Time for Art?

It seems that time is not on my side...Or so I think...I have time and enough...My problem is that when I start I want to finish since right as I have begun ten more ideas have sprung...Writing them down doesn't work since then they just loose their essence...Maybe this can be a way of filtering out the good from the bad in the idea pool... I have to set up a schedule of art and a focus of what when and for how long to work on each piece...

Some ideas are born without much work...Sometimes is just a matter of  looking around and  the thought process begins on its own...Maybe its a form of management for all the crazy in my head...maybe...

For now I'm working on a vase made from two other existing vases...Hope the idea works...pictures will follow...

Botched Suzie

Began well over a year this chair has been a learning lesson...She needs a home asap...and so do I

On our way to meet some family members I saw her, black and beautiful...Sitting in the back yard of a building soaked from the days rain but beautiful in her shape and potential... I will come back for you in an hour I promise...Come back I did but it seemed alot more work to get this chair that I had anticipated... The seat came of easily but it weight 6 pounds from all the rain it had retained...Luckily I had help... Such sexy shape to it and I was sure it was older than me just by looking at the abuse and location it came from...

Some sanding and paint later she was ready for fabric...The fabric part I wasn't sure about...One trip to Ikea gave me what I needed...Orange black and white... Two of these colors I like..Not a fan of orange at any time...It bothers me but this fabric and its graphic designs were what made me choose it and love it...But I decided she needed to go to a home as soon as I was done since the color was not going to work in my home...

Took me forver to start and once I did the top and back panels I was stuck with no foam for a cushion and no mentality to go and buy one...After the year had passed I bought the foam online as I do most everything these days and made up my mind to finish her...I knew it wasnt going to be easy but I did it...In my eye she is ok and the cushion is too thick but botched she will stay...

She is Botched Suzie, I learned my lessons with her and she can be yours...

There is another chair in the closet and I have the fabric and foam to re-upholster it but its going to have to wait another year before I can do it probably...Frustrated much?

Happy now that Suzie has got a new Home in Vermont...

Pines and Oaks blooming flowers

All it took was for one glimpse at a Martha Steward commercial and I was instantly brain storming about when and how to begin this new project "Pinecone Flowers"... The following days I had not time...Finally one Friday when it wasnt so cold, I packed the Little Maniac and pups and went straight to the park to find the pine trees... I remembered from the summer that some one had built circles on the ground with pine cones right under the pine trees...But right now most of that was under 6" of snow so I was hoping the trees has let loose a couple of cones that were waiting for my arrival...Seemmed like a mission to get up there but we finally made it...I summoned my assistant from her snow playing and asked her to collect pine cones with me...As we collected I wondered how I was going to construct flowers out of these pine cones...after the bag was full which was more than i expected to have we continued out trek through the park...We ended up at this rather old tall pine tree which gives the tiniest cones I have ever seen and collected but a few of those...

After a couple of days I began my little project...Peeling one by one each pine cone gave out  many petals for these flowers I was planning on building...Maybe I have even collected too many cones...How am I supposed to put these together? At what speed can I do this? Which glue?

Wood glue has never been my favorite but for these little flowers its perfect...It dries fast and that's what I needed...Instant gratification considering I've been making things that take forever recently...Made a couple of prototypes just to get the feel for it and here is the final product...One of six I've made...These will be gifts to help promote..........

Source of Inspiration

What inspires me? Random things at various times...A couple of weeks ago I was watching a nature show when I saw one of the most beautiful creature I have eves seen...The sea slug comes in a variety of colors and shapes...Each more interesting that the next...They are poisonous and their colors and markings let predators know that they wont make a good snack...Precisely these colors and marks are what made me so happy to gaze at them...Prompting me to run to my computer and google "sea slugs"...

As I looked through all these amazing photos of these tiny yet dangerous creatures I fell in love...The colors were like Id never seen before...Brighter than any paint I have in my stash...The patterns on their bodies are something only the Divine can create...I was instantly happy and alive...I must paint these preferably in a large scale...I settled for 5x7's and have yet to complete one since the joy was short lived...

Dont have the patience for games

Normally I don't have patience for games of the card or box type...So I find myself with a set of Chess that just sits there...The board is long lost but these beautiful wooden pieces live on in their box...Ive been meaning to put them to good use after being inspired by a Roman I met that I have known for years but wasn't aware of the fact that he was a Roman...

One night I took my dremel drill out and before going to sleep collected all the pieces and findings to build the necklaces that I had been planning in my head for weeks...Drilled the holes on the heads of each piece and went to be happy and excited...Once build I realized how heavy these necklaces were...Wore them around and loved the weight and how they rested on my chest...Job well done I must say...

Check the link to see them in my Etsy shop...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/64474793/king-and-queen-me-necklaces

Its been a while....

Its been a while I say... I have slacked in every direction....I am tired I am bored I am extreemly creative right now...But cant paint for the life of me..All I make is little things here and there...Cant keep track of anything...Cant find my long lost focus...Cant even find reason...I have become a skeleton of my self as a person and artist...More like and exoskeleton...

The amount of little things I make is nice but I find myself making for no reason...Hoping Id find some light to awaken me..None of that will ever happen I have to move my ass out and take charge of what I have lost...I still probably wont paint...But I will have made something outta this talent that once was just a thing and now has to become the thing to keep me eating...Because office work is not for me...emotionally and physically it kills me...

I wont get help since that is the norm in my world...As I rarely ask for help...So self sufficient that I have voided every chance in life to ask for help...The can that held any chance of asking for help is empty...Its gonna be tough considering I have to learn new techniques and possibly go away more than I have already...But it will pay off in the end...This mode of communicating will be the one...Its going to be my new habit... And that's going to be hard since I suck at keeping habits...

Here are some of my latest little crafts...Pine cones and acorns transformed into wearable flowers...Some will have colors other will stay natural....