tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28214718988682071592024-03-19T22:51:33.931-05:00SKETZELMixed Media MosaicsSKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-50366180152112272162015-08-04T21:18:00.000-05:002015-08-04T21:18:30.007-05:00<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">One of the things that is hard to balance for me is my art life and my science life (day job, which I very much enjoy.) I am a contract worker with two research firms so, I have to make hay when the sun shines; i.e. take the work when it is offered. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">I went to a psychic gallery reading a few months ago; I don't have much drama in my life and I have <i>sort of</i> made friends with confusion. I wasn't sure if I had much for the two psychics to work with. Towards the end of everyone else's readings, when it was my turn, one of the two readers just looked at me and said, "Manifest." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">I wasn't sure what that all meant but I thought it was cool! Fast forward to now, a few months later, and I think this is it: start an art business. I have made myself an LLC, sought out a specific artist to be my mentor, started a Facebook page just for art, and bought a canopy for art fests. I have dropped the pretense of perfection because it is too stressful and quite frankly, I try to reserve that part of me for the pieces I create. Consequently, my booth, business acumen, etc. is an awkward work in progress.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">I did have one question for the psychics; where is my beloved dog, Cleo? I had to put down my 14 year old little girl last fall and it broke my heart. To heal, I began to make this shrine. My intention was to have her dog tag and picture in it but, like most of my ideas, they turn into what they are supposed to be and not necessarily what I had intended.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">I guess she is still around me and she loves messing with her protoge , Henry the Jack Russell.</span><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"><br /></span>SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-88207293975993737132015-06-25T18:00:00.000-05:002015-06-25T18:00:00.292-05:00<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Awww....Forever memorialized. 'Lots of marigolds to honor this beloved little sock monkey.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: small;">It has been awhile since I have posted; enough time has passed that I need to re-orient myself to the blog updates that are supposed to make it easier for me--ha! This is a preview pic that my friend Mitch took a few days ago, of an approximately 10" tall shrine; Budweiser beer caps and mirrored tile, on a wood substrate, with a polymer clay crown. Tea light and votive added along with a little bud vase. Black grout. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Just a reminder, I will be at the Twin Cities Gay Pride Fest this weekend, June 27-28, 10 - 6 pm. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: large;">Hello Everyone! I am in the process of loading up my resurrected <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SketzelArt?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank">Etsy</a> site. Are you interested in any Holiday gifts? Check me out!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: magenta;">(Click the "</span><span style="color: magenta;">Etsy" word in the last sentence.)</span></span>SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-78004895605146421222014-09-16T21:08:00.003-05:002014-09-16T21:12:39.555-05:00A few little things...<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"><i>I shall be thy lover</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"><i>Your last embrace.</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I am quite good at making deviled eggs out of polymer clay. (This photo is a little too bright and unedited.)<br />This is also an Altoid tin shrine, with a Loteria card and a polymer clay frame.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">This was taken by my friend, </span><a href="http://windigo photography" target="_blank">Mitch</a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"> so it is a much better picture! It is at the </span><a href="http://www.lanesboroarts.org/c" target="_blank">Lanesboro Gallery</a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"> and it is approx 10" high and illuminated with an haunting, violet LED.. Wood, polymer clay and beads.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: small;">I had mentioned before that I would add some pics from France. Here is one of me in one of the carpets of sunflowers in the Languedoc region of France. This is shortly before I climbed a very steep hill to visit a Cathar castle in Montseguer. I wouldn't have been smiling if I had known what the climb was like.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: small;">Towards the end of our trip, we visited Omaha Beach in Normandy, France; near Colleville-sur-Mer. This is where my father-in-law landed on June 6, 1944, as part of the Army's 1st Division. He was in the first wave, and we believe most likely the only survivor from the Landing Craft that took him in. It affected him profoundly and left a legacy of reverence in his family for the humble troop. Here is my husband, Jeff, gathering sand for his family to take back to the states. He wrote a lovely tribute in the sand to his father. A young girl saw him do this and she came and wrote her own message in the sand.