OT: Painting Complete
merwench
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Spyral Fox
merw...@earthlink.net (merwench) writes:
>The restoration of "The Journey" is complete. You can see before and
>after pics on the Celtica page of my on-line gallery:
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~merwench
>
>Or go directly to the page:
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~merwench/_wsn/page2.html
The color values are very different in the images my screen
shows, is that supposed to happen? I'm very fond of celtic
knotwork myself, but haven't got the knack of drawing it
myself. I can't draw worth beans, but I find cross-stitching
to be quite restful and like to use elaborate borders. I've got
a couple of needlework pattern books on order which should
have some nice celtic-style patterns. One, embarassing as
it may be to admit in public, is a "Shin'a'in" pattern book.
For my own most recent work, which tends to combine patterns
I find elsewhere, see
http://members.aol.com/sdmensa/adinaspix//columbine.jpg
(two columbine motifs from one source combined with four sheltie
heads from another source)
and
http://members.aol.com/sdmensa/adinaspix//thistle.jpg (a
thistle and a sheltie head, from two more sources).
Neither one of these has a border of its own, since they are
supposed to be incorporated into a "folk-art" style quilt that will
be raffled off in 2003... However, some news I got tonight indicates
that the person organizing the quilts for the ASSA may have
finally hit a wall and so I may get these two pieces back, and
possibly some others as well, in which case I'll be adding
borders and turning them into pillows for my local SSC rescue.
In case anyone is a sheltie fancier and/or wishes to support
sheltie rescue, the 2002 quilt has a "heart" theme, and will
be raffled March 9th. There's not a picture of the finished quilt,
but some of the individual squares can be seen at
http://members.tripod.com/sheltiequilters/2002finished.htm
and there's a link there to information about ordering tickets.
I'm responsible for three of the squares pictured, and did the
finish and detail work on a fourth. You don't need to be
present to win, of course, and all the raffle money goes to
the rescue efforts. ;-)
So, what other arts & crafts do people do?
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bayo...@webtv.net
I don't know if these count as arts and crafts, but I do have a couple
of hobbies. I cook, and in particular, I like to bake. I also like to
work on my house- decorative painting, stenciling, some woodworking (I
built a wooden cornice) painting and refurbishing furniture, etc. I
read all of those 'how-to' books on home decorating and do-it-yourself
remodeling. Next weekend I am painting the bathroom, then replacing the
floor and adding a tile backsplash behind the sink. I don't have the
patience for needlework, sewing, crocheting or knitting. My favorite
presents last year were an electric sander and a set of springform pans
in graduated sizes.
Last year I took an oil painting class, and enjoy dabbling now and
again. Oh, and I tried making my own decorative paper to make a
lampshade once.
I don't think I do any one particular art and craft. I tend to try a
lot of them.
Bayou
M Shirley Chong
> So, what other arts & crafts do people do?
I spin (usually with handspindles but I do have a Rio Grande wheel
as well), knit and sew.
My latest total indulgence from my husband is an Alto's Quilt Cut
(I showed it to him on the Web and he ordered it, then told me
when it was fait accompli). If it lives up to the reviews, it's
gonna revolutionize my patchwork!
Right now, I'm sewing the binding on the armhole of a patchwork vest
in teals and purples (I read a little, sew a little, read a little,
etc).
Shirley
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Spyral Fox
bayo...@webtv.net writes:
> I also like to
>work on my house- decorative painting, stenciling, some woodworking (I
>built a wooden cornice) painting and refurbishing furniture, etc. I
>read all of those 'how-to' books on home decorating and do-it-yourself
>remodeling. Next weekend I am painting the bathroom, then replacing the
>floor and adding a tile backsplash behind the sink. I don't have the
>patience for needlework, sewing, crocheting or knitting. My favorite
>presents last year were an electric sander and a set of springform pans
>in graduated sizes.
>
I think your hobbies are majorly cool. I do a fair amount of
baking, but it's usually the same seven or eight recipes -- a
tendency I apparently inherited from my dad's mother. I like
making other stuff, but it's so much effort in comparison that
I don't do it often. I'm absolutely hopeless with home decorating
and repair. I'd love to do some repainting, which is just barely
within my abilities, if someone else picks the colors, but real
redecorating using power tools and tile cutters and suchlike are
way above my skill level. I watch all the home improvement
shows I can, but I'm totally cack-handed when it comes down
to laying linoleum and suchlike. I'm also terrified of power tools.
