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I am off to teach 'Easter Egg Theatres' today at the Castle! I haven't been feeling well the last few days, so my posts have been infrequent - I will try to add a few more tomorrow...
But for today - One of my readers, Jenny, sent me these wonderful photos that I thought I'd share with you. She has created a marvelous paper cake, with a top that lifts out and becomes a hat for the honoree! And a Spring Bouquet of colorful button flowers! THANK YOU JENNY!
(Flora with Putti Strewing Flowers by Adriaen van der Werff)
Just had to share these wonderful paper Derigable's by John McRae who also teaches at the Castle! John is a true master of using little bits of Dresden, crepe paper and glue to create wonderful works of whimsy! Aren't these clever?
Saturday and Sunday had me teaching 'Soldered Reliquaries' at the Castle! It felt so good to be back teaching again!!! What a great group of women to start the Spring off with! My camera was giving me a bit of trouble but I think you can see that they did marvelous work!!!
Be sure and check out these wonderful GREEN WEEK POSTS by Michelle Ward!!! She is a true Leprechaun in disguise!
Costume for the Ballet 'royal de la nuit' (Royal Ballet of the Night), c. 1650, Bibliotheque Nationale France, Paris. via ArtLex.
I am really loving this bed and desk by Jag Sculpting!!! The decorative painting in this room is FABULOUS too! Just what every girl needs in her backyard tree-fort, don't you think?
"I am interested in the idea of artist as mad scientist. My drawings offer visual hypotheses to the question: what would happen if the DNA sequence of a plant or mushroom were spliced with that of an animal?" These are the words of artist Amy Ross. Her work is both disturbing and charming. She captures a wonderful sweetness in her subjects, and then costumes them in 'mad scientist' attire. In Amy's world, Goats and rabbits grow on plants, and birds and frogs become 'toadstools'... We wonder - 'What next?'
