make.

sometime back we dismantled an old six panel door. we made a coat rack out of one of the panels yesterday.

so easy and came out fabulous!

gathering.

we stayed home this holiday...no cooking and no traveling. we attended and helped serve at our church's yearly thanksgiving banquet. there was plenty of food and fellowship. we phoned loved ones, did lots of art, made banana bread with pecans which charlie gathered from the yard, and spent time together as a family. i hope y'all had Happy Thanksgiving too!

the monsters and the rainbow.

monsters attack the rainbow.

by charles ranon loriot, age 4.
watercolor on paper.

abstract flowers.

i have a few silver.toned brooch/pendant settings on hand. thinking i will make some photo brooches using sections from some of my florals. because they are only sections, they will be abstract. i have found i am a bit of an abstract realist. here's the first...

made from this print of a photo i took of a carnation...

all the pendants like this one, will be mounted in the silver setting and measure 40x30mm. all will be capped with an acrylic cap. i think this one came out lovely! i named it whisper for its softness.

ps. this is a print i had in my scrap pile. its printed on epson's matte photo paper and the tones and quality are super!

pendant.

vintage wallpaper mounted under an acrylic cab.

antique brass setting. 35mm round.

victoria kloch (see my blogroll) recently posted about georgia o'keefe. this paper made me think of her larger than life florals and watercolors. it also reminds me of her fondness for the southwest and desert landscapes...its gorges and canyons. still have yet to name this and get better photos. this by far has been one of the hardest to photograph. the paper is iridescent and the acrylic cab is reflective. perhaps georgia is on my mind.

five.

this is one of five custom brooches i am finishing up. they are all a part of the same order. i have to totally re.do one, the print ripped when i tried to adjust it under the acrylic cab. i also had a few prints to print up for this order. hopefully everything will be ready to go out this week.