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">I don't drink much beer but, I have a lot of people taking it for the team for me. A couple of establishments have collected bottle caps for me as well and, a bistro in France gave me quite a few (once we breeched the language barrier.) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Leona was not finished at the time this picture was taken. She now has all her bottle cap fish scales. She and Bud are 3' long and each have close to 265 + beer caps on them . Their face and fins are mosaiced with glass tiles. Leona has eyelashes!</span><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">About France, Wow! What a trip! 'Paris the first few days, where we saw the Tour de France. Followed by an art and cooking workshop in Dufort, France. <a href="http://www.dayledoroshow.com/" target="_blank">Dayle Doroshow</a> and Nese Pelt provided the most fantastic experience for us. I have been on a cooking fervor since because Nese, (pronounced "Nisha,") took the mystery and fear out of it. I was inspired by both Dayle and Nese. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">The trip wrapped up in Brittany where we stayed at <a href="http://www.maisondegranit.com/" target="_blank">Maison de Granit</a>. Some of you who are local may recognize the owner in the website; it is Lucia, of <a href="http://www.lucias.com/wine-bar" target="_blank">Lucia's Wine Bar</a>. Brittany was such a treasure, as was the Languadoc region where Dufort is located. More to follow...</span>SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-7146696590612545692014-08-26T09:50:00.001-05:002014-08-26T09:50:31.508-05:00<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In May of this year, I participated in Northeast Minneapolis’ Art-a-Whirl in <a href="http://claudiaposer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Claudia Poser’s</a></span> <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">gallery at the Northrup King Building. It was a great show and <i><b>Summer Vacation</b></i>, one of the Johnson Family Photo Album pieces sold. That piece still cracks me up (See my last entry for an image.) I got cleaned out of a lot of work and that is a good thing because I was considering this show to be my Swan Song. So, I will keep creating and trying to get my work “out there.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Let me tell you about this piece. A few summer’s ago my husband, Jeff, went bow hunting in Oklahoma and came back with several animal skulls. Fast forward a few weeks and looking for inspiration, I bought a Burlesque magazine. Mesmerized by a pearl corset on the cover, I began to think it would look stunning on a buffalo skull. I studied the image, magnified it on the printer, designed patterns and tried to do the math...ordering a gazillion glass and fresh water pearls. And then I sat on the project for a year. I was afraid I’d blow it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">This little lamb is making an unedited appearance (honestly, I probably will never post if I have to be really perfect and edit photos taken by me. It has almost been a year since I have posted!) The title of this piece is <em><span style="font-size: large;">Love Letters</span> </em>and it was part of the </span><a href="http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/events/love-stories-group-art-exhibition" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Minneapolis Love Stories</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"> show in February at Chowgirls in Northeast Minneapolis. Currently, it is in a gallery in </span><a href="http://www.lanesboroarts.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Lanesboro, Mn</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">. It is approximately 12" tall and backlit by a little orange LED. It is hard to appreciate the LED in this photo. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Also, below is another piece that I created for Minneapolis Love Stories, <em><span style="font-size: large;">Heart is Where the Home is</span></em>. Some of you know that my career has been in health care as a sonographer. I have a few specific disciplines (Ob/Gyn, Vascular and Adult Cardiac.) I worked in patient care for many years and now I work in preclinical research, doing some very cool things! I do miss patients though...I just had to say that and now I will get back on the rail. There is an artist, </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/frank-netter-md-the-michelangelo-of-medicine/279701/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Frank Netter,</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"> a physician/artist who illustrated anatomical volumes, that for some reason I connected with through his drawings. So, what you see is a hybrid between two vocations in my life, inspired by Frank Netter. Maybe three vocations, if you count the dearness of my family to me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">I have sweet, loveable friends who give me their junk. The star looking things on top and bottom were given to me by Melinda, and I sawed it in half. The tiles and the heart and birds are polymer clay. The sides are bead heads embedded in black grout and the whole thing, the substrate, is a little wooden box I built. The heart is illuminated with a pink LED and, here is another fine example of my photography skills (Mitch! Where are you???) It is in the </span><a href="http://www.lanesboroarts.