 1/4". Ta da! Now the beads had an oomph, while still having the rhythm of the big seed beads and the skinny silk cord.

So, I made 8 total, keeping one for myself. They'll go in the store soon, but if you're eager to own your own - they are all around 17" long, but hanging more like a 16" choker, with the diameter of the seeds. They're on silk cord with a silver lobster claw clasp and are $29 each. The colors are simple (black and silver) but the effect is dramatic. The seeds smell nice - granted you have to sniff them, I can't smell them while wearing the necklace. The seeds are hollow and really light.

Feeling slightly less crabby now.


posted on 9:36 PM

Saturday, October 04, 2003