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    Beyond the list

    September 5, 2013 - By 

    sept cardsIf you joined me for T stands for Tuesday, you know that I had a list long enough to choke a horse. I usually do but I always try to allow for a little “playtime” each day as well.  I can’t say that it happens all the time but I am ever grateful when it does.

    We have some occasions this month that are in need of greeting cards so I’ve been hard at work creating them for the events.

    20130902_3343In addition, I’ve been making a bit of miniature terrain as well. While Mr. G was purging the office, I spied a few pieces that looked like they would work really well as gaming terrain.

    These first three were….CD spindles. Did you guess right?

    I thought they’d make good bunker or storage pieces.

    20130901_3331Next came some molded Styrofoam packing pieces from a very ancient…in the computer world…CDROM drive. I looked at it an saw another bunker, nearly the same design as one you’d pay  upwards of $50 for. Crazy, right? So I cut it in half and glued it together….now I have two!

    20130902_3342After adding some additional foam pieces and painting the whole works with a mix of gesso and black craft paint, I spray painted everything with my splatter technique.

    I layer the colors of spray paint without letting it dry between coats.

    I use a light hand with the color. It gives a rich depth of color…almost an airbrush effect.

    I used 5 colors of spray paint on these pieces.20130902_3339 They were obtained from the recycle center and my folks place.

    I know this is not my usual type of art but sometimes I get a very different crafty bent. This happens to be one of those weeks.

    Hope I didn’t scare you off. 🙂

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    It’s happening again

    May 19, 2013 - By 

    My art ADD has come back in full force.  I have many different projects all in progress at the same time and in the same small space.

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    I’m reworking a canvas as another edition of my friend Sandy’s poem.

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    I finished a couple of crochet dishcloths this week. Neither one is perfect by an stretch of the imagination but I’m fine with that.

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    Journal page in progress. I’m trying to remember to leave this free of bulking embellishments as this spiral journal is filling fast and the pages will soon not turn on the tiny spiral if I keep up with the bulk.

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    In the past week I sold 3 pieces of terrain. I’m thrilled! It has inspired me to make more. I’ve been priming and trying out different combinations for my recycled pieces.

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    As well as playing around with foam and a plastic bottle. I love the challenge of making something out of nothing.  I’m hoping that this will look like a crashed vessel that has weathered over time.

    See what I mean…all over the place! My mind is going this way and that. So many ideas, so little time and space.

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    Packing foam upcycled into terrain

    March 11, 2013 - By 

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    I’ve mentioned a time or two about how much I love making miniature terrain as well as how much I love recycling. This project encompasses both.

    I spotted a rectangle of grey molded foam on the top of  laundry room garbage.  Of course, I had to grab it to see what it could become.20130311_1609

    I broke and tore chunks off. Glued others on to make higher walls. Left bigger chunks to become rubble for my ruin.

    In some spots, I used joint compound to smooth the transitions and cover my additions.20130311_1612

    I gave the whole works a paint job to make it a cohesive piece.

    I’m very happy with my trash to treasure transformation.

     

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    And the original packaging….

    held an airsoft pistol.

    If you look carefully you might be able to see it in the ruin.

    The ruin is positioned in the same orientation as the original foam.