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Laneboro Art Gallery</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"> also. Below is a fuzzy little close up of the heart.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">This piece incorporates part of an old stained glass window my sister Bobby gave me, with a little flickering tea light behind it. It is approx. 10" high and 3" deep. I made a ton of polymer clay blades of grass, some using the Skinner technique to add gradations of color. There is also commercial tile from an old, broken pseudo-Tiffany lamp that the owners of </span><a href="http://www.yourartsdesiremtka.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;">Your Art's Desire</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta;"> gave me. I had so much fun making this.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">So, here is what is going on now...</span><a href="http://nemaa.org/art-a-whirl" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Art-a-Whirl</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"> takes place May 16, 17 and 18 is the largest open studio art crawl in the United States (Yeah! Right here in Northeast Minneapolis!) 30,000 people attend this each year and I will be at the </span><a href="http://www.northrupkingbuilding.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Northrup King Building</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> in Studio 394. I am joining up with some other great artists and I have been working on my Magnus Opum; a buffalo skull my husband brought back from Oklahoma that I have glued a bazillion glass and fresh water pearls on. It has a Burlesquish-theme and I am inviting you to come and see it</span>!</span></span></span></div>
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SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-72670021960671403322013-05-30T17:44:00.000-05:002013-05-30T17:48:48.983-05:00<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">If you get a chance, head over to St. Paul (Minnesota, USA) and see this show. Polymer Clay is slowly getting the Fine Art recognition it should, right here, at </span><a href="http://www.flowartspace.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Flow Space.</span></a><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">(click on Flow Space.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">I am so honored to be part of this show, in with many of the polymer clay artists that I have admired and followed for years.</span> SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-6801680409652726162013-05-11T19:23:00.001-05:002013-05-11T19:26:56.251-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">This was made for my artist friend, </span><a href="http://sarah./"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Sarah.</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"> Sarah makes beautiful jewelry and this mirror doubles as home decor and a working mirror, as she can remove the banner held by the birds that will contain her business name. It is (approx.) 14 inches high, and I created a few different planes of wood to give the facade some depth. And then a whole lot of beads, glass and black grout</span><span style="color: magenta;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few years ago, I was at Pike's Market in Seattle with my daughter. We went into a crystal shop and I bought a peice of flourite. It was so beautiful, with it's purple, green and crystaline planes. I took a train to Portland and I just studied it in the sunlit window, as we passed the sea. Fast forward a few years and I find the notes I had taken from the shop owner, about flourite's characteristics. I am reminded of the reasons I bought it; restoring one to their highest good, and making <em>Order out of Chaos. </em>That is what this peice is called. It is a shrine with a little tea light candle. The base of the votive repeats, <em>Order out of Chaos, Order out of Chaos..</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">It is 14 inches high and next week will be available at the </span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><u>Lanesboro Arts Center</u></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"> juried gallery shop. Road Trip for me! There will be other peices of mine available also.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't forget to visit me at Art-a-Whirl in Northeast Minneapolis next weekend, May 17-19, 2013. It is so much fun. I will be at the </span><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=google+map+sheridan+school+mpls+mn&fb=1&gl=us&hq=sheridan+school&hnear=0x52b333909377bbbd:0x939fc9842f7aee07,Minneapolis,+MN&cid=0,0,12696090958550459638&ei=vN-OUaSWEpKXqwHcrYD4Dg&ved=0CJ0BEPwSMAA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sheridan School</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Hello everyone! I am so flattered; a peice of my work has been accepted at <a href="http://www.33contemporary.com/">33 Contempo Gallery</a> </span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"> in Chicago. The show is called <em>Copyright?.