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It was a nice day so we thought we would put the lion out to pasture. My daughter wanted to feed the lion a chocolate egg ………
He’s coming on just fine! Roughed up the surface outside the workshed with a wire brush on the drill . (All kitted out with mask, gloves, goggles and a hat) I have started the mane using a gold glass, a bit of orange red and a bit of yellow, and some gold mirror cut into…
At the end of last week I went to pick up a lion. (One of the more exciting aspects of being an artist!) This lion was quite extraordinary – he was very quiet – in fact he didn’t move at all – but I am hoping I will breathe some life into him. Here is…
The final days of “swanning” were long and arduous, day became night and night became day, I was losing sight of reality, I wondered if there was life outside my shed! I emerged hungry and tired, in need of refreshment… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A name has chosen by my sponsor – “Odile” – The Black Swan from…
I spent several hours trying to decide what tile to use for the background of my sculpture. I originally thought I might use transparent glass onto coloured adhesive and the colour would change gradually from a dark brown skin tone to a pale pink. But I scrapped that idea when I thought about how it…
A couple of weeks ago I was a student for a day on a glass fusing course. My only past experience with glass fusing was when I was 12 years old, when I made a pendant. I still have it, but unfortunately it broke into two when it was dropped a couple of years ago. The course…
That mottled sky that inspired “Where The Flying Things Go” (see last post) led to another mosaic, more relevant to the mottled or “mackerel” sky as it is known. It is known as mackerel as the cloud formations resemble the markings on a mackerel fish. Here is another look at that sky: This time I wanted…