NightMist
>
>So, what other arts & crafts do people do?
>
Lessee, skipping that I am an artist and musician, I quilt, I do a lot
of garment sewing for which I often dye my own fabric, I do assorted
varieties of leather work, I sometimes make jewelry, I make candles, I
knit and crochet, I embroider and tat, to cut the textiles vein short,
I am reasonably adept at the various arts of creatively tangleing
thread.
I make wine and mead and sometimes root beer or ginger beer, but I
usually think of that as part of being able to cook reasonably well.
I usually learn to make anything that I cannot afford to buy, so I
have quite a repretoire of things that I do. This is the list of stuff
that I either have ongoing, or do fairly often to sell at assorted
fairs.
NightMist
One of these days I am going to learn how to not sleep, which will
give me a lot more time to read and play on the computer.
Spyral Fox
<eit...@forest.pcpartner.net> writes:
>My latest total indulgence from my husband is an Alto's Quilt Cut
> (I showed it to him on the Web and he ordered it, then told me
>when it was fait accompli). If it lives up to the reviews, it's
>gonna revolutionize my patchwork!
I'll try not to drool on my keyboard. ;-) I've heard good things about
those.
>Right now, I'm sewing the binding on the armhole of a patchwork vest
>in teals and purples (I read a little, sew a little, read a little,
>etc).
I find one of my most useful tools is a timer. I set it so I won't
work on the cross-stitch for more than 15 minutes at a time.
Because I've got a tendency towards obsessive behaviour (I'm not
saying that *you* do!) I have been known to get into a state where
I literally do nothing but stitch for 15 hours straight. This is not
healthy. <g> 15 minutes is about right for one segment of floss,
and then I have to do something else, like mop for 15 minutes
or read for 15 minutes. In a way, I guess this means I'm domming
myself, eh?
BLDRNRpdx
> So, what other arts & crafts do people do?
I got into paper dolls over winter break. It started with a cheap and easy
craft I could take into the speech clinic for my kids, and it's slowly gotten
out of control. I've been finding all sorts of stuff for my paper dolls and
the 2D house I'm going to make for them over spring break. I was realizing a
few weeks ago I find myself in the middle of one big art project - almost
always a collage of sorts - every couple of years. I noticed I'm about on
schedule with this go-round. I'm not so interested in *playing* with the paper
dolls (although I do this with my kids at clinic) as I am in *making* them,
which seems to be pretty much the collage approach.
ObKink: I do find myself going "little" with them sometimes. :)
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Spyral Fox
(NightMist) writes:
>Lessee, skipping that I am an artist and musician,
LOL. Why?
> I quilt, I do a lot
>of garment sewing for which I often dye my own fabric, I do assorted
>varieties of leather work, I sometimes make jewelry,
What sort? I used to do enamel work on copper, back in the
1970s; it was a family thing to do, and we sold the results at
local craft fairs. I wonder what became of it all after so much
time has passed? Landfills?
> I make candles,
I did some of that, too. I found the dipping process rather dull,
but I liked weaving together tapers to make havdalah candles [1]
> I knit
I knit *right-handed,* because that's the only way my father's
mother could teach me. I can't do anything fancy, though.
> and crochet, I embroider and tat,
I've tried tatting. They tell me the circulation will eventually return
to my fingertips. ;-)
> to cut the textiles vein short,
>I am reasonably adept at the various arts of creatively tangleing
>thread.
>I make wine and mead and sometimes root beer or ginger beer, but I
>usually think of that as part of being able to cook reasonably well.
If you have any recipes, I've got enough excess energy these days
to be thinking about making the next update to the SSBB Cookbook.
>I usually learn to make anything that I cannot afford to buy, so I
>have quite a repretoire of things that I do.
Quite sensible, too.
[1] multi-wicked candles used in the ceremony that ends the
Jewish sabbath, at sundown on Saturday.
Sir Gardener
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>
> So, what other arts & crafts do people do?
>
I'm getting back into photography. I used to do it a lot, but got rid of
all my equipment. I was given an Olympus OM-2n about a year and a half ago,
and I'm starting to build up my equipment again. IN the past I've been more
of a news/sports/events photographer, but this time around I'm going to go
for artistic photos, probably lots of scenics and such.
