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I got some tasty treats from Trader Joe's today and made myseslf a Quesadilla. Something I haven't eaten in years!
Today I went to Porter Mill Studios and worked for a while on this project. I am covering a heart-shaped candy box with collage designs created rom printed metallic ribbon. I am still and forever working on the top of the box. The orange and purple stripes are almost done. Although I am still filling in little gaps in the stripes, I decided to work on the gold border too, to make this more fun. I call this "Another Heart Shaped Box" because this isn't the only one I have made. If you want to see how my first heart-shaped box turned out, follow this link: www.flickr.com/photos/randiart/albums/72157632769935420
My drawing spot on the sidewalk across Calle Hostas from Meson de Bari. The sun was encroaching--time to finish up. July 15, 2012
Grease Alley, an industrial backwater neighborhood in a blade-runner/fifth-element genre. These shops back onto a trash and old parts-strewn gully, where the junk skiff comes by to pick up broken components, industrial leftovers, and the occasional "borrowed" part.
Here's where the painting was when I stopped working on it last night. Hoping to finish it today...that is if Aiden will let me ;)
It's a 6"x6" linen canvas. I'm really liking the feel of the linen as opposed to the cotton...plus it's less prep since I just put one layer of gesso on these as opposed to several on the cotton canvases to get a smoother base.
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Grease Alley, an industrial backwater neighborhood in a blade-runner/fifth-element genre. These shops back onto a trash and old parts-strewn gully, where the junk skiff comes by to pick up broken components, industrial leftovers, and the occasional "borrowed" part.
From the kids bedroom.
This work by Anette Snarby is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
For my next series of sampling I'm using unusual surfaces for stitch.
This is a foil crisp packet which has been ironed ( between two sheets of paper) and then overpainted with shimmering gold interference paint.
It was whilst I was waiting for paint to dry on another project that I spied an abandoned canvas in my workroom.
I coated it with tissue paper, acrylic paint and gesso, and then added various paint effects on top.
After sanding it with a sanding block I added tea stains, buttons and dyed lace.
This canvas will hold my collection of "glitzy" necklaces and is destined for my bedroom.
It is a work in progress as I have lots more memorabilia to add.
This is a closer look at the device that is on the other end of the system - it has a receiver radio and translates the signals from the buttons into something that the conputer recognizes as a usb keyboard. It is made using hardware and software from the VUSB toolkit.
it currently uses two arduinos as a sort of brute-force solution to a timing issue where both the keyboard software and the radio software expect to be the 300-pound gorilla. I talked to someone at MFNY this past weekend who might have a solution for this problem!
I sat for two and a half hours last night, painting the watercolour paper with water and rubbing it with my finger.
This had two results: it broke up the surface of the paper, so that the paint will sink in, and it gave a distressed effect to the whole piece.
Also, my finger was sore!
the chair was only there on Fairfax Avenue for his one photo. The next
day and subsequently it was gone !
My in progress mods for the Ritz overalls . Still trying to find out how to a texture apply script or whatever I need to make this a mod. I'm thinking of selling these for 50 each. Under the name Outfitters.
A mock up using newspaper. I thought that I could individualise these boxes by using photographs of the intended recipients.
Continuing thoughts about identity and a sense of self.
I looked at a mummy in Leeds museum at the weekend and it struck me that until you read the information attached to the artifact you are unable to attach a meaning to what you are seeing.... sex, age, status etc.
This is a sample piece using brown paper, stitch and gesso, and by unravelling part of the stitch I hope to suggest that the very stiff pose, which could mean a rather disciplined person, is in fact an illusion.
The piece is about 2 inches high.