Home is Where the Heart is...

Humble beginnings...

Measure six times... cut once (or twice)!

Adding some rusty old screen to the door and windows...

Love my Gesso...

And then the twigs... lots of twigs!

Our Hydrangea bush has given up last year's dead wood...

More twigs...

Cardboard roof tiles...

Here... there... and everywhere!

Lots and lots and lots of roof tiles...

A BIG SHOUT OUT... to the Creative Mom for her

inspiring DIY "Cardboard Fairy House Using Twigs"

NEXT:

I'm thinking of adding paper mâché with stamped images,

on the exteriors walls...

and then giving the roof a wash of color with acrylic paint.

 

"Tears in a Bottle..."

 

I love the process...

Recycled cardboard, dark annealed wire,

and masking tape.  

Paper Mâché works its magic...

and with a bit of imagination, it all comes together!

I recently began adding stamped images to the paper 

before applying the paste and creating the ripples and folds.

Tears in a bottle, and those eyes... forlorn!

He's currently awaiting the show opening this evening...

at Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts in Millville.

(a little birdie told me that he's sold already!)

The Process... Hand & Heart!

 

Some cardboard & masking tape...

A packing tube for a base...

A little paper pulp & paper clay... more masking tape!

A heavy wrapping paper heart with a keyhole...

A splash of color using the "smoke graining" technique

and acrylic paint...

The finish: 

apply Walnut Stain, scrape off...

apply Gesso mixed with sand, scrape off...

then scrape some more, for good measure!

Violá

UPDATE: This piece sold at the April gallery show!

Three for the R.R.C.A. Gallery Show: "Whimsy"

 

Phat Cat... a curious tabby, if ever there was one!

The show theme is simply: "whimsy"...

Raven is a character, for sure!

He is all heart... (and a little sass)!

And a last minute inspiration...

Some cardboard, paper pulp, wire & fabric.

"hands to work... heart to God"

A favorite Shaker quote...

Cat & Raven... Posterized in Progress!

 

Phat Cat & Whimsy Raven...

Let the painting begin!

Raven Whimsy... a W.I.P.

Let's play... with paper máché

Wing design is next... 

 

Phat Cat...Pure Whimsy!

It's that quizzical expression that I'm loving.

A purple balloon and some recycled packing paper...

A block of wood, some Osnaburg fabric, masking tape

and a messy mixture of water and white wood glue!

The End... Tsk! Tsk!

(it's just the beginning...)