Robot Nesting Dolls
Robot Dance Party Evolution!
The boys are into polymer clay so my robots have become three dimensional. This one was my fave…till the cats knocked his bloody arm off.
I finally went back to school after a 10 year hiatus. My degree requirements were complete, but I had a LOAD of electives to fill. I elected to take calligraphy. I knew it was something I would enjoy…it fits in to my love of poster art AND religious iconography. This was my first piece. It’s a little shaky.
This is an example of Chicago Broadside Poster art. The main wording was done in Brush Stroke, and the background is a hand called “Petrarch” developed by the late Father Catich. This was the most physically challenging piece I was assigned.
I wrote a submission for the NPR This I Believe campaign. One of the pieces required by my course was this Quatro. Most of my classmates did bible verses or University fight songs. My Granda was nearing the end of his days, so this was my tribute to him.
When I was preparing my portfolio I had everything spread on my light table. This represents countless hours of work. I can’t tell you how many times I said to my sons, “BACK AWAY FROM THE TABLE! You can look when Mommy is done!”
A verse from Desiderata, which has hung by a nail in the kitchen of my family home in Bere Island for generations. I bought frames at goodwill for my final portfolio pieces.
India made me a secret Hindu.
For this piece I drew a raven and again in Petrarch wrote a verse from Poe’s Raven inside it. The paper is glued to an artist board, which I hand sewed into a piece of material I had laying around.
‘Nuff said.
I made this piece for my Mother in law. She and the girls she’s been friends with since high school call themselves “Goddess Girls.” I found the chair at a second hand shop for a steal and just went at it. I liked it so much it was hard to give it away!
Unframed blessing for my best friend’s daughter.