</em> It will open this month.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Here are a couple of other things I have been up to. This image is <em>The Petulant Magdalene</em>, by El Greco. I bought it in Sitges, Spain last summer. I researched it and found it was in the public domain and then began beading and tiling around it. It is a little over 11" tall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">A work in progress...this little shrine has a little crown that I purchased at a flea market in France. I an not sure how old it is; you can get really old things over there. Red mirrored tile and polymer clay shutters added to the foam and wood substrate; then a little piece of translucent glass that will house a votive candle. There are lots of little flowers, beads and upholstery tacks embelishing the glass. I still need to grout it and finish the inside of the niche space. It is...10" tall, approximately.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Brrrrrrr....it is below zero degrees in Minnesota and very windy. It is a good time to stay in and create, which is what I have been doing for the last five days. I thought I would show some more pics of what I have been up to over the winter (so far.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;">Here is a buffalo skull Jeff brought back to me last year, after hunting in Arkansas. I had just bought these beads and I was playing around, seeing what they would look like on the skull. I hope to be showing some progress images soon on the buffalo skull; it will have none of these beads on it. Instead, I am reinforcing the weak areas of the skull and priming it; preparing to put something totally different on it. This is a very old skull and the sinuses keep flaking off and falling out. Parts of it have cracked and, I have brushed the teeth several times. Did you know that the horns are actually keratin, over bone, and this one's horns probably fell off a long time ago. Stay tuned....</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">This is my studio. It is painted "Provencial Lemon;" a color my son and Jeff helped me paint on shortly before I went to France last year. This used to be the room the kids would hang out in and watch TV. I would tell my son and his girlfriend, "I need to see some air between you two!" Lots of gaming,movie watching, and when we were gone, the little angels "entertained" down here. We knew it because the windows were left open (why?)</span> </div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">One of my little angels is in Washington D.C. going to school now. She was at the Presidential Inauguration today. I heard many years ago that your kids will take you to new places; mine sure have. I digress...back to art and a little announcement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">I am teaching a cute, little <span style="font-size: large;"><strong><u>polymer clay tile class</u></strong></span> at the local library February 16, 2013. The State of Minnesota has bequeathed monies to support the arts, The Legacy Fund. So, I was asked to do this class and would love it if you attended. It is a lot of fun for kids, as well as adults.</span></div>
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SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-19147536657176230492013-01-13T21:03:00.004-06:002013-01-13T21:03:55.333-06:00<span style="color: magenta;"></span><span style="color: magenta;">Hey! Here are a little bit better images of <em>Dream Maker</em>. I had mentioned before that I am trying to take my own photos and, I just got my editing program loaded.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">I created the substrate out of foam and wood; then began the mosaicing process. The flowers are embellishments I purchased and painted; then gilded (when I grouted, the abrasive grout took the gilding off. I will have to redo that.) There is a battery-lit tea light inside the little balcony, which I also sculpted and cut glass for. Polymer clay lines the inside of the niche. When I finish it, there will be some text around the balcony that says <em>Order out of Chaos, Order out of Chaos...</em>or, something like that. This is approximately 14" in height.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;">My Christmas present to Jeff; I backlit a paperweight with a craft light. </span><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://factorydirectcraft.com/catalog/products/2030_2036_2180-5702-6_ft_brown_electric_clipin_cord_onoff_switch.html">Factory Direct Crafts</a></span>)</span><span style="color: magenta;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> The paper weight and frame I found at thrift shops and, I raided Jeff's workbench for motorcycle parts and tools to add/ make clay imprints with. A few of the stamps I used in the polymer clay, I ordered off <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dragonflybuzz?ref=seller_info">Etsy.</a> We have a Jack Russell Terrier whom Jeff loves so, I included that too. It is approximately 10 x 14 ".