Some gratification

•April 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

After posting my Buddha & Lotus piece on Etsy, I had an invitation to be featured on a very cool Blog. The blog\’s writer Wendy Baylis searches the web for cool art, and she liked mine. I checked out her blog (http://www.dharmadesigns.blogspot.com) and was blown away by the art and artists she posts on it. 

I accepted her generous offer immediately.

I am immensely flattered to be sharing the blog with artists like DrBenWu, who does fantastic, detailed Japanese art, in a black and white relief style; CanesGalactica, who does gorgeous, vivid watercolor art; Kozue, who does hand-crafted stamps (I bought the featured Buddha head, had to have it): tashdesigns, beautiful artwork in an ancient style; NamasteSilks, Hand-painted silk items (love the tie!), and : paisleybleu, whose sushi-themed bib is just the cutest thing ever.

I haven\’t had a chance to check out older posts, but it seems to be a treasure trove over Buddha/Asian themed art. Much easier than trolling etsy if you are looking for these specific themes. Great stuff!

Posted in Inspiration, Uncategorized

The creative juices are flowing

•April 9, 2009 • 1 Comment

Now that my last commission piece is officially handed over, and my worktable is cleaned up, I can move on to the next project. I finally listed a piece on Etsy. I only have the one piece, so I want to get some more up there. Figuring out the shipping costs is the hardest part. I need to figure out a better way to photograph these things too. Jake had sent me a article on how to biuld the ideal box for photographing jewelry, or small art objects… but I can’t find it!

Anyway. I thought about doing some small pieces, like suncatchers, but I need to come up with a better name than that. The usual suspects; butterflies, dragonflies, lotus blossoms, maybe a partial buddah head, some flowers. I had envisioned some really simple things, so I could make them fast, put them up.

I sat down after a nap, and did some sketching. Looked through some books for inspiration. Then I scanned the images in as blanks to work from, printed out a couple pages, and sketched some more. Pretty please with the results.

 

lotus suncatcher

lotus suncatcher

Nice and simple. I had the idea that if I could get a selection of images, that these could be hung in a three panel, one above the other, suspended on thing chains, with maybe little bits of beads dangling from the bottom corners.

 

Gerber daisy and Peacock Butterfly

Gerber daisy and Peacock Butterfly

 This one turned out a bit busy, but I will handle that during color selection. The flower will be pale, and the butterfly done in jewel tones, so it really pops. I like this one very much.

 

Dragonflies and grass

Dragonflies and grass

 Love the way this one turned out. Initially I wanted it to be small, and tight, but with the grass, you cant really have that, or it is just a bunch of lines. i think I will use some of my carefully hoarded confetti and streamers glass for the background on this.

So I am going to be starting on these pieces this week. Nothing really to use the saw on, though maybe I will, just to get some practice. Off to my day job now!

Posted in Butterflies, Flowers, Inspiration, Patterns

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