Original Butterfly Girl Mixed Media and fairies

These fall days are beautiful and the skies

are a beautiful blue with fluffy clouds.

It reminds me of spring especially when

everyone is tucking bulbs and shrubs in the earth.

I have a few more mixed media girls finished

and will share one of  this sweet butterfly girl

sound asleep on soft flower petals.

If  I was small enough I would do the same thing!

How I love cutting

up bits of paper, paint and paper.

Maybe it was because I bypassed kindergarten

when I was little and didn't get my quality

cutting and drawing time then?

She is up for sale now here. 

Bunny Rabbit Doll Folk Art

Bunny has slippers that look like Easter peeps marshmallows. This new little rabbit is about as sweet as you can get without any sugar.

One might be surprised at how long each clay doll takes to make. I make them without molds and I shape them with my hands over a wood and foam base that I have assembled first. This makes for a good, sturdy clay rabbit. It takes a day or more to dry. Then I gesso it, paint it, antique it and varnish it. By that time Bunny and I have shared many conversations about life and know alot about each other! Thus the big ears. They are good listeners and all the while Bunny is as pleased as punch about the pink slippers and is not moved by any of my stories.

Life is good. Especially when cute shoes are involved.

Mixed Media Elephant Art Paper Mache Sculpture

"How much do I love you?" Elephant asks.
"This much," Elephant exclaims.

When you were little were you one of those kids that wanted an elephant? I was. I told my mom I wanted a monkey, too. (She was secretly horrified, but didn't show it.) Those were just a few of the many things that I remember asking for. My mom calmy thought it impossible to keep them as pets. It didn't stop me from dreaming and wondering about them. If a horse could pull a wagon surely an elephant could do just as good or better. No?

I've created an elephant, not any elephant, but Elephant Love! You see it's telling us how much it love's you. It was made by my own two hands with a wire underbody for support and then paper mache, gesso, paint, antique wash and varnish in that order. It took a few days dry...while I thought of other elephants.

For more information and pictures view it here. You could be the keeper of this elephant. (Your Mom won't mind at all.)

Recycle Wearable Art Clothes

Recycle those denim jeans into wearable art sculpture. All credit goes to Gary Harvey for this creation. He used 41, yes 41 pairs of jeans to create this gown. I love how he used darker shades for each tier of the ruffled gown. This is the first "denim gown" I have ever seen. You would never be at a loss for pocket room.

Recycling to Art Sculpture Mixed Media

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I saw this lovely work of art today... And I am inspired! We have lots of little of old hardware pieces tucked away that were here when we moved here. Now the possiblities are becoming very clear what to do with them. Here they've used a crate, old watering can, a faucet spout and it's adorable and hanging on the outside of their old smoke house turned potting shed. The weathered colors are so calming.



Have any of you made anything like this before?