A garden stone I was commissioned to do as a wedding gift. It's about 12" x 9", and weighed around 19 lbs.
I haven't been getting a lot of art done, as I'm working full time during the summer, while juggling the whale watching business and family. Stay tuned for more frequent postings in the fall!
I've been busy the past few weeks putting in the vegetable garden and doing yardwork, and things are looking so great, that I made this for myself. I can always do more ;)
Celtic Humpbacks: The Spiral Dance
I unloaded all my art today. So, if you're looking, you can find it at Bluefin Pottery and Hand Creations in Digby, NS, and at MacDonald Museum gallery, Middleton, NS. Now I've got to get crack-a-lackin on some new stuff... boy, are my walls bare!
I finished this garden rock today for my sister. I freehanded for the first time, which was fun, since the celtic stuff is planned so meticulously. The rock has a bloom for each of her three children, and a bud for the little one on his way. This stone is my largest yet: about 18"x12".
I've been tagged by Jeanette Jobson at Illustrated Life. So now I'm supposed to dish on seven things most people don't know about me, then tag seven other bloggers.
Here goes:
1. I am a closet Coronation Street fan. Besides the Sopranos, it's the only TV I really watch. (oh, and I will be devastated when the Sopranos ends in three more episodes).
2. Odd jobs I have done: I have worked as a telemarketer hawking newspaper subscriptions. That lasted two weeks. I have also filled bait for my lobster fisherman husband: this involves squishing handfuls of slightly rotten, salt-pickled herring into mesh bags. And, I worked in a fish plant the summer before I went to college, where I pulled egg sacks from slit female herring bellies to box and send to Asia. Yum.
3.I hate feet. I don't like to show mine, and I don't enjoy the sight of other's. And don't get me started on Crocs!
4. I was a stand-in for Jennifer Jason Leigh during filming for Delores Claiborne. They shot some exterior scenes here, mainly on the ferry from Freeport to Brier Island. There's one scene where the ferry is pulling away from the ferry slip with JJL's character standing on the deck, while Christopher Plummer's character is glaring down from the wharf at her. When her back is turned... that's me! The best part of the experience was meeting Kathy Bates, who I adore (especially after Six Feet Under, which was the best TV show ever, by the way).
5. I graduated high school in a class of 13. Yes 13. The school I attended from Primary to Grade 12 had about 150 students total at the time of my graduation.
6. I swear too much. Only people who know me IRL know that. The really horrible part of that is when your three year old drops an f-bomb. Oh, heavens.
7. My biggest pet peeve is poor spelling and improper use of punctuation. You know, when people use apostrophe's for plural's. Aaargh.
Now I have to go find seven people to tag!
I began this yesterday- spent just over an hour carving on it last night. This stone is carving nicely, and I can't wait to get more done.
Kejimkujik Lake, at Peter Point Beach. 21 April 2007.
Keji morning, 2.5" x 3.5", watercolour on watercolour board.Trying to catch up on my ATC project, I made this last night and finished it up this morning.
Taa daa! After about 1 1/2 hrs last night, she's done. The outside circle is 7.5 cm in diameter, I've photographed the stone with my chequebook to give a better idea of the size. It was challenging to work with such small lines so close together, but I'm very happy with the results. I think I'll have to go the the beach today for more art supplies. ;)
I'm working on my second stone, and thought I'd post work in progress images to document how I'm doing this.
Following my crude little green numbers, I'll walk you through. #1 is the original line drawing. What you can't see is that the back of the paper is covered in a layer of red pastel dust. Previous to this photo being taken, I taped the pasteled pattern to the stone, and traced the lines. When I lifted the paper, the rock looked as shown at #2. You can (kind of) see the red lines on the stone. Next step is to use a pigment pen to trace the lines on the stone, so then I can wipe off the red dust. #3 are my mask and goggles - sexy I know, but I don't want stone dust in my lungs or contacts. #4 is my trusty dremel tool, along with #5, my diamond bits. And #6 is the toothbrush I use to keep the rock dust/water gunk off the stone so I can see what I'm doing.
And here we are after about an hour of work with the dremel. Getting there, but still at least another hour on this one. This was a challenge, as I didn't know if I could work this small... if your monitor is set like mine (800 x 600), then this photo is about life size. The spiral design is about 8 cm across. 
