Maddisons' Assemblage Formal Necklace

Sometimes they surprise you... It's Maddisons' Year 10 Formal next week and after weeks of shopping for a dress and bag... an after work dash to get the 'most awesome shoes in the universe'...

she came to me this week and said...

"the other thing I REALLY REALLY need is..."

I was ABOUT to cut her off with a tirade on money I'd already spent etc etc etc.

BUT I'm so glad I didn't because she melted my heart...

"What I really really need Mum if you can fit it in, is for you to make me a necklace. That would be so meaningful and besides I love them so much."

I cleared off my table and away I went yesterday.

AND here it is.

"The Winged Formal"

pendant: 10cm x 6cm

toy butterfly wings, playing card button, beads and crystal drops,

silver wire, chain & silk ribbon

Like me, Maddison has the Alice in Wonderland gene hence the card.

The butterfly is from a favourite childhood treasure she asked me to use from a Yowie (Kinder Surprise type thing)... the beads from some of her old jewellery and an old hair ribbon.

Bling that makes you smile. :)

Fabulous Eggs - Sydney

I've been wanting to combine my little assemblages into my collage canvas work and here's result number one.

The canvas is 8 x 10 inches

Here's a quick version of what I've done...

assemblage egg: paper cast egg, adhesives, acrylic mediums, paint, butterfly brooch, angel earring, filigree earring, teaspoon.

canvas: 10 x 8 inches... first I cut a hole in canvas and fitted a small box to underside. Covered front of canvas and the hole with gesso and scribbled words into it while wet. Once dried I painted with a pale yellow, let dry, then blue. I wiped across canvas with a cloth to revel writing. I stencilled a bird on with a dark blue then painted and distressed work with copper metallic paint and dry brush titanium white.

Have a peaceful day... :)

Fabulous Eggs... "Paris"

I've been working on this series for a while now...

NOW I've perfected the method I'm happy with, here is number one.

"Paris” - mixed media assemblage: cast paper, found objects & paints

Take me away, let me see her lights, dance her nights and become, Paris.

They are being featured in our gorgeous new organic coffee house... "Bavero". I was thrilled yesterday to be asked to provide the artwork for this beautiful new business, so am busy framing today. :)

Science on a Monday

My son LOVES science. It's his 16th Birthday next week so I wanted to create something special for him. I've used paints, brass findings, ribbons, papers, an old compass from a bike, a thermometor from an old keyring, and I used clipart I found on the net of old PopularScience covers. The pics in the frames are transparencies I created from clipart, as is the back door. Inside is one of my transparent butterflies. This clock was a junk shop find. I actually found two, this one was working, the other isn't so I think will probably become a shrine!