Originally, the idea was this. Two sisters spending one year creating art, or at least creating, every day using only supplies that they already have, get for free, find, or receive...looking to rediscover the artistic selves they've lost somewhere along the way in all the clutter of life... But it didn't fit into life, and so now who knows what you might find?!!















Saturday, October 20, 2012

Oreo art

Adriana is going to be an Oreo for Halloween. Her friend is going as milk, so they're milk and cookies. Kind of cute. Upon searching for Oreo images we came across an Oreo artist. And of course... just had to try!
I was telling Adriana, I opened the cookie and let the Oreo speak to me to tell me what to create. 'You let the Oreo speak to you?' my husband asked overhearing us, 'yes' I replied, 'it said it wanted to be a unicorn'. I think even after being with me for the better part of 20 years, he was still a bit horrified!
Adriana then wanted to try her hand at carving. She said she let the Oreo speak to her, but it told her it wanted to be a cauliflower, so she didn't listen to it!
At this point, you're either thinking you'd love to live at our house, or are thanking your lucky stars you don't!!!!

Adriana also thought this would be a good 365 days project. Think I'll have to pass... well... who knows?

Thursday, July 28, 2011

the end...

So last night, I came home from a family portrait session in Wellfleet, (great family, beautiful spot btw) and was so exhausted I could barely move. I sat and thought about this project, about getting up and making something, about the reasons I was doing it, and made a decision to stop. For a bunch of reasons. It was more fun when Marla was doing it for sure!, I should really be cleaning my house everyday, exercising more, marketing my business everyday, doing my books everyday, updating my studio everyday, creating photography samples everyday, doing my studio blog everyday, insert any of a number of other things here, but what I'm finding is that I'm creating just for the sake of creating something. Most days I cram in a project which I can't do the way I want, or rush it just to get it done, or whatever. This adds more junk to an already bursting at the seams house, and isn't helping either my creativity or my inspiration. Almost 5 months later and my art room is even messier than when I started I think! I need to create for the pure joy of it, without the pressure of trying to meet the deadline. I think if I were a working artist (which technically I am, but in a totally different way) and spent my days creating anyway it would be different. I create everyday. Family portraits, senior portraits, marketing pieces, even art on a regular basis, etc., so for at least now, that's where I'll put my energies. Honestly, where they should be at this point anyway! I'll still be creating all of my kooky things on the side, I think some little part of me thought I could just create the kooky and get rid of the portraits. But I've learned through this little exercise that is definitely not in the cards, my kooky is just a release for me. (& much if it is better seen just by me too!!) So now it's time to figure out what it is I want to do with myself. A much better use of my time! It will definitely include handcolouring some more of my stone photos, I have one hanging in the studio, and it brings me such joy every time I walk by it. That's what art is about for me.

oh... know any good crafts from the 70's? I might have a little time on my hands?

Speaking of the 70's, Ray will be happy that I'm finally going to get back to the project I promised him, braiding little rugs for the stairs!

I may still share a project or two, I've enjoyed this blog, so maybe we'll just give it a different by line and continue it differently. Marla's coming to visit next week, last time she was here the craziness started, maybe this time we can find a new path for this little adventure we've had!

#148 Home



Bear Bear was a favorite companion of childhood, he was even strapped into the passenger seat when I left for college... I found these b&w's I'd taken sometime 20+ years ago, and knew he needed to be immortalized. (& yes, I do have this song on my ipod).

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

#147 Sean the sheep



Todays silly little sheep, he's quite tiny, and not that much better looking than the photo! comes from two different things. One is a piece of roving Adriana was making something with at some point, that instead ended up going through the wash, voila, instant felting! So I had this little body that needed a head, etc. Weeks later, I go to the fair, Ray & Adriana are spinning themselves silly, the entertainment is karaoke (!!?), unable to stand it any longer, I visit the sheep, and there I find myself these fabulous sheep, nicely shorn, except for these silly little dreadlock-y bits around their faces. I know immediately that's what's going on the body. Adriana came up with the name!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

#146 puffins

When we were in Acadia, I really wanted to see Puffins, but there simply wasn't enough time... darn... I'll just have to go back... or... I've heard there are Puffins in the Orkneys, one of the places on my long, long, list of places I've got to get to... maybe I'll just visit them there!!
In the meantime, I've a frame for an Acadia photo...

The frame, another from my wedding frames... this was table #3. Hope they had fun too!

#145 yet another 70's craft

Macrame... Ray kept complaining that the cord for the fan in the kitchen was too short, today he got a little macrame extension...

wonder if he wishes he hadn't said anything!

Friday, July 22, 2011

#144 mermaid {two}

It's so hot, we should all be mermaids and live under the sea...