Summer’s Coming-Another New Totem

My totems have gone through a few iterations since I started playing around with this idea. First they were small and flattish. Then I gave them a solid base and a hollow body. Then I decided to add movement to the totems. Along the way I learned about the need for balance (not just in [...]

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A Year of Mindfulness: Listen

We end the month with two lessons on mindfulness. Last week we practiced gratitude. As I said last week, this is a wonderful practice that should be carried out each day. At one time I had a gratitude journal and I faithfully wrote an entry each day. Over time I became lax in this practice [...]

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Janus Bobble Totem

I’m continuing work on the design & construction of my bobble totems. On my first attempt, the body seemed to be a good size, but the gauge of wire and size of the base were not ideal. With this next piece I figured out a better way to attach the head to the body. However, [...]

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A Year of Mindfulness: Gratitude

Last week in our mindfulness practice we were tasked with becoming more aware of our posture. How did you do? Proper posture has been an issue for me since I was a little girl. I remember my mom putting a hardcover book on my head to get me to stand up straight. I was an [...]

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A New Ornimal Revealed: The Graduate Owl Ornimal

Over the last couple of days, I shared with you two pictures of a new Ornimal that I created this week. I asked you to guess what you thought the critter would become. You were on the right track when you guessed something in the bird family: a chicken, a duck, a goose, or an [...]

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A New Ornimal In The Works: Part 2

You guys did a great job with your guesses about this new Ornimal. Some of your guesses included a chicken a duck a goose You’re in the right category, guessing that it is some type of bird. The little guy has been cured, cooled, and given a wash of acrylic paint. Here is another picture [...]

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A New Ornimal In The Works

I had a brainstorm the other night as I lay in bed. An idea for a new Ornimal. Work on this new piece started this week. All will be revealed soon enough. Until then, here is a picture of a portion of the new Ornimal. Anyone care to take a guess at what this Ornimal [...]

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More Heart Art

I was completely surprised and honored to learn that my LUV heart was featured on Polymer Clay Daily this week. I’ve been working on more hearts and since it’s Valentine’s Day, it seemed like a good time to share more heart art. All of these hearts are made with polymer and alcohol inks. I’ve been [...]

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A Year of Mindfulness: Become Aware of Your Posture

We are well into our second month of mindfulness, following along with Jan Chozen Bays’ book How to Train a Wild Elephant. To read more about mindfulness, please return to the first post in this series: A Year of Mindfulness: Use Your Non-Dominant Hand. Last week, we practiced giving true, genuine compliments. This is a [...]

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Totem Experiments: Variations on a Theme

A couple weeks ago, I introduced you to some new work. You can read about those first pieces here. Last week I continued playing with the totem idea and created some new variations on this theme. This first Janus totem is colored with alcohol inks and has a square base. I was a bit disappointed [...]

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