Dashiell Greeting
Elliot Greeting
Dashiell Greeting
Elliot Greeting
Dash enjoying a piece of my first sweet potato pie.
I found the bits next to the tissue box in the bathroom.
When I looked up, I realized one of my pieces was damaged.
This was the piece. It is part of my Cleanse Your Palate Series, No Guilt.
The image was taken by Sharon Tetly when the work was on display at Western Nevada College.
The piece has pit-fired components. The bird head is hanging from a strand of pit-fired beads. Of course there is code in how the beads were strung. The beaded piece references chaplets. The idea was to remove the chaplet, hold it, and repeat, “forgive yourself” for whatever perceived wrong.
The piece is hung in the guest bathroom. It actually has been in the same location for several years.
There are a few of the same pit-fired beads in my stash of beads for comparison. Maybe tests.
The pit-fired beads and bird head have all fallen apart.
I removed the chaplet, but haven’t yet warmed to how the piece looks without it.
Why did the beads fall apart? My initial thought…the flaking off of the surface is the result of humidity. Why now? Most likely it was a gradual process until the point that flaking occurred.
Am I upset? No, more curious about how the damage occurred, how to prevent it in the future, and how to make it occur if I want to age a piece.
German Blown Glass Ornament
German Blown Glass Ornament
German Blown Glass Ornament
German Blown Glass Ornament with Star Wire Hanger
Enamel Bunny Ornament
Vintage Family Ornament from the 50s
Favorite Drugstore Find
Carved, Up All Year Ornament
Carved Rabbit in Kitchen Spice Rack
Carved Mate, Up All Year Ornament
Carved Rabbit in Kitchen Spice Rack
Lantern Christmas Gift Decorated by My Niece, Nephew, and Their Dad
It was a beautiful day at the beach…
until the rogue wave got me!
John was in the moment and missed the shot.
The wave was so powerful, I thought it was going to topple me over.
Had to empty my boots three times!
The high surf persists along the Central Coast, where the advisory issued Tuesday has evolved into a warning.
Breaking waves are expected to be 15 to 20 feet tall and swimming is considered dangerous. The risk of drowning is exceptionally high due to the strong rip current.
I checked the tide app and read the tide report.
How did I not read about this before visiting the beach???
Low Tide
And Collected Holey Rocks
The memorial piece will have a penny dated for each year of my mother’s life.
I have a stash of pennies, but did not have one for each year from 1930 to 2018. Found a coin shop in town that had reasonably priced pennies to complete the piece.
Interesting that 1943 is a steel penny.
Loom Knitting Pleated Pattern with Undyed Wool
Today will have completed 35 rows of 89 rows for the pennies. Will need to knit a bit more for overlap.
When the loom knitting is done, the pennies attached, and important years indicated, a box will be made of cedar as a home for the memorial piece.
Normally I would work all day to complete a project. But I have to limit my (repetitive) working time to five rows per day. I had surgery on my hand in June, with some working too much too soon complications. Developed scar tissue with extreme sensitivity. Still working to gain back finger strength and manual dexterity.
Dash enjoyed helping with my favorite desensitizing therapy.
After a short time this occurred–
What was the patina used for? I strung together 3 kinds of shiny steel washers in code for a 3-bunny gravemarker.
This is what the washers looked like when they were removed from the solution.
And now as part of the grave marker–
Eventually the piece should become rustier, more aged, a bit more similar to the oxidized bunny marker.
This is another memorial for a bunny burial space.
Used the same washers to make the coded memorial piece. I suspect that they have oxidized because the area of the garden gets watered frequently and the little inlaid ceramic cup does not have a drainage hole.
How many bunnies do I have buried in my courtyard? Eight. That sounds like a lot of bunnies. Eight bunnies have lived with me during the past 25 years. My oldest bunny lived a long, but not long enough 13 years.
The simple rust promoter formula found online.