When Frank Lloyd Wright was just a young boy, his mother bought him a set of Froebel Blocks. These simple wooden building blocks (the kind we have likely all played with at some time in our youth), were influential…
It was great to see how the various paintings we selected for this Art Journey #7 inspired you! There were leopard spots and lion heads and kitty cats galore! But there were also flowers and arrows and acorns and…
The last month has beyond busy for me getting ready for, doing, and recovering for a big three day art show/studio tour that I participate in every September. I don’t know about you, but I tend to go into…
Have I ever told you about my attack-cat, Tiger? When I was about four years old we went to the animal shelter and I got to pick out a cat. We ended up getting a stripey tabby cat. I…
Design Inspirations, The Earring Whisperer, Uncategorized
The Earring Whisperer: Rawr! Big Cat Inspiration For Journey 7
Okay, these vintage brass lions, circa 1950, are amazing! I had never seen such fine detail or a lovely natural patina like this on stampings before. They did not come with holes and it was quite tricky making them…
My expedition for the Art Bead Scene’s Journey #7 started as an accidentally beadmaking session where I created these beads that were not supposed to look like leopard print but that’s what happened. Not being a particularly a big…
First, I’m sorry for the the lack of blog posts over the summer. This summer redefined crazy in a whole new way for me. The heart was willing but the brain was having no part of it. Summer is…
As an owner (servant?) of my own pack (or more correctly clowder) of cats, I have a special affinity towards the subject matter for this year’s seventh Art Journey… Big Cats!! Meow! I mean ROAR! I’ve always been fascinated…
There seems to be a lot of cat-lovers in the beading world! Our theme for Art Journey #7 will honor those bead-cats with art centered on the big cats: lions, leopards, panthers and tigers. INSPIRATION 1 :: LION LAUNCH…
William Morris (1834-1896) was a pioneer in the field of decorative arts in the United Kingdom and the United States, and his influence can be felt even in the present day. The majority of the nearly 600 designs in…