--
Sir Gardener
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Conrad Hodson
I enjoy making all sorts of things, but particularly traditional
blacksmithing (which seems to have subtly shifted from hobby towards Real
Job over the years--you have to watch out for that) and cooking.
I can do basic, sound woodworking, too, but it's rarely pretty. I have
this tendency to adjust the fit with a six-pound hammer---which actually
_works_ when one is blacksmithing!--but is less felicitous when one is
doing finish carpentry. My style was once labeled "chainsaw
cabinetmaking", in fact.
Purely hate working on cars--it's one of the few things I'll pay a pro for
and feel happy about doing so.
Conrad Hodson
NightMist
>In article <3c75019b...@news.madbbs.com>, nigh...@uir.zzn.com
>(NightMist) writes:
>
>>Lessee, skipping that I am an artist and musician,
>
>LOL. Why?
*grin*
For the sake of space, plus I get paid for that (well, I'm _supposed_
to get paid for that!)
I paint in acrylics. The music, well I write pretty much whatever I
like. Performance tends to be a bit odd, the style tends to waver
towards whatever the drummer wants to be when he grows up.
I have developed a sort of hobby of shredding drummers. The stuff
that we usually choose for performance lies upon that undefined edge
between goth and metal with a bit of punk sneaking in now and again.
>
>> I quilt, I do a lot
>>of garment sewing for which I often dye my own fabric, I do assorted
>>varieties of leather work, I sometimes make jewelry,
>
>What sort? I used to do enamel work on copper, back in the
>1970s; it was a family thing to do, and we sold the results at
>local craft fairs. I wonder what became of it all after so much
>time has passed? Landfills?
Sort of barbarian aesthetic forged bronzework, I usually set tumbled
semi-precious stones and/or freashwater pearls in my pieces.
I'm working on a chainmail belt set with citrines and peachy pink
pearls, I think I will probably set some bluegrey ones in as well,
just to cool the color scheme a bit.
>
>> I make candles,
>
>I did some of that, too. I found the dipping process rather dull,
>but I liked weaving together tapers to make havdalah candles [1]
I'm currently doing molds. But I am designing my own scents.
I mostly took this up again because its fun and candles sell madly at
psychic fairs. Last few fair venues have been to small for vendors
though, I miss going. We don't make a great deal of money, but the
outting pays for itself and it's great fun.
>
>> I knit
>
>I knit *right-handed,* because that's the only way my father's
>mother could teach me. I can't do anything fancy, though.
Knitting was the third thing I learned, right after plain sewing and
embroidery. I've been doing it since I was seven. Didn't learn to
turn a heel decently til I read "The Encyclopedia of Needlecraft" by
Therese de Dillmonte in my 20s though. The fancy stuff isn't really
any harder than the simple stuff. Once you learn the basics, it's all
a matter of counting.
>
>> and crochet, I embroider and tat,
>
>I've tried tatting. They tell me the circulation will eventually return
>to my fingertips. ;-)
*grin*
Come on! It's just one knot!
>
>> to cut the textiles vein short,
>>I am reasonably adept at the various arts of creatively tangleing
>>thread.
>>I make wine and mead and sometimes root beer or ginger beer, but I
>>usually think of that as part of being able to cook reasonably well.
>
>If you have any recipes, I've got enough excess energy these days
>to be thinking about making the next update to the SSBB Cookbook.
I'll see if I can write some out coherently. A lot of wine and mead
makers get all scientific and own enough lab gear to make the average
chem prof jealous. I'm just now making up my mind to start measureing
specific gravity.
NightMist
Spyral Fox
(NightMist) writes:
> Performance tends to be a bit odd, the style tends to waver
>towards whatever the drummer wants to be when he grows up.
>I have developed a sort of hobby of shredding drummers.
LOL. Sounds like a socially responsible hobby to me. ;-)
JoelDom
> So, what other arts & crafts do people do?
Don't know whether it counts but I love to write my own stories. I find
it extremely therapeudic. I like to invent characters that I don't like
and then let them run wild for a day and just see where they go. I think
doing so makes me remember all the barriers against such people.
Sometimes it makes me see society from the eyes of someone I wouldn't
normally think too much about - I love to empathize. It can also make me
appreciate other people more, appreciating them as 'characters' with
their own motivations and aspirations etc. And I just love English.
JoelDom
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