</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;">The last post was May, 2012. My intention was to post more frequently but, I started a new job, had a kid move back in, had a kid get married, went to France and Spain for 3 weeks, (some of which was to attend a wonderful art retreat in Dufort, France. My instructor was </span><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.dayledoroshow.com/">Dayle Doroshow</a></span><span style="color: magenta;">. I highly recommend her course!) And just recently, helped another kid transfer colleges from the West to the East Coast. It was distracting but, it was all good distractions as I am really enjoying my job and, loving the company of the kids. I have had enough of Santa now and, after wondering what the heck I am doing with my art, <em>(why do I do this, I just love to create, I don't know nothing 'bout marketing, who wants this stuff anyways...ad nauseum...)</em> I guess we will see where 2013 takes me.</span> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;">This piece will be exhibited at Art-a-Whirl, this Friday through Sunday, May 18-20, 2012. There is a little flickering candle illuminating The Madonna, a Saint card my sister brought me back from Spain. The substrate is foam and I sculpted a little balcony to place the candle in. Then I went nuts with embellishment. More photos follow with detail of my hand made polymer clay tiles and lots of bling and grout. The piece is about 15 inches in length.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;">HI everybody! I have wanted to post sooner but what a busy couple of months I have had. I have a new job and I just finished a Philosophy course and some other "stuff" that has kept me super busy. Here is what I wanted to tell you though;</span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"> I will be at Northeast Minneapolis' Art-a-Whirl this Friday through Sunday, May 18-10, 2012. I will be at the Keg House, in the Sip coffee shop.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;"> I overheard another artist telling someone that Art-a-Whirl is the largest art crawl in the nation. There is alot of fun stuff going on all over. </span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"><i>Hello Kitty </i>will be there</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;"> and available for purchase. She measures about 13 inches across and is about 3 inches deep (sorry for the vague dimensions.) Below are some photos from a post over a year ago, where I beaded a real cat skull and began tiling a piece of foam I got out of the dumpster. Cobalt blue tile, mostly and a sculpted pink kitty head. She is not your daughter's hello kitty, heehee.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;">It is unlikely that you will recall my one year ago post but, I dropped kitty and chipped her teeth. I had to resculpt and file them with Apoxie Sculpt. Oh, and while we are still on the subject of Art-a-Whirl, I will have a couple of new pieces and I will be taking..</span><i style="color: magenta;">..ta dah</i><span style="color: magenta;">.....credit cards!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;">Oh, one more thing...the Minnesota Mosiac Guild's Spring show is in St. Paul, MN at Mosiac on a stick. It ends this Saturday, May 19, 2012. I have a piece there and, I will also be with the Guild at a gallery in Stillwater, MN this July.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">I read Georgia O'Keeffe biography a long time ago. At a garage sale, I sold a nice big picture book of hers, along with a big book on her husband's (Alfred Stieglitz) photos. I regret that now. Like O'Keeffe, I am attracted to bleached bones, horns and skulls. I purchased the cow horns a few years ago at a thrift shop and I spent last winter beading and gluing millefiori on them (More detailed photos to follow on next post.) I wasn't sure what I would do with them but, last fall things came together. With an old conch belt I had bought in a California thrift shop, a little plastic horse from a flea market, and a frame on sale at Michael's, the piece started to pull together. I spray painted the frame green, mounted another boxed frame on back, and beaded a bunch more. Awhile back in the mail , I had received an advertisement with pictures of drapes one could purchase at JC Penney's. Perfect schematics for making polymer clay drapes! The background is mosaic white tile and grout. It is for sale (most of my posts on this blog are.) A little metallic plaque below the horse says, "My First Rodeo." What you don't see, mounted behind the drapes, is an orange light that makes this little pony look pissed off! 16 x 18 x 6 inches.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: left;">Okay, more news...I am teaching a class at <a href="http://www.studio-rush.com/schedule.html">The Studio</a> at Rush Creek (Maple Grove, MN.) You will learn how to make polymer clay tiles and embellish them. 6:30 to 8:30 pm March 7, 2012. See you there, ok?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">p.s. I really have to give credit to this artist,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1691846986" style="background-color: black;"></a></span><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.mikaarts.com/" style="background-color: black;"> Laurie Mika</a><span style="background-color: black;">, </span>for inspiring me. I have not been able to take one of her classes (yet) but, I have watched her art on line for years. Then one day she wrote a book and I was all over that!