Finding your way around

Because of the variety of art I do, a while back I created a seperate blog for each art form. So to really see all my work, you can scroll down to the bottom of my profile where there is a list of all the catagories, such as amazing egg art, knitting, gourd art,etc. Have fun exploring.

Feb. update

Feb. is moving right along. I am painting as many wooden eggs as I can for the Easter season. I have 30 started.
I'm also drying apples for apple head dolls. First you carve a face on a peeled apple; then you dry it out at a low heat. That causes it to wrinkle and shrivel up. Then you add teeth, eyeballs, hair and a body and clothing. It's a long process. So if you need one for a special occassion, please give me a lot of notice.

Free craft demos

I'm going to try doing arts and crafts demos on camstreams starting tonight at 7:30 Pacific Time. http://www.enchantress.camstreams.com

Wed. Jan 11. 2006 Gourd Art 7:30-8:30 PM
Thu. Jan 12. Artist Book 7:30-8:30 PM
Fri. Jan 13. Hippy Crafts 7:30-8:30 PM
Mon. Jan 16: Knit-a-bit-of-magic 7:30-8:30 PM
Tues.Jan 17: Hookery~The Art of Crochet 7:30-8:30 PM
Wed. Jan 18: Stick Weaving 7:30-8:30 PM
Thur.Jan 19: Eraser Stamp Carving 7:30-8:30 PM
Fri. Jan. 20: Juggling (3 balls) 7:30-8:30 PM
Mon. Jan 23: Juggling (4 balls) 7:30-8:30 PM
Tues. Jan 24: Found Materials 7:30-8:30 PM
Wed. Jan 25: Hookery-Granny Squares 7:30-8:30 PM
Thu. Jan 26: Treasure Boxes 7:30-8:30 PM
Fri. Jan 27: Pocket Shrines out of tin boxes 7:30-8:30 PM
Mon. Jan 30 Valentine's 7:30-8:30 PM
Tues. Jan 31 Valentine's Part 2 7:30-8:30 PM

If you want to be notified of future classes, please join the yahoo group where I will be posting the upcoming classes to the calendar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_artist_is_in/

Stick weaving on six sticks. The first rainbow one is going to be a scarf. The rest are belts. 

Moving the Gourds

In the same way that a gourd vine can take over a garden, my gourd projects were taking over my art blog. So I gave them their own blog over here: http://gourdgoddess.blogspot.com/ Look over there for new photos in a day or two.

Build a Gourd Butterfly House

I found these handy directions on building a gourd butterfly house. http://www.thetuliptree.net/gourdart/butterfly.html

Bigger View

Most of the photos have a bigger view. Hold the cursor over the photo and if a 'hand' appears, that means you can click on the photo to see a bigger view.

Wall of Signs. 

Spirits of the Canyon sculpture in front of the 7 degree Gallery. 

'Try to Remember' sign 

Artist's Philosophy. 

Crocheted Hats 

Famous example of Googie art...the Vegas sign. 

"Big Weenies are Better' sign. 

Vintage license plates. 

More Sawdust Festival Art. 

Painting with lots of words. Sawdust Festival 2005. 

Waterfall. 

Tiki dressing room. 

Artist painting seascapes at Sawdust Festival.