</span><span style="background-color: black;"></span></div>SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-44589652221224555882012-01-20T08:13:00.000-06:002012-01-20T08:13:41.398-06:00The Circus<div class="" style="clear: both; color: #fce5cd; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #fce5cd; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #fce5cd; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5sgwXpwQ64yyJBJHBLQDcTQm8GubJxIV-q0KjLexbL8iIJz4t5PbljStwbOB35ogkge_1VoBkqg-MURUb50eVEZCw0n01OyGwkPimdGkDzEdxED8iTTvg09NIOHwHA6Nd8y1qLVW8a5u/s1600/SKETZEL.007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5sgwXpwQ64yyJBJHBLQDcTQm8GubJxIV-q0KjLexbL8iIJz4t5PbljStwbOB35ogkge_1VoBkqg-MURUb50eVEZCw0n01OyGwkPimdGkDzEdxED8iTTvg09NIOHwHA6Nd8y1qLVW8a5u/s400/SKETZEL.007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;"><u><i><b>The Circus</b></i></u></span><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #f4cccc; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I learned that snake charming is illegal in India now, yet what a profession! There are some wonderful, authentic snake charming images from the University of Washington but, too many hoops to jump through to get permission to use. </span> <span style="font-size: small;">I try to be very careful about that public domain slippery slope. I actually contacted the estate of Man Ray whom his images are entrusted too. I asked if I could use some of his images in my art. They told me, "...Absolutely not," and signed the correspondence, "Remaining at your service..."</span></span></b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #f4cccc; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #f4cccc; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The piece measures 26 x 21 x 4 inches. The substrate is Wedi-board (concrete-foam-concrete sandwich used to frame in showers.) There are pink jasper beads, millefiore, smalti, old jewelry; oh-and a little toy elephant I painted blue and sculpted India-elephant looking garb on it (illuminated magnifying glass for that one.) The little tent is created out of polymer clay.</span></span></b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #f4cccc; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A river runs through it. I was trying to convey a sensory overload of exotic sights, sounds and smells moving through town, just for that one night, leaving stunned inhabitants in its' wake who later would recall, "Remember the night the circus came into town?"</span></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope to see you there!</span></div><div style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I should warn you that as I write this, I am coming down from a bad Nyquil jag. I have lost my censors being ill. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I picture myself being carried off by white coats and yelling, "it's not me, it's the cold medicine!" But, I think</span><i style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b>it </b></i><b><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">i</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">s me</span></span></i></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. So, I hope it is not too offensive when I say that all these kitchy frames you can buy with loving family adjectives on them make me nauseous. They are targeted at those who learned communication skills from watching old re-runs of<i> Bonanza</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Okay, study the Johnson's. There is more to this piece than your first <strike>gland</strike> glance. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As disconnected as this blog is right now, perhaps you will see a thread running somewhere through it; I much prefer the broad spectrum of adjectives, including the difficult ones. I like a Patina on my people. I am going to leave you with a "new-oldschool-Christmas Carol." Really, what's so funny about peace, love and understanding? And I am going to blame the blabbering on Nyquil. Happy Holidays Everyone!! (p.s. My husband and son just got back from the store with the gelato.)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">for the </span><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Clean II</b></i></span><span style="color: #ffd966;"> exhibition.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiF39GAKUlj5bLQZoObflr24LkHtduVKy9tYn5YjCkYOKhFaDQh6hdno_RZ3nmid0kREMXeAu4X19nykcMYkHKEM8TKj-Fm0uGoeOsS6Qlpt2f8_jcK3F6RR2cjG_dgMvo58t5a8KO-MNV/s1600/SerenityPrayer.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiF39GAKUlj5bLQZoObflr24LkHtduVKy9tYn5YjCkYOKhFaDQh6hdno_RZ3nmid0kREMXeAu4X19nykcMYkHKEM8TKj-Fm0uGoeOsS6Qlpt2f8_jcK3F6RR2cjG_dgMvo58t5a8KO-MNV/s640/SerenityPrayer.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: small;">It is about 3' in length and is an old cupboard door from my friend, Clare. It is called "A Serenity Prayer Mash Up." The Serenity prayer is interposed with a verse from the song Aretha Franklin sings, <i>Son of a Preacher Man</i>. Here is how the text goes:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;"><i>Being good isn't always easy</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>God, </i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;">No matter how you feel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Grant me the Serenity</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;">When he started sweet talking to me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>to </i><i><b>Accept</b> the things I cannot change</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;">Kissin'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;">Tell me everything is alright</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Courage to change </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can I steal away again tonite?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The things I can</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the wisdom </span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The only one who could ever reach me</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">to <b>Know</b></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Was the son of a Preacher man </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The difference.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The song is on my iPod and my thoughts started mixing things up and it seemed as connected as it was disconnected so, what the heck? Why not make a mosaic around it? It is for sale and the show goes until the end of September. There is a really fun, new coffee shop right next to the gallery, where a Dunn Brother's used to be. I happen to know that the floor costs about 60k and is made of very old barn wood. 'Good menu too.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The NEMAA Fine Arts Exhibit is this weekend, Sept 22-24 (2011, if this is archived.) The opening night is tonight at the Grain Belt Bottling House. <a href="http://www.nemaa.org/">http://www.nemaa.org/</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have posted this piece before but, this is what I have submitted to the NEMAA show.. It is called "Bad Habits." </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think I would have also liked to call it, "Huntin' for Sinners." On a blog, somebody had posted that as a caption for this photo. This triptych is approx 13 or 14" high. It is for sale, as is "Serenity Prayer Mash Up."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I had to pass on the St. Paul Art Crawl this fall; I will miss the energetic air and crowds that have been so fun down there. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">In November, I will have my art at the Three Crows coffee shop in Delano, MN. I am excited about this one.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have been working on a piece that I think I will be calling the "Circus." 'Seems like the circus is always in town, in my head. Ha!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Here is the link for Three Crows. You will see a video on the home page; that is my brother cooking Paella!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;">Alright, I am submitting this unedited. That takes a lot of time, you know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ffd966; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821471898868207159.post-23660024801004491302011-08-21T21:40:00.000-05:002011-08-21T21:40:49.340-05:00Summer Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPNK_VT9hK8XpgbsTvWH33g9bU2yE0JODmXSom0wBRazFrQyoRiF-t_PMn_O2Gz79zOLaIVm3PPUfGGAgof28x-yyas6oKGmzCHDL6WQh-yvD3rmdrnvkZ8n2YP-DxZ_kJ33bZ1R5qSm4/s1600/IMG_7159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPNK_VT9hK8XpgbsTvWH33g9bU2yE0JODmXSom0wBRazFrQyoRiF-t_PMn_O2Gz79zOLaIVm3PPUfGGAgof28x-yyas6oKGmzCHDL6WQh-yvD3rmdrnvkZ8n2YP-DxZ_kJ33bZ1R5qSm4/s400/IMG_7159.JPG" width="266" /></a></div> Here are a couple of Buffalo Girls. These are vintage toys in a wooden frame. There is a copper glitter background and, polymer clay drapes. It is still a work in progress. 8 x 11 inches. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZUkrgt4Kzmu7Quu8MjYF7mgfGcbmeRtQoZ9YoQlLQRsGYCQolsGZAzUb8h6tw63P4P9PkRNyj8ixl7qneS7sb_UnVeCNf6nkm-lo4zlnhXnp_PdmTilWQ4AFFUhjUf62mHIBtuGzVDQy/s1600/IMG_7173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZUkrgt4Kzmu7Quu8MjYF7mgfGcbmeRtQoZ9YoQlLQRsGYCQolsGZAzUb8h6tw63P4P9PkRNyj8ixl7qneS7sb_UnVeCNf6nkm-lo4zlnhXnp_PdmTilWQ4AFFUhjUf62mHIBtuGzVDQy/s320/IMG_7173.JPG" width="208" /></a></div> This says "Arlynn's Garden" below a placid little bird. Sorry about the reflection; it is really a rich piece and one I made for myself. It is in memory of my mom, Arlynn. She was a master of so much. A friend of Jeff's once told him that she learned more about her father after he died, then she ever knew about him when he was alive.. I guess I thought that all mom's could garden, crochet, get their Master's Degree and make art like a pro. She taught me so much, by example, because she wasn't much of a talker. And she couldn 't cook worth shit.. She hated cooking. Some details follow of this piece.<br />
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Sushi Lovers Rise up! This piece is the same size as "Arlynn's Garden." About 5 x 7 inches and, the recessed part is an Altoid's tin. Here is a little plate of Sushi, with wasabi and pickled ginger. The righteous little fist I got at a surplus store and is a doll part. As usual, polymer clay tiles and beads were used. I sold this to a food and wine lover!<br />
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Oh, just one more thing....I am teaching a polymer clay tile class at The Studio @ Rush Creek this week. And, I am in my first juried show; the Clean II show at Yourart'sdesire, Minnetonka, MN. (see link under muses.)SKETZELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890371246195642613noreply@